{"id":12111,"date":"2012-09-14T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=12111"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:28:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:28:37","slug":"events-guide-hrm-election-2012-debate-districts-9-and-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/09\/14\/events-guide-hrm-election-2012-debate-districts-9-and-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Events Guide: HRM Election 2012 Debate &#8211; Districts 9 and 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Northwest Arm\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7156\/6439260035_d53009be84_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>HALIFAX<\/strong> &#8211; A joint debate for districts 9 and 11, which include the communities of Spryfield, Fairmount, Armdale, and Chebucto Road (to name a few), promises a great start to the election season. \u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for residents of HRM to become more engaged. Only 36% of the public voted in the last election,\u201d says Our HRM Alliance coordinator Jen Powley. \u201cThis is our effort to engage people in the issues that will really affect the future of their municipality and their neighbourhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>One of the residents who will be at Friday\u2019s debate is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/drewmooreNS\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Moore<\/a> (who once considered running for the election himself). Moore says, \u201cThere are several important issues that need to be addressed in the new District 9.\u201d He identifies these as: cyclist and pedestrian safety at and around the Armdale rotary, the Bayers Road widening and the loss of the Williams Lake watershed.<\/p>\n<p>Moore specifically will be looking for \u201ca councillor who sees the bigger picture when it comes to designing and adhering to good development plans, including consideration for transit, who has real ideas for open government and public engagement and who understands the vital roles recreation, arts and culture play in the community, both socially and financially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spryfield resident Tanis Crosby, who now resides in District 11, is concerned about transportation issues and community plans. When asked about her concerns, she comments \u201cHRM significantly resourced the development of a Herring Cove Road community plan, developed by Ekistics Planning and Design\u201d. Crosby wants councillor candidates to answer \u201cwhat specific and concrete actions will you take to ensure the delivery on these recommendations and within what timeline?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For these questions and more, please come to the debate at the Captain William Spry Community Centre, sponsored by the Our HRM Alliance. The evening will feature a very brief presentation on the Seven Solutions and the set questions for the candidates will revolve around these themes. Questions from participants are allowed on any topic. The debate will be moderated by Jordi Morgan of News 95.7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong> HRM districts 9 &amp; 11 Election Debate<br \/>\n<strong>When:<\/strong> Friday, September 14, 7pm (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/412334168831542\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook event<\/a>)<br \/>\n<strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/rec\/centrescaptainspry.html\" target=\"_blank\">Captain William Spry Community Centre<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This information was extracted from a press release issued by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourhrmalliance.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jen Powley<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Photograph by\u00a0<a id=\"yui_3_5_1_3_1347625128702_1067\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sconehead82\/6439260035\/\" target=\"_blank\">sconehead82<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 HALIFAX &#8211; A joint debate for districts 9 and 11, which include the communities of Spryfield, Fairmount, Armdale, and Chebucto Road (to name a few), promises a great start to the election season. \u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for residents of HRM to become more engaged. Only 36% of the public voted in the last election,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/09\/14\/events-guide-hrm-election-2012-debate-districts-9-and-11\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Events Guide: HRM Election 2012 Debate &#8211; Districts 9 and 11&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8020,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5858],"tags":[345,4299,351,4332,1322],"class_list":["post-12111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civic-engagement","tag-civics","tag-coordinator","tag-halifax","tag-hrm-alliance","tag-jen-powley"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Events Guide: HRM Election 2012 Debate - Districts 9 and 11 - Spacing Atlantic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/09\/14\/events-guide-hrm-election-2012-debate-districts-9-and-11\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Events Guide: HRM Election 2012 Debate - Districts 9 and 11 - Spacing Atlantic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 HALIFAX &#8211; A joint debate for districts 9 and 11, which include the communities of Spryfield, Fairmount, Armdale, and Chebucto Road (to name a few), promises a great start to the election season. \u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for residents of HRM to become more engaged. 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