Less than one month to 2013 Workplace Shifting Gears
May is notable in Peterborough for two great events: the Silver Bean Café opens on May 1st and May is the month for the Shifting Gears Workplace Transportation Challenge! Read More …
Tag: environment
Public Consultation #2: It all points to “Pave the Trail and Park”
A little over 100 citizens came out to see what ideas AECOM, the engineering company hired by the City to conduct the Parkway Corridor Municipal Class Environmental Assessment study, had come up with after the first round of public input from a meeting held October 2, 2012. Over 20 poster-sized displays illustrated a variety of discussions and proposed approaches to building the two sections of the Parkway south and north of the existing section known as Hospital Drive. Read More …
We Lose the Best of Peterborough
Peterborough’s strong linkage between the city and the natural environment is quite possibly our biggest cultural and economic asset. So why would we squander it? Council seems to want us to be like every other Ontario city. We are not. Peterborough is unique. We have unique challenges and unique advantages. Ask citizens and visitors to Read More …
People voted against the Parkway
What is it about democracy that Council doesn’t get? In 2003, a referendum vote on the Parkway showed a majority (55%) of those voting did not want the Parkway to happen. Parkway proponents and City councillors have rolled out a variety of objections to the results of this vote. This is unfortunate because, no matter Read More …
The New Spin on the Parkway
Parkway proponents are using neighbourhood safety as a reason to push through the Parkway. Is it a real reason to destroy another piece of the City greenspace? Read More …