Tag: City hall
Steve Cordes ending 37-year run at helm of Youth Opportunities Unlimited
During construction of its signature downtown Cornerstone building in 2011, Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) faced sudden criticism of the ambitious and taxpayer-funded project. Some council members and city officials complained about a $2.2-million overrun and delay, because of what they called “luxury features” in the renovation of a historic building at York and Richmond streets. […]
City council news: FlixBus extension, Kiwanis gala, windrows, more
City council is offering FlixBus, which provides bus service to Toronto with stops in between, a one-year extension to continue using the Owen Sound bus terminal. “Given the success and demand for this intercity route, staff support its continuation and recommend approving the first one-year extension,” a staff report to council at its Monday night […]
Is city hall’s push for infill development here to stay?
There’s an increasingly common housing trend in London: infill development. Much of the city’s new development is rising on existing lots, not undeveloped land. LFP’s Jack Moulton looks at why infill has taken off recently, and if may be here to stay. WHAT’S HAPPENING? Infill has become a focus of most meetings of council’s planning […]
If city council ends Watson Park camp, where will the homeless go?
London homeless helpers understand city council’s desire to dismantle an encampment after a fire and propane tank explosion – they just wonder where residents will go. This week, a council committee backed Ward 1 Coun. Hadleigh McAlister’s emergency motion to close the city-run service depot at the Watson Street Park encampment, and to have city […]
$1M program to fill empty London core-area stores, offices endorsed
Businesses in London’s downtown could soon get a decent cash infusion if they open up in one of many vacant commercial spaces.