I was checking on the Township of Woolwich website to see if there was any new information about when the report on Victoria Glen Park might be available and which council meeting it would be dealt with. (I've been told late September or early October -- will keep you posted!)While I poke around the site, I did find the minutes from the June 23rd public meeting on the parkland. Take a look and see if you think it reflects the depth and intensity of the presentations.
It's been a fine summer next to the woods. Neighbours report that more people than ever are making there way down here to walk the paths -- many who hadn't really known it was there until the publicity this spring and many who have realized "you don't know what you've got until it's [almost!] gone".
Let's keep up our vigilance and make sure that this woods is one that won't go anywhere!
(The poster, above, was on the bulletin board at Foodland most of the summer.)
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Boy, those Woolwich Council minutes sure suck the life out of that meeting. There's absolutely no record of the number of people in attendance, and their passion for Victoria Glen.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Mayor Strauss's closing comment is recorded, the minutes don't show how poorly that was received by the public. That was as close as anyone's come to being booed off the stage.
A spot of good news: Victoria Glen is not one of the properties listed as surplus in this week's Observer. But this week's "The View From Here" cartoon struck an icy chill down my spine...
--Bob.