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 […]
Will City Council Reply? Stay Tuned!
Charlottetown resident Janet Marshall wrote to City Council concerning the Upton Farmlands. She received neither acknowledgement of her letter nor any answers to her questions. So, she wrote back. Janet has given us permission to use her letters on this website. They are an excellent template to use when addressing Council on this issue. Please […]
Let’s hold off developing the Upton Farm
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 […]
Federal Competition with the Private Sector
Research information received from a provincial government source indicates that there are 273 vacant lots available for sale in existing housing subdivisions in the West Royalty-Winsloe area of Charlottetown. That means 273 lots already for sale with infrastructure already in place. What need is there for more subdivisions in this area? BUT the Canada Lands Company […]
Future Leaders Hear Our Concerns
On March 9, the Upton Farm Preservation Network made had the privilege of meeting with over 50 young people from across Prince Edward Island at the two-day 2007 Young Leaders’ Forum held at the Rodd Royalty in Charlottetown. The efforts and reasons for preserving the Upton Farmlands fitted well with the Round Table Discussions on the Environment […]
Is Housing the Best Use for this Land?
The Upton Farm is a 246-acre property in Charlottetown, PEI. It is bisected by the Trans-Canada Highway and located between the North River Causeway and the Upton Road traffic light. The fields and mixed woods of the Farm start at the Beach Grove Forest Division and run along the shore of the North River to the proposed location of the […]
Support From Paul Jenkins
Read what Paul Jenkins, retired owner of PEI firm Jenkins Transfer and former member of PEI Industrial Park Board of Directors, has to say about the Upton Farmlands: I was ultimately responsible for the hundred-acre land purchase now contained in the West Royalty Industrial Park while a director of the Crown Corporation, Industrial Enterprises. It was […]
Public Meetings
Two public meetings were held by the City of Charlottetown to get community input into the Canada Land Company’s concept plan for developing the Upton Farmlands. The meetings were held April 6, 2006 and June 15, 2006 at the West Royalty Community Centre. The reaction of the community to the concept plan was overwhelmingly negative. […]
You Can Make a Difference
If you think the Upton Farmlands should remain greenspace, it’s very important to let our Mayor and Councillors know. After all, it was City Council that made the decision to allow this high-density development. Ask the councillors to re-examine their decision in light of new information that has been brought to their attention. Contact information […]