To the editor:
This letter is in response to the editiorial “Too late to the table” in the May 20 edition of the Source.
Thirty-five years ago, my wife and I bought our home in a nice quiet family neighbourhood on Picton Avenue to raise our family.
Over the years we have experienced a lot of changes, which most neighbourhoods do.
We would like to point out the following:
You did not mention how many times the zoning by-law has been changed for this property over the years.
You did not mention that the city is only required to notify residents within 120 metres (400 feet) of the development.
You did not mention that the developer wants to build an establishment twice the size of any Tim Hortons in the city.
You did not mention the hotel that is planned for the property.
You did not mention the increase in traffic that will be created at an already high accident intersection.
You did not mention the Boys and Girls Club one block away, that many children have to cross Junot to get to.
You did not mention the loss of a skating rink in the parkette at the end of Picton and Blutcher.
This parkette was championed by then Alderman Lorne Allard after the previous parkette was destroyed when the city built non-profit housing and the parkette was never re-established.
You did not mention that the Boys and Girls Club also make use of this parkette.
You did not mention the new EMS that was forced to locate to the area. I repeat forced, but that is another issue.
As to your reference to closing the city to business, the last time we checked there were 10 Tim Hortons and 13 Robins – total 23.
It does not sound as if the city was closed to business.
We could go on and on but the message has been received.
There are people that simply do not want this property developed for another doughnut shop.
You did not mention the $208,000 to hire advisers to study the Golf Links/Junot corridor under Renew Thunder Bay (May 15, 2011) which includes John Street/Golf Links Road west to the Thunder Bay Expressway.
Our suggestion to you, is that next time, seek out the whole story before you say “Too late to the table.”
May we suggest “possibly too late to the table.”
This letter is in response to the editiorial “Too late to the table” in the May 20 edition of the Source.
Thirty-five years ago, my wife and I bought our home in a nice quiet family neighbourhood on Picton Avenue to raise our family.
Over the years we have experienced a lot of changes, which most neighbourhoods do.
We would like to point out the following:
You did not mention how many times the zoning by-law has been changed for this property over the years.
You did not mention that the city is only required to notify residents within 120 metres (400 feet) of the development.
You did not mention that the developer wants to build an establishment twice the size of any Tim Hortons in the city.
You did not mention the hotel that is planned for the property.
You did not mention the increase in traffic that will be created at an already high accident intersection.
You did not mention the Boys and Girls Club one block away, that many children have to cross Junot to get to.
You did not mention the loss of a skating rink in the parkette at the end of Picton and Blutcher.
This parkette was championed by then Alderman Lorne Allard after the previous parkette was destroyed when the city built non-profit housing and the parkette was never re-established.
You did not mention that the Boys and Girls Club also make use of this parkette.
You did not mention the new EMS that was forced to locate to the area. I repeat forced, but that is another issue.
As to your reference to closing the city to business, the last time we checked there were 10 Tim Hortons and 13 Robins – total 23.
It does not sound as if the city was closed to business.
We could go on and on but the message has been received.
There are people that simply do not want this property developed for another doughnut shop.
You did not mention the $208,000 to hire advisers to study the Golf Links/Junot corridor under Renew Thunder Bay (May 15, 2011) which includes John Street/Golf Links Road west to the Thunder Bay Expressway.
Our suggestion to you, is that next time, seek out the whole story before you say “Too late to the table.”
May we suggest “possibly too late to the table.”
John and Marge Armstrong,
Thunder Bay
