Secret brow lands offer rejected

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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 [...]

Meeting September 21st, 9:30 a.m. – at Council Chambers

Subsequent to the public meeting on June 10th a small group (10)of committed community members came together to form the “Chedoke Browlands Committee”.  I am the Chair; we have a treasurer (and opened a community bank account); are planning a bbq on September 25th as a community building and information event (notice of the event is being [...]

Developer plans to take proposal to planning committee in September

Chedoke Brow Lands could see fewer units ??!![singlepic=14,125,150,right] By Mark Newman Mountain News Aug 08, 2008 When Deanlee Management submits its final draft plan for Chedoke brow land development to the city in the next few weeks it could contain fewer then the 750 units the Mississauga developer had originally proposed. “It could vary any [...]

Chedoke Browlands development proposal not carved in stone

n December, as part of the secondary planning process for the brow lands along Sanatorium Road, north of Scenic Drive, the majority of residents living near the site voted for either limited development that would see 25 single family homes on the brow lands or no development at all.

Dec. 31 deadline for browland vote Chedoke

Chedoke area residents who were unable to attend the meeting can vote on-line via www.hamilton.ca/brow lands

Residents mull over five options for brow lands

Residents living near the Chedoke brow lands have been given five development options for the west Mountain property. The options range from no development to a modest plan for residential housing north of Scenic Drive.

Niagara Escarpment Commission Decision Made – Closing Mackie’s Mountain Archery

was a story which definitely caught my eye involving the power of the Niagara Escarpment Commission It amazes me that the Niagara Escarpment Commission is not halting the chedoke brow Development

From raisethehammer.org

As the battle for the Chedoke Browlands continues, I must admit that I am disheartened not to hear a call from local Hamilton residents

Thanks Mary Ellen Kaye!

And….Sacrificing Hamilton’s crown jewels to a trend is unconscionable, no matter what the CHC officials have to say on the matter.
Help preserve the natural setting of the Chedoke Brow.

Silt from Suburbs Threatens Cootes Paradise

October 25, 2007 Eric McGuinness The Hamilton Spectator (Oct 25, 2007) Cootes Paradise will be filled in within 90 years, unless steps are taken to stop silt washing downstream from rapidly urbanizing areas of the west Mountain, Ancaster, Dundas and Waterdown. That’s the forecast in a new Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) report that says the [...]

Clearing the air over sale of Chedoke brow lands

They weren’t able to stop the sale of the brow lands, but a group of Hamiltonians from the Chedoke area residents came away with a better understanding of what the Chedoke Health

Brantford Resident Lends Her Voice….

October 25, 2007 Mary Ellen Kaye The Hamilton Spectator Brantford (Oct 25, 2007) Re: ‘Keep it scenic, Mountain residents tell condominium developer’ (Oct. 22) We have the same issue in Brantford. Beautifully treed lots are being converted to apartment complexes right along the Grand River. The developer promises to put gardens on top of the [...]

Keep it scenic, Mountain residents tell condominium developer

Hamilton residents are trying to preserve as much as they can with a campaign to keep Scenic Drive scenic, by working on alternatives to 750 condominium homes, some in highrises, planned for the old Chedoke hospital site.

Residents support modest plan for browlands

Mark Newman, Oct 19, 2007) Maintaining public access to Mountain brow trails, keeping as much green space as possible, limiting development to single family homes or three or four storey buildings and saving the former continuing care building at the north end of the site were among the common themes that emerged from a public [...]

Document offers faint hope for browland development opponents

Residents living near the Chedoke browlands are hoping a document from 1935 will force a Mississauga firm to de-intensify plans for browland development.

Deanlee Management is looking to erect 750 units in a combination of low rise and townhouse condominiums on 9.6 hectares (24 acres) of browland property north

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