[All] a qu re Places to Grow Act

[Ginny Quinn]

Yes, Eleanor.   The Places to Grow  Act  ( I was at the local  meeting  many
years ago HERE at the 'French School House'  on Erb St.  (Met Kevin T.
there, also  David  Wellhauser )  The Region agreed to accept  250,000 more
immigrants  by the year 2035  (not 2031)   (that description is  anyone who
is currently NOT  living here) from any country...Canada    U.S.   any other
country qualified  by acceptance of our rules  citizenship    etc.  because
the province had enacted the Greenbelt Protection Act.)  and needed
somewhere else to  'house' these people.  Our Universities and Conestoga
College  are a BIG  attraction.

My greatest concern at that time was WATER   to feed  all  these new people,
especially  being  so heavily dependent on Ground water   and the builders
pushing so hard for 'new development land.'

  We had a speaker one time at the Real Estate Board   who was a rep.  of
ACTIVA   and told us  that  he had been here for a few yrs.  looking  for
and purchasing more land for  them.   Activa had  been buying land over the
last 50 yrs.   and that was 15 yrs. ago that I was at that meeting.

In our battle  we often quoted   that "It's like buying a lottery ticket"
there's always a chance that you WON'T WIN .(as in the push of developers to
cross OUR OWN GREENBELT   now  at the COURTS re OMB.

  You can get more accurate info  if you call John Milloy's office   (before
he retires)     or Kevin Thomas will be a wonderful source of actual
FACTS....Kevin never ceases to amaze me  with that busy and factual mind of
his.!!!!   Hope this helps ...I'm not sure if I kept the info I picked up
there as I'm trying to clean out  as much as I can.   We'll soon be
downsizing...and I'm a SAVER....don't like to be called a 'pack rat'   but I
do tend to 'save  stuff'  to help others  or refresh this old mind of mine.
Your  question took me back many years...thanks for the memories.   Ginny

 

From: All [mailto:all-bounces at gren.ca] On Behalf Of Eleanor Grant
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 12:58 PM
To: GREN2
Subject: [All] a qu re Places to Grow Act

 

Hi All.  I thought the Places to Grow Act designated some regions, incl
ours, as having to absorb more ppl, and that that's WHY we have to move
toward intensification here.

Is this true?

When the pop of W Reg is forecast to increase by 50% by 2031, is it because
we are a designated region for expansion?

Just wondering.  I can't find any links that aren't pdfs (which I can't read
on my little device).

Eleanor

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