Community Greenspace
Gordon McIvor is the vice-president, strategic acquisitions, Public and Government Affairs, Canada Lands Company. This is the text of his opinion piece, which ran in the Guardian on March 26, 2007: Upton Farm: it’ll offer enjoyable public green space By Gordon McIvor COMMENTARY Canada Lands Company CLC Limited (CLC) would like to take the opportunity […]
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 […]
Published in The Guardian March 2, 2007 Group urges council to preserve Upton Farm as natural area A group of citizens opposed to the development of Upton Farm told Charlottetown city council it had an opportunity to demonstrate vision and make the land its own Victoria Park. Five members of the Upton Farm Preservation Network […]
Published in The Guardian March 1, 2007 Most people at public meeting want Upton Farm preserved as green space Preservation Network wants development freeze to allow citizen consultation A majority of the 70 people who attended a public meeting Monday night on the future of the Upton Farm land package want the area preserved as […]
This Letter to the Editor from Charlottetown resident Tom Connor was published in the Guardian on Feb. 14, 2007 Editor: Andrew Chisholm (‘Room at Upton Farm for development, too’, The Guardian, Feb. 12, 2007) presents some thoughtful arguments in regard to the Upton Farm development, but he also presents some inaccuracies which weaken his case.The […]
This Letter to the Editor from Charlottetown resident Kathy Kennedy was published in The Guardian on February 5, 2007. Editor: When we turn on TV, pick up a magazine, go online or read a newspaper, we are reminded of obesity, weight loss, heart health, high cholesterol etc. We are told walking is beneficial. We vow to get […]