Dear Friends,
HRM is continuing its ‘public consultation’ on the Halifax Common draft plan via an on-line survey or comments until February 28, 2023. That’s because Mayor Savage and HRM Council supported HRM’s Community Economic Development standing committee’s excellent recommendation in January 2022 to bring it back to the public for feedback. (view video of committee meeting)
This plan is critical to the future of the Halifax Common.
That’s why we want HRM staff to do more than an online survey or emailed comments. That’s no substitute for public presentations and engagement. We are also very concerned that HRM has not consulted with the public about the Wanderers Block and that it is engaging in side deals.
Please email commonplan@halifax.ca to ask for actual public presentation(s) of the revised document followed with opportunities for public feedback. And to also ask that there be public consultation on the Wanderers Block. In the meantime, below are draft notes you can use to help you to write more detailed comments to HRM.
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