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Archive for August, 2007

New downtown BK before council - with a drive thru!?!
New downtown BK before council - with a drive thru!?!
By Chris | August 31, 2007 | Feedback (17)
Next Monday, council will be deliberating whether or not to accept the cities Planning Advisory Committee's (PAC's) recommendation to allow Burger King to construct it's new restaurant (which will replace it's existing ...
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Interpreting the signs - The Smart Growth Index (part 2 of 4)
Interpreting the signs - The Smart Growth Index (part 2 of 4)
By Chris | August 31, 2007 | Feedback (0)
Yesterday, we read about the Pembina Institute's latest report featuring our fair city, the Ontario Community Sustainability Report - 2007, and read the general conclusions the institute came to regarding the 27 municipalities ...
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Signs, signs - everywhere signs (part 1 of 4)
Signs, signs - everywhere signs (part 1 of 4)
By Chris | August 31, 2007 | Feedback (0)
There has been quite a few studies and reports featuring Windsor over the past few years. I don't know if we're exceptional or the poster-child for how NOT to do things. You decide......
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Investing in regeneration VS subsidizing sprawl
Investing in regeneration VS subsidizing sprawl
By Chris | August 29, 2007 | Feedback (2)
The university requires another 20 million dollars, in addition to the 40 million it just received from the province, to make it's dream of the Centre of Engineering Innovation a reality. As reported ...
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Well, if the city won't do it...
Well, if the city won’t do it…
By Chris | August 29, 2007 | Feedback (1)
...we may as well take the cultural and economic future of our community into our own hands.Crowdsourcing: -verba neologism for the act of taking a ...
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In praise of preservation
In praise of preservation
By Josh | August 28, 2007 | Feedback (1)
I tuned in to council last night to catch the lively debate (and, oh, was it lively!) on the WUC rate increase and was given a special little gem that wasn't reported in the Star, and likely won't be until the shovel is in the ground or, in this case, ...
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The University and The Road Less Travelled.
The University and The Road Less Travelled.
By Chris | August 23, 2007 | Feedback (2)
This is just like the scene in that movie - you know the one - where the protagonist is standing at a fork in the road, contemplating which direction they will head. And ...
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Riverside Roundabouts
Riverside Roundabouts
By Chris | August 22, 2007 | Feedback (2)
During the Riverside Drive Vista Improvement Projects public deliberations, there was a woman who got up before council, visibly nervous, and poured her heart out with concern over the cities plans to install traffic ...
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