By Pepper Parr
September 1st, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
Development seems to always been an issue in Burlington,
“Council doesn’t listen to us” is something heard almost daily
“And we certainly don’t want THAT” is heard just as often.
“We want what Brant Street was five years ago.”
“And everything we don’t want goes to the Ontario Land Tribunal, where the city loses because we don’t hire the really good lawyers.”
I was combing through the Gazette archives last night looking for a specific picture a reader had asked for and came across this article about a meeting that took place in September of 2024.
There was a public meeting at which a development proposal was introduced. It was a short meeting held in a room that wasn’t very big. The reaction seen in the photographs tells the story. The developer didn’t show the visuals again.
It does show that developers do listen to what the public thinks.
The development was something the public had not seen before – and they didn’t like what was being displayed. It was shown just the once at a community centre.
Representatives had difficulty getting their plans across to people. The size of the proposal was beyond what anyone who attended the meeting was prepared to even consider.
Some people were stunned at what the developer was proposing.
Mayor Meed Ward listened to an upset constituent.
There was nothing about the development proposal that anyone liked.
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