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Activities Report – October 2024-October 2025:
Nov: Request meeting with Mayor Fillmore- hit redial, 
Nov: Great news, FHC receives charitable status + engages Canada Helps as interface. A big thank you for persisting to both Lawrence + Janet!
Feb: Submission on the Mayflower Factory Building- Better Ideas for better outcomes.
Feb: Submission on NS Government Proposed Changes to the Minimal Planning Requirements- Reject them
Feb: Letter: Dear Premier Houston- Do you know your government is buying & demolishing affordable housing on Robie St?
Feb: Letter: Dear HRM, Cancel the Robie St Widening, use lane changes, save $73m (forecast now ~$200) to create a uniform width Young – Cunard, nothing for transit.
March: Letter: Mayor Fillmore-We Worry About Our Meeting, Neighbourhood & Misinformation
April: Public Panel-Howard Epstein, Peggy Cameron, Jeff Karabanov, Frank Polermo on Robie St Widening, All Nations Church- over 100 in attendance all opposed.
April: Todd Veinotte interview with Peggy Cameron on Robie Street widening
April: Howard Epstein, Peggy Cameron meet with Andrew Crooks re QEII Redevelopment to discuss public consultation process lacking, especially with VG site; need for open space vs parking; transportation needs to go from private to public; Province needs to respect municipality; trees could have been saved on Bell Road; too much hospital centralization on peninsula 
May: Howard Epstein, Peggy Cameron present to HRM transportation committee
May: Howard Epstein, Peggy Cameron meet Mayor Fillmore re Robie 
May: FHC letter to Mayor Fillmore to reiterate wider Robie problems/better options
June: Letter to Mayor Fillmore + HRM Economic Development Development & Planning Standing Committee outlining the problems with the stadium proposal
June: Honour & Festooning Robie St Trees Welcome Summer Solstice/Save this tree
June: launch petition to Save Our Wanderers Field 
June: Todd Veinotte interview with Howard Epstein on HRM Economic Development Development & Planning Standing Committee moving stadium another step forward
September: Howard Epstein presents to HRM Transportation standing committee re Robie widening: HRM staff shifting rationale between Bus Rapid Transit (curb side pick up) or future commuter rail (central pick up) AND recent Ontario Court decision against Bill to remove bike lanes on constitutional grounds.
September: William Breckinridge & Peggy Cameron submit heritage designation applications for 6027 Williams St (demolition began before permit), as well as 2494, Robie, 2500 Robie, and 2514-15 Robie to HRM staff. Also letter requesting a Robie St streetscape. All are remarkable historic buildings.
September: letter to HRM heritage advisory standing committee asking that the four applications be expedited because of risk of demolition. 
September Letter to Brad Anguish, HAC Members, HRM Council requesting urgent meeting of HAC; HRM staff misinformation meant applications were not expedited.
September: Talk Truth & Reconciliation, Letter to Mayor and Council on First Nations’ newly renovated 7-unit building building at Charles/Robie to be demolished
Additional: Meetings were held between Peggy C & Howard Epstein with Councillors Hinch, Cuttell, Purdy, Hendsbee, Eaton, Hartling, Young, Austin, Smith. No response from Becky Kent, John St Amand, Tony Manccini despite multiple asks.
Meeting were also held with Friends of the Public Gardens and the Halifax Lancers.
On-going: Monthly meetings, communications: Email, Newsletter, Facebook, instagram, website. Thank you everyone!
A most sincere thank you to Janet Stevenson for all the work to interface between the BOD & webmaster and as treasurer, balancing the books, tax returns etc. We are very grateful for your every effort. A most sincere thank you to Sharon Ross for each of many efforts made for FHC and the larger community to protect the former Dr. Ligoure building and for continuing despite adversity.