Development

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS

Jun 3rd, 2010 | By Jim Chapman | Category: Development

With almost every candidate in the municipal election making a commitment to more jobs being job one (sorry, Ford), we need to hold their feet a little more closely to the fire.
With the economy on enough of a rebound to prompt the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates there is little question more people [...]



So Much for the Wishes of the People

Apr 22nd, 2010 | By Jim Chapman | Category: Development

In a follow-up to our story last week about a neighbourhood in south London united against a proposed apartment development, council on Monday night voted to ignore the concerns of those residents and approve the required modifications to the city bylaws.



Property Rights Buffaloed

Apr 15th, 2010 | By Jim Chapman | Category: Development

Elsewhere in these pages you will find Herman’s report about last Monday’s Planning Committee meeting, in particular the part about the Native Inter-Tribal Housing Co-Operative wanting to build a 29-unit subsidized housing unit on a too-small piece of land in south-central London that abuts a small piece of grandfathered farmland where a local chap sometimes raises bison.



Democracy – or Something – In Action

Mar 25th, 2010 | By Jim Chapman | Category: Development

I was interested when city council responded a few weeks ago to complaints from a group of concerned citizens who live on Colborne Street.



There Are Dreams, And Dreams

Mar 18th, 2010 | By Jim Chapman | Category: Development

When I was a kid growing up in London we used to enjoy going downtown in December to see the wonderful Christmas displays in the windows of Simpson’s Department Store.