By Pepper Parr
April 3, 2023
BURLINGTON, ON
The Gazette has been advised that this meeting is not for the general public – it is a meeting at which the focus group will be meeting with the developers planning consultant. There will be a meeting for the public at a later date.
The development is back on the table.
Dana Andrews, the Planning Consultant who is shepherding the application to develop the Lakeside Village Plaza wants to reconnect with the community and will be hosting an upcoming meeting with City Staff, the Mayor and Ward Councillor together with the community focus group.
Stephen White
Stephen White, part of a Community Focus group that converged on the previous developer to express concerns on the redevelopment proposal. That meeting was very well attended.
There is no formal structure, although Bob Hilton and Frank Attardo seem to be the guiding force.
They live in the condo on the south side of Lakeshore Road across the street from the plaza. That building was swamped during the 2014 flood. 43 cars in the underground parking lot were flooded and totalled. They obviously have a strong interest in what goes on that site. The big issue is the water table. Many stores in the mall such as the Bowling Alley and the theatre had underground rooms, and they were constantly battling flooding.
The intention was to develop the site in stages. Skyway Arena, immediately to the north of the proposed development is currently under construction.
Since the December 2019 meeting, the community focus group recognizes that a lot of time has passed due to the pandemic; there have been a number of stops and restarts to their work. Over the last several months the group has been reviewing updated concept plans and looks forward to presenting those plans to the City and the public Thursday April 27th, 2023.
prior to a re-submission by the developer to the City.
The meeting location – Hearthstone – 100 Burloak Drive, Time: 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Light refreshments will be available.
An agenda will be distributed prior to meeting date.
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Development met with significant community blow back.
Statutory meeting didn’t change many minds.
Is the meeting in the building that was the Pig&whistle ?
Editor’s note: It is – I am told the Fish and Chips were great