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Fwd: 2020 CMHC President's Medal for Outstanding Housing Research: Professor David Wachsmuth

by lavellcampbell

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Neighbours Speak Up <neighboursspeakup(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 2:50 PM Subject: 2020 CMHC President's Medal for Outstanding Housing Research: Professor David Wachsmuth To: David Wachsmuth <David.Wachsmuth(a)mcgill.ca> Greetings and Congratulations David from your friends and colleagues in Nova Scotia. We were elated to hear of the award for your work on* The Impact of Short-term Rentals on Canadian Housing. * It was just over a year ago that you presented your *Report on Short-term Rentals in* *Halifax.* That report and your continuing work here and around the country has both informed and inspired our efforts to encourage and develop policy and regulation around this issue. Bravo to you and your colleagues in recognition of this important work. Bill Stewart for Neighbours Speak Up https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/nhs/nhs-project-profiles/2020-nhs-projects/i… You are receiving this email because you have expressed interest in being updated regarding the short-term rental issue. If you do not wish to receive further messages please let us know.

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Re: Walk on Sunday to discuss stores on every corner and other Centre Plan info

by Jane&Steve Hart

Thanks Ron, Jane and I will be away during the next walk but would be interested in another future oine if it's possible. Steve Hart On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 at 21:19, Rexanne and/or Ron < SkibbensPhillips(a)ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Dear Bloomfield neighbours, > > > > Are you interested in what the Centre Plan says about chickens, selling > produce from your doorstep or even stores on every corner in our > neighbourhood? The Centre Plan mentions these and other development options > for peninsular Halifax. More information is available at centreplan.ca > > > > If you are interested, you are invited to a 90 minute Bloomfield > neighbourhood community walk with Kat Kitching and HRM staff to learn how > HRMâ€™s Centre Plan affects our neighbourhood, which parts of the Centre Plan > are still being refined and to collect your input. > > > > There are 4 remaining slots open for a walk this Sunday, November 22 > starting at 3pm. To indicate interest in this walk register at > https://forms.gle/E8meLDbqVmmPRRyp8 These 4 slots are available first > come first served, but if there's enough interest Kat can book another walk. > > > > Folks can write directly to kat(a)outdooractive.ca if they want to join a > walk on a different day/time. > > > > All the best, > > > > Ron > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > _______________________________________________ > Bnranews mailing list -- bnranews(a)chebucto.ns.ca > To unsubscribe send an email to bnranews-leave(a)chebucto.ns.ca >

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Fwd: fyi-May Day for May Street?

by lavellcampbell

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: friends(a)halifaxcommon.ca <friends(a)halifaxcommon.ca> Date: Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 11:17 AM Subject: fyi-May Day for May Street? To: fyi-The houses on May St at Robie to the corner of Fern are rumoured to be slated for demolition. Apparently all the residents with the exception of one home have been evicted. (To geo-locate, this is between the Homes for Hondas & Bloomfield neighbourhoods and across from EAC) Preservation of existing neighbourhoods is not just about heritage-its about affordability, economics, culture and environmentâ€”39% of energy related CO2 emissions come from building and construction. This is a sign of whatâ€™s to come as the Centre Plan has incentivized demolition by increasing heights without any evaluation of the existing structure or controls. The city is well aware of what it is doing. In 2016 FHC wrote to the Mayor and the Premier asking that the charter be amended to include controls for demolition. https://www.halifaxcommon.ca/dear-mayor-take-control-of-demolition-permits/ There are lots of new additions to the demolitions listed in the letter, for example Killam properties has quietly knocked down two historic homes at the NW corner of Carlton Street across from where they are permitted to build the 18-storey high-rise on the east side.

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Walk on Sunday to discuss stores on every corner and other Centre Plan info

by Rexanne and/or Ron

Dear Bloomfield neighbours, Are you interested in what the Centre Plan says about chickens, selling produce from your doorstep or even stores on every corner in our neighbourhood? The Centre Plan mentions these and other development options for peninsular Halifax. More information is available at centreplan.ca If you are interested, you are invited to a 90 minute Bloomfield neighbourhood community walk with Kat Kitching and HRM staff to learn how HRMâ€™s Centre Plan affects our neighbourhood, which parts of the Centre Plan are still being refined and to collect your input. There are 4 remaining slots open for a walk this Sunday, November 22 starting at 3pm. To indicate interest in this walk register at https://forms.gle/E8meLDbqVmmPRRyp8 These 4 slots are available first come first served, but if there's enough interest Kat can book another walk. Folks can write directly to kat(a)outdooractive.ca if they want to join a walk on a different day/time. All the best, Ron Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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Petition asking HRM to reconsider its current plans to sell Bloomfield School to a private developer

by lavellcampbell

Here is a message posted by Susanna Fuller on the Bloomfield Neighbourhood Residents Association facebook page In all of my advocacy on various issues over the years, the one that has been the most difficult, and with the most ups and downs is less than a block from my house. I'm determined to try one more time, to have the right thing done with two square blocks of public property in the middle of a growing city. If you live in Halifax - please consider asking HRM to reconsider its current plans to sell the entire two blocks of the old Bloomfield School to a private developer. HRM has done no public consultation on this development since 2007. A lot has changed since then, including most recently HRM council with the 2020 election. please consider adding your name to the following petition https://www.change.org/p/halifax-regional-council-stop-the-sale-of-the-bloo…

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Roof cleaning

by Maureen Woodhouse

Hello, We are having difficulty finding someone reliable (and not prohibitively expensive) to clean the leaves off our flat roof. Does anyone have suggestions? Thanks, Maureen and John

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Time sensitive: Invitation to participate in Centre Plan Walks round 2 - anyone up for this weekend?

by Katherine Kitching

Hello everyone, I'm helping to organize another series of Community Walks this November/December to help folks understand which parts of the Centre Plan are still being refined right now and collect your input. I'd be pleased to do a "pilot walk" with BNRA members this weekend if you folks can self-organize into one ormultiple groups of max 8 people and contact me with a time you can meet. I can do Saturday after 4:30 pm or pretty much any time on Sunday. the sooner I know, the better. We would have an HRM planner with us to answer detailed questions that I can't answer. I don't have time to coordinate this in detail, but if you folks can self-organize a time that works for you, then I'll do it -please let me know asap. Otherwise, happy to book a walk with you folks at a later date of your convenience. And/or do more walk for anyone who can't make it this weekend. But the weather is going to be great this weekend! - Kat Here's our generic blurb Walk 'n Roll Halifax invites residents, community leaders and local organizations to join guided tours throughout the Regional Centre to raise awareness about Centre Plan Package B and collect input from residents. The Centre Plan is a planning process for peninsular Halifax and Dartmouth within the boundaries of the Circumferential Highway that will help shape the future of development. The focus of these 2020 walking tours (first series held in 2016) will be on low-density established residential neighbourhoods. This is an opportunity to share information about your neighbourhood with your neighbours and HRM, learn about the proposed changes, and to provide feedback and comments to the Municipality. To ensure compliance with the Public Health order, groups will be limited to 8 participants on each tour, plus a Walk 'n Roll facilitator and an HRM Planner. Registration is required; more info to follow on that. The walks will be scheduled shortly; please check back in to see the schedule and select one that interests you -- or contact us now to book a walk at a time and location to suit you, if you are part of a community group or club or organization and have 5+ interested participants. Please contact Kat at kat.kitching(a)gmail.com to make a booking. Please share with all who may be interested ðŸ™‚

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Fwd: Rent Control Rally on Sat. Nov 7

by lavellcampbell

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Kathleen Flanagan <kathleenflanagan2015(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 11:09 PM Subject: Rent Control Rally on Sat. Nov 7 To: lavellcampbell <plavell(a)gmail.com> Nova Scotia ACORN has posted a notice about a rally in support of Rent Control on their facebook page. The rally will take place at Halifax City Hall on Saturday, November 7, at 2 pm. Nova Scotia ACORN is an independent national organization of low and moderate income people fighting for healthy homes, a living wage and better communities across NS. Would it be possible to post the notice on the BNRA News? Thanks. *Kathleen Flanagan* *2620 Fuller Terrace*

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Bloomfield Center and Halifax Memorial Library

by lavellcampbell

Message from Peggy Cameron Friends of the Halifax Common Iâ€™ve posted this on the friends of halifax common facebook-please help circulate it by liking and sharing. https://www.facebook.com/pg/halifaxcommon/posts/ Honour our Sandstone Mothers Halifax, take a page out of this story- repurpose the Memorial Library, Bloomfield etc for community instead of a practised neglect strategy & an "oh dear" with a sold sign. Carnegie Celebrates 40 years as â€˜Sandstone Motherâ€™ to Downtown Eastside @TheTyee https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/30/Carnegie-Celebrates-40-Years-Downtown-Ea… [image: Carnegie.jpg]

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