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Main Street Dartmouth: Practice test of suburban sprawl repair
DARTMOUTH – Turning extensive parking lots into vibrant and walkable communities has long become the new North American dream amongst urban planners...
By Paul Dec -
There is no Good Development but Complete Development
HALIFAX – On May 24th, Halifax Regional Council approved an extension of Halifax’s water service boundary to allow a 256 unit development in Beaver...
By Tristan Cleveland -
Fire Plan Flame Out
DARTMOUTH – The alarm has been sounded in Downtown Dartmouth, North End Halifax, and Sackville over proposed staffing changes at the King Street...
By Sam Austin -
Small is Beautiful: Dartmouth’s Findlay Centre and the new Master Plan
Dartmouth – With summer at an end, public consultation for Halifax’s new Community Facilities Master Plan (CFMP) is underway, setting the stage for...
By Sam Austin -
Our Winter of Discontent: Sidewalks and Snow Clearing
HALIFAX – After a brutal February and an almost as horrid March, Halifax (aka Hoth on a nasty day) is finally emerging from the worst winter in...
By Sam Austin -
Fairview may lose out due to Halifax’s Arena Strategy
HALIFAX – Almost two years ago, Old HRM made a decision that New Halifax will try and contort itself into, or out of…or maybe a bit of both. The...
By Abad Khan -
A New Arena for Dartmouth
DARTMOUTH – Halifax’s long awaited Arena Strategy is coming before Regional Council on Tuesday and, so far, it’s the proposed closure of the...
By Sam Austin -
Transit First: How much service? Where?
HALIFAX – Metro Transit is busy redesigning HRM’s transit network, based on the Moving Forward Principles that were approved by Regional...
By Sean Gillis -
Halifax Tool Library Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
HALIFAX – The Halifax Tool Library just came closer to becoming reality: its crowdfunding and tool drive campaigns recently launched. It’s an...
By Tristan Cleveland -
HRM’s Regional Plan needs adjustment, but will we seize the moment?
Editor’s Note: Below is an open letter from Frank Palermo sent to HRM Mayor Mike Savage and the Greater Halifax Community on the importance of the...
By Abad Khan -
Last-minute changes risk undermining HRM’s Regional Plan
HALIFAX – The Regional Plan 5-year review process (RP+5) has been years in the works, but it may be undermined with some significant changes that...
By Abad Khan -
Sidewalk snow clearing in Atlantic Canadian Cities
HALIFAX – With all the broken wrists, slips, and copious amounts of ice and snow remaining on city side sidewalks after recent snowstorms...
By Abad Khan