City granted two months to review changes to proposed height, massing, location, and number of units.
Posted inCity Hall
Mismanaged Public Meeting on HATS Cancelled
Poorly organized meeting, lack of capacity, and a handful of malcontent cause unsafe situation.
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal, Planning and Development
Jamesville Hearing Set for May 2024 as City, CN, CityHousing, and Developers Continue to Meet
No deal out of August confidential mediation. Parties continue to talk.
Posted inBriefs, Ontario Land Tribunal, Planning and Development
BRIEF: OLT Approves Subdivision at 860 & 884 Barton Street, Stoney Creek
290 new ground-oriented housing units are approved
Posted inBriefs
BRIEF: 541 Eatery & Exchange Extends Closure, Implements Layoffs
Barton Street social enterprise is facing increased costs due to food prices at the time as they become overwhelmed with demand for social services.
Posted inNews
Hamilton’s Homeless Deaths Continue, Data Shows Average Age of Death is 43
Mortality Stats for Dec 1 2022 to May 31 2023 reveal homelessness is tied to premature deaths in Hamilton.
Posted inPlanning and Development
Hamilton Committee of Adjustment Files of Note for August 10, 2023
A summary of files that have uniqueness to them, or that staff are opposing the variances
Posted inCity Hall
Hamilton City Clerk Andrea Holland Resigning to Pursue New Opportunities
Announcement comes only days after Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner ordered Hamilton’s City Clerk to respond to emails and voicemails as required by law.
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INBOX: Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath on the Auditor General Report on the Greenbelt
Horwath calls on Premier Doug Ford to “abandon [his] plan to develop the Greenbelt”
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Hamilton Developers Given Special Access to Lobby for Greenbelt Land Removal, Stand to Make Billions from Changes
Secretive Hamilton Greenbelt land removals came following lobbying at a land developer dinner in September 2022: Ontario Auditor General