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> Dear sustmar subscribers > I am sending out this query to all community groups in HRM. As a result > of the Daltech > symposium last week, the Urban Development issues committe at the > ecology action centre has started again. Momentum generated at that > symposium to do more than just talk about poor urban design and traffic > woes, rather, the time has come to act. > Many groups, whether resident assoc, wilderness protection, or > heritage groups, have been fighting developers and perhaps even the city > staff, each on their own, with help from places like sustmar. I think > the time has come to link the various groups so as to share info and > experience, and perhaps eventually to form alternative visions of what > we > want our communities and our city to look like. At first glance, the > interests of say > environmental groups would not be the same as a residents assoc, but > past the > surface, lies the fact that we are all fighting to make and keep our > communities > safe, and pleasant to live in. To that end we need to look at issues > such as traffic on a > HRM wide scale. > As an afterthought, consider what MIGHT have happenned if such links > existed back > in the early 90's when halifax city went ahead with Bayers lake, despite > the concerns > raised by several separate groups. > If such a link is of interest to any of you, please feel free to > contact me by email, or by > phone 477-6514. > Thanks for your time david aalders.
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