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Backlands Park To Provide Underground Parking Below Wilderness Area

Backlands Park To Provide Underground Parking Below Wilderness Area

In September HRM announced that the tentative agreement for the Urban Wilderness Park on the Purcell’s Cove Backlands would include a parking lot and main entrance. Since then some questions have been raised about the concept and possible scale of parking adjacent to a wilderness area. The NCC in partnership with urban parking specialists UrbanMobility has arrived at a solution that will provide for those who visit by car while meeting the concerns of conservationists.

Chronicle Herald: HRM’s suburban, rural areas call for a development plan

Chronicle Herald: HRM’s suburban, rural areas call for a development plan

Great turnout at the event yesterday and media was all over it!…

From the Chronicle Herald: “A suburban uprising of sorts kicked off at a Spryfield restaurant Tuesday morning…

“We are tired of hearing about this city centre thing,” Bruce Holland of the Spryfield Business Commission told about 70 people packed into the Station Six eatery on Herring Cove Road. “Let’s get on . . . with the needs of the other parts of this municipality.”

Launch: Proposal for a Regional Main Streets Plan

Launch: Proposal for a Regional Main Streets Plan

Please Join Our HRM Alliance for Launch: Proposal for a Regional Main Streets Plan…

Halifax has a problem. Communities throughout the region have big ideas, but for many, their official plans have not been updated in decades.

Come to the Press Conference on Tuesday, January 9th at Station Six pub to hear the proposal and show your support for effective, sustainable planning for all communities in the region of Halifax.