Community Greenspace
Protecting Upton Farm LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Published in The Guardian 12 Feb. 2009 Editor: Re: Feb. 3 ‘N.S. concert promotor awaits P.E.I. plans’. We can feel secure now that Upton Farm is not going to become the site for a noisy major summer concert this year for which we are deeply grateful. In the […]
Charlottetown resident Tim Banks, pictured here with Kirsten Connor of the Upton Farm Preservation Network, shows his support for keeping Upton Farm green. The Guardian 29.05.07 Working to preserve Upton Farm Editor: As congratulations pour in to the Upton Farm Network, please allow me space to share credit for the accomplishments to date with […]
Citizens, wildlife need intact Upton Farm The Guardian April 2, 2007 Editor: As a person who walks every single day, with my dog as a companion, I have to wonder what would happen to the animals at Upton Farm if it were developed. I don’t mean cows or pigs or horses, the animals that used […]
The Guardian March 29, 2007 A vital asset is in danger Editor: I would like to offer the following comments in response to the letter of Canada Lands Corporation VP Gordon McIvor to The Guardian on Monday, March 26, 2007. 1. Mr. McIvor mentions that his corporation engaged in a process involving government officials and […]
The Guardian March 29, 2007 Look for better ideas for our green spaces Editor: Garry Doyle’s letter in the March 23 Guardian (‘Wow, what a vision…’ ) focuses the issue of the future of the Upton Farm’s green space exactly where it belongs: in the public eye. I thought with the amalgamation of the smaller […]
This is our reply to Mr. McIvor’s letter. It was submitted to The Guardian for publication on March 27, 2007. To the Editor: I noted with interest the opinion piece by Gordon McIvor of Canada Lands Company concerning the development of the Upton Farmlands (“Upton Farm: it’ll offer enjoyable public green space,” The Guardian, March 26, 2007). […]
The Guardian March 23, 2007 Wow, what a vision – more urban sprawl! City Council has approved plans by Canada Lands Company (CLC) to take the Upton Farmlands, a piece of publicly owned waterfront property, and place it in the hands of private developers. CLC’s “concept” plan will soon see this precious piece of waterfront […]
The Guardian March 19, 2007 Island shouldn’t copy Toronto’s sprawl Editor: I have the privilege of being a regular visitor to Prince Edward Island and am always grateful for the hospitality and warmth I find during my visits. While my visits have taken me all over the Island, I have spent most of my time […]
The Guardian March 16, 2007 Editor: I’ve been meaning to write a letter to the editor for some time now on the topic of Upton Farm, but after reading Prof. Nagarajan’s commentary (‘Let’s hold off developing the Upton Farm’, The Guardian, March 13, 2007), my letter is much shorter. His arguments for leaving the Upton […]
Guest Opinion The Guardian March 13, 2007 by Dr. Palanisamy Nagarajan “I think that each town should have a park,” Henry David Thoreau wrote in 1862, while emphasizing the, significance of preserving some portions of nature herself unimpaired, or “rather a primitive forest, of five hundred or thousand acres, either in one body or several […]