Jules says, “Spring is coming!”
On a snowy, blowy day like March 29 was on PEI, it was good to have Jules’ reassurance that spring will, indeed, come to the Island – and Upton Farm – again!
Visitor’s View – Don’t Copy Toronto
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 […]
Where Will I Go?
Just up the road from the Upton Farm, Mr. Fox here wonders: if the entire area is turned into homes, which one will I be invited to live in?
Follow Your Heart…
…to Upton Farmlands Park!
Chester and Friends
Chester made some friends in South Winsloe while walking the Trans-Canada trail on his way to the Upton Farmlands. Everyone agreed they’d love to go to the Upton Farmlands to have fun with Chester, but thought they should first invite their their Moms and Dads to join them.
Birthplace Initiative
The Confederation Birthplace intiative website wants to know how YOU would spend some of the $2 million funding provided to Charlottetown to develop it as the Birthplace of Confederation. From the website: “In October, 2006, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency announced a commitment of $2-million as core funding for the Confederation Birthplace Initiative (CBI), a […]
Creating Tomorrow’s Victoria Park
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 […]
Should We “Pave Paradise?*”
The Upton Farmlands in summer. We need to ask ourselves: “is housing the best use for this land?” Photo credit to Rob Leclair, CBC; * Lyric Credit, Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi
Chester Loves the Upton Farmlands
Like many other dogs, Chester enjoys his daily off-leash frolic with his friends at the Upton Farmlands. Here he takes a quiet minute to contemplate the view across the North River.
Foxes and Eagles
To the Upton Farm Preservation Group: I took my little girl to the bus stop and started to chat with some other mothers from Cottonwood Drive. They had no idea what was going on [the Maypoint subdivision on the Upton Farmlands approved by Charlottetown City Council]. They were shocked when I mentioned the 350 and up housing that has […]