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restoration work by the old canal

Conservation authority hopes to remove 14 greenhouses Craig Campbell & Mike Pearson, Dundas Star News Staff Published on Dec 11, 2009 By requesting a $131,822 interest-free loan from the City of Hamilton, the Hamilton Conservation Authority is taking a first step towards remediation of the former Veldhuis greenhouse property purchased nearly one year ago. If everything goes according to plan, the long process of cleaning up the site should begin early next spring. Tony Horvat, the HCA director of land management, said last week the requested loan would pay for the removal of 14 unused greenhouses on the property. It will not pay for removal of five existing commercial and residential buildings, and one operating greenhouse, which will remain there for at least another full year. “We’d like to be finished by the first of May (2010),” Horvat said of removing the first 14 greenhouses. “I might have to adjust that date.” The loan request is expected to be considered by city councillors

safe at home?

Heartening to see this valuable natural area upstream from Cootes protected from being "developed" - I hope we are on the way to re-developing our views on the importance of natural areas threatened by sprawl. One more strike and the developer is out? Way to go Ontario! Strike two against 760-unit Dundas retirement project TheSpec.com - BreakingNews - Strike two against 760-unit Dundas retirement project Hamilton Spectator DUNDAS — The Ontario government is taking another step to block construction of a 760-unit retirement community on York Road in the rural Pleasant View Neighourhood. Having passed a new law that sets the stage for protecting Pleasant View under the Niagara Escarpment Plan, the province now says it plans t