Preserve Victoria Glen Park

Victoria Glen Park is a 7-acre forest between Snyder Avenue North and Dunke Street in Elmira, Ontario, beside the lane that leads down to the Kissing Bridge Trail. The Township of Woolwich proposed to "surplus" 2.6 acres of this bush for a residential development. Hundreds of area residents joined forces to convince Council that good stewardship of this natural space, used by hundreds in our community, could best be accomplished by preserving it as parkland.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Tomorrow's the day: Spread the word and be there!

The council meeting to consider the staff recommendation to "surplus" 62% of the Victoria Glen Park forest for residential development is tomorrow, Tuesday, November 3rd at 6 pm in the township hall on Church Street in Elmira.

talk to all your neighbours and friends and children. Tell them about the proposal and urge them to come to the council meeting.
read the report (link is over to the right on this page) so you know how weak and how greedy this proposal is
come to the meeting - the more people we have there showing that there is HUGE outrage about this issue, the better
contact the Woolwich mayor and councillors and let them know your opposition to development (there's a link, in the right column, to their contact emails and phone numbers)

(By the way, the Facebook group, "THEY'RE TEARING DOWN ELMIRA'S FOREST ANYWAY! STOP THEM!!," now has 705 members.)

Remember: the meeting is at 6 this Tuesday!