DNR to Present Revised Plans for Laurie Park at Upcoming Public Meeting
Grand Lake (D2N) – The most recent update to the Save Laurie Park effort by the Friends of Laurie Park group shows there has been significant progress with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), since the DNR’s first presentation of the conceptual plans for Laurie Park on January 14th. The Friends of Laurie Park group recently met with the DNR to review two new options being proposed, and say both of these new options have various pros and cons but certainly demonstrate that they have been listening to the feedback they are receiving from local residents.
The next steps involve public meetings, where the DNR can present these options and have a voting process to gauge the publics preference. The Friends of Laurie Park group will use this forum (D2N), and the website www.savelauriepark.ca, to provide the public with information leading up to the public meeting, including links to the proposed plans, some descriptive commentary, as well as the groups take on the pros and cons of each option.
The public is invited to attend one of two sessions at the Grand Lake Community Centre:
March 2, 2010 7pm-8:30pm
March 3, 2010 7pm-8:30pm
At these sessions, presenters will describe the two proposed conceptual designs, and those in attendance will be given the opportunity to vote for one of these options. We expect to be able to post additional information about the options early next week.
The Friends of Laurie Park group hopes everyone will spread the word of the upcoming meetings, and they invite everyone to attend and have a say in the future development of Laurie Park.
The Friends of Laurie Park group thanks all those who voiced their opinions and ideas to the government officials and the DNR; they say the public input and outcry from residents have truly made the difference.
Will our Member of Parliament and our MLA be there?
This is fantastic work by all who have inputed and particularly a hearty congratulations to the organizing committee. It goes to show that the people do have the power over elected representatives. I am proud to live in the area, as volunteers are doing a heck of a lot of work to shape the future of our community.
The Fall River Visioning committee is also making great progress on a number of different issues in the area including transit, traffic woes and timing of lights, reviewing and making recommendations on an area traffic study, development bylaws that will protect how our community is developed, trails and housing, and a whole lot more.
We all should be proud to live in a district that really cares.
There’s an old saying that politicians should pay particular attention to.
Disobey your constituents and find yourself working at Home Depot.
The citizens of Fall River, Grand Lake, Waverley etc live here because of the natural beauty and the access to recreational activities.
Let me be blunt
No activities – new politicians…
You get my point – I hope so – it could be a short tenure
Well I had the pleasure tonight to go to our lovely rec centre for an event and have the pleasure of watching and listening your children swearing at the tops of their lungs at the skate park.
When I addressed it with them they became very very aggressive.
Barry Dalrymple, Percy Paris, and Peter Stouffer I would say it is high time you folks take charge of this disaster we call a rec centre and take 13 cement trucks and fill in that skate park once and for all and put an end to this charade.
When residents are feeling unsafe it is up to you – our representatives to take action. Hold a referendum on closing this park and filling it in. That will do away with these rowdy and abusive teens milling around.
I won’t even speak about where these children’s parents are. That’s a whole other topic. It’s not the communities role to raise your kids folks. Take responsibility for once.
I invite comment from others on this topic. Do you feel safe? Should we press these politicians to act? We as a community need to do something before someone gets attacked.