Chedoke community on Proposed Brow Development - Lets Keep It Scenic!
Hamilton Mountain News Whitehead hoping park deal could help push separate agreement on development density By Mark Newman, News Staff The city is about to make Deanlee Management an offer for a slice of the Chedoke brow lands. Ward 8 (west Mountain) Coun. Terry Whitehead said members of the city’s general issues committee agreed [...]
Guest Column Thepec.com After reading the Spectator article, “Brow lands saga takes another twist,” I was convinced to write an already developing argument about the lack of transparency in this process. The article explained that Deanlee Management Inc. (owner of the Chedoke brow lands property) was in talks with another business and there was uncertainty [...]
Future of west Mountain site now lies with OMB By Mark Newman, News Staff Members of the city’s planning committee have turned down a settlement offer from Deanlee Management for development of the Chedoke brow lands. Committee members reviewed the offer for nearly 90 minutes in private Monday afternoon before Ward 8 councillor Terry Whitehead [...]
TheSpec.com The final word on the fate of a section of green space along the Mountain brow is still weeks away. The developer of the Chedoke brow lands pitched a compromise to councillors Monday for a condo that’s smaller than what it originally proposed, but larger than the city’s counter-offer. But after an hour spent [...]
The Spec.com The Chedoke browlands debate will begin during Monday’s planning committee meeting at City Hall, when residents will have the opportunity to speak. But they will be doing so without knowing details of the developer’s newest proposal for the land. “I want to tell council how important that land is, and not only [...]
Letters To The Editor re: Brow Lands saga takes another twist (July 28) The article had explained that Deanlee was in talks with another business and that it wasn’t clear that Deanlee was still a part of this process. Since I have been involved in this, I have spoken to many residents who feel that [...]
By Mark Newman Mountain News Jul 29, 2011 Members of the city’s planning committee will be asked to look at purchasing a portion of the Chedoke brow lands. Ward 8 councillor Terry Whitehead wants the city to purchase a parcel of land, once home to a baseball diamond on the north-east corner of Sanatorium Road [...]
The discussion on the Browlands will be in camera (behind closed doors), however, anyone can request delegation status and speak to the issue in open session. There are many issues on the agenda for that date and most of the items will be in the public realm. Before they begin the discussion items on [...]
By Mark Newman Mountain News What’s been touted as a new development proposal for the Chedoke brow lands is expected to go before the city’s planning committee on Aug. 2. “There’s an offer on the table they want to brief us on,” said Ward 8 councillor Terry Whitehead, who is calling the proposal a “settlement [...]
Letters To The Editor – TheSpec.com Re: Brow lands I have heard some people talk about how the brow lands on the Niagara Escarpment would be the perfect place for condos, and that residents are mad about it simply because they need something to complain about. Let me set a few things straight. This is [...]
Letters to the Editor – Spectator Re: Brow lands Almost a full century has passed since our wounded First World War soldiers received medical care and rehabilitation at the Brow. This very pretty spot, now a part of the Bruce Trail, still remains intact. Children, as well as adults, continue to enjoy this green [...]
Letters to the Editor – Spectator Re: Brow lands My memories go back to over 20 years ago when my son resided at Chedoke Continuing Care Centre. We often walked around the grounds and through the forested area. It was so peaceful and very calming to the folks who stayed there and their families. Now [...]
By COLWYN BEYNON, DUSTY CORNERS Link – MountainNews article The destruction of the stately buildings that lie along the Mountain Brow on the old sanatarium grounds is a sorry fact. The city wants to allow Deanlea Corporation to plan on building 400 housing units on this magnificent historic site, soon to be stripped of its [...]
By Andrew Knowles Member of the Brow Lands Community Group Thank you to the 50+ people that attended the OMB Hearing on June 13th. Although the Hearing was cut short, we were informed of important information regarding this process. Deanlee Management Inc has asked to have the hearings postponed again in order to further negotiate [...]
Dean Lee Management has taken a speculative land deal to the OMB, in other words, the last four years of community consultation has been a waste of time and a deceit. There was no serious builder or real plan involved from the onset of this process. Now on the eleventh hour a new player appears [...]
By Mcneil The Spec.com A hundred years ago, Hamilton was suffering through a horrendous tuberculosis pandemic with no end in sight. Medical authorities were desperate. People who had the highly contagious disease needed to be separated from those who didn’t. Doctors looked for a place with lots of fresh air in a tranquil setting to [...]
Hamilton Spec Concerned residents of the Chedoke brow lands will have to wait one more week to defend the future of their beloved green space that sits along Scenic Drive. The city, residents and the developer who purchased the property five years ago have been going back and forth with proposals and plans and haven’t [...]
The following is a letter I have sent to the Hamilton Spec, and Hamilton Mountain News, in response to a quote attributed to me: ______________________________________________________________ I would like to clarify my comments which are quoted in the article in the Spec, entitled “Brow lands residents ponder minimum numbers Multi-million dollar development plan goes to OMB [...]
