Overall, the project is moving forward, with Bermingham, Curran, and the City’s Chief Planner Steve Robichaud left to work out what to do about the canopy, bridge, and if they’ll be a sculpture.
Posted inEditors Note, Elections, Opinion
Coleman's Notes: The Voters Who Know Vanderbeek Best Voted Against Her The Most
The voters that knew Vanderbeek best overwhelmingly rejected her as their representative, giving her only a 49 vote margin in all Dundas polls.
Posted inNews
Hamilton City Centre Officially For Sale
It’s official, after over a year of private bids and Brad Lamb’s legal maneuvers after his attempt to purchase went sour, the Hamilton City Centre is officially for sale on the open market.
Will it get more than the $55-million Lamb offered?
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal, Planning and Development
LPAT Gives Durand Residents Seeking to Be Parties to Television City Hearing 30 Days to File Issues List
Brad Lamb’s hope of building the tallest building in Hamilton at 163 Jackson Street West will be decided by LPAT in mid-2019, that’s if Lamb and the City don’t reach a deal to allow Lamb to build on Jackson West, or the tallest building elsewhere in Downtown Hamilton.
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal, Planning and Development
Sonoma Homes Must Wait Until 2020 for Hearing into Their Upper Sherman & Rymal Development
The backlog at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal – formerly known as the Ontario Municipal Board – means that Sonoma Homes planned mid-rise development could be waiting until 2021 to get into the ground, unless Sonoma can reach a deal with City Council during the interim.
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal
Current 195 Wellington Street South Residents Worry About Where They’ll Live Next
Without the City prepared to file an issues list, or declare if it intents to oppose Medallion’s proposal for a 20-storey residential building at 195 Wellington Street South, the LPAT scheduled another pre-hearing date for April 15, 2019 at 10am to give the City time to prepare its submissions.
Posted inElections
Coleman's Note: The Election Day Race Summary
Joey Coleman’s ward-by-ward look at the election races as Hamiltonians vote.
Posted inThe Public Record Email Edition
TPR Email Edition for October 22, 2018: 155 Choices, Pick 34
Hamilton votes – deciding our future, and a look at this week’s LPAT Pre-Hearings
Posted inCity Hall, Elections, The 155 Podcast - Hamilton's civic affairs podcast
Decide Your Vote: The Public Record's The 155 Podcast
Never in living memory has a Hamilton media outlet declared its mission to be covering every single race in Hamilton, to interview every candidate, and then gone out to fulfill that mission.
Over 750 hours of work went into this project, the result is the 101 podcasts below, I hope they’ll help inform your vote.
Posted inElections, Videos
VIDEO: Hamilton Municipal Election 2018: Ward 3 Community Associations Debate
On Monday, October 8, 2018, the community and neighbourhood associations of Hamilton’s Ward 3 organized and held an all candidates debate for Ward 3 City Council candidates.