This is another indication that settlement talks regarding the future redevelopment of the Jamesville site are progressing well, and a settlement may be close.
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal, Planning and Development
Vrancor and City Staff Have a Settlement “In Principle” for Queen North, Market, Napier Tall Building Development
The Ontario Land Tribunals says the sides will seek a settlement approval hearing for late November.
Posted in2025 City of Hamilton Budget, Hamilton Library Board
Hamilton Public Library 2025 Capital Budget will be $4.6-Million
Library plans to spend $1.5-mil on digital network infrastructure, and $2.9-mil to renovate the Mount Hope library branch.
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal, Planning and Development
East Hamilton Greenhill Plaza Redevelopment OLT Hearing Set for Mid-March 2025
City staff will be summoned to testify contrary to City Council’s position opposing new rental housing at 399 Greenhill Avenue.
Council’s opposition to new rental housing has been cited by the federal Conservatives as gate-keeping against housing.
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal, Planning and Development
Delta Secondary School Development Moving Forward with 962 Residential Units
Final design is a lower height, includes separate between towers, more predominance for the heritage high school, and more multi-bedroom units.
Posted inPlanning and Development
Joey’s Notepad: First City of Hamilton Staff Comments on the SteelPort Plan to Transform the Stelco Lands
Overall, the responses to the proposal are positive, with responding comments asking for further details or providing suggestions for changes. However, the City’s environment review office does not support the draft plan. The City’s landscape architects and parks staff were very positive about some of the design features the environmental staff do not support.
Posted in2026 City of Hamilton Budget, Hamilton Library Board
Hamilton Library Expects West Harbour Discovery Centre Reno to Cost $15-million
Hamilton Library puts 2026 construction cost on the books as it prepares to convert the Discovery Centre into a new library branch with Indigenous community space.
Posted inBriefs
Facebook Refuses to Take Down Hamilton Public Transit Pass Scam
Meta decides scam page does not violate its community standards
Posted in2025 City of Hamilton Budget, Hamilton Library Board
Hamilton Library to Spend $150K Studying Feasibility of Ward 14 Branch
Hamilton 2018 ward boundary changes created Ward 14 as the only political division without a library in the ward
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal, Planning and Development
Hamilton City Council Makes Two Confidential Decisions on Jamesville Redevelopment
Council votes 12-0 to give City lawyers two directives regarding the Jamesville Redevelopment. Now Hamiltonians wait to see what the decision is.