City council to vote on how it doles out grants
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Committee backs call to maintain green space
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Michele Kading, executive director of Save Our Seine, has lobbied the city s executive policy committee for a complete ban of redevelopment on major public parks and open spaces, such as forests, parks and golf courses.
DOZENS of Winnipeggers weighed in on the city’s development future Thursday, with several fighting to keep green space intact.
DOZENS of Winnipeggers weighed in on the city’s development future Thursday, with several fighting to keep green space intact.
At a public hearing on the Complete Communities 2.0 and OurWinnipeg 2045 draft plans, at least 29 residents were scheduled to oppose one or both of the over-arching documents, which several others supported.
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Michele Kading, executive director of Save Our Seine, argues the city should alter its proposed main planning guidelines to protect against any development of parks and open spaces.
Winnipeggers who are lobbying the city to ban the redevelopment of major public parks and open spaces fear the city is offering a path for new builds.
Winnipeggers who are lobbying the city to ban the redevelopment of major public parks and open spaces fear the city is offering a path for new builds. We just cannot afford to lose any of the ones that we have, said Michele Kading, executive director of Save Our Seine, a group that works to preserve the Seine River and surrounding natural areas. It (could) lock us in to having less green space then we should have, in light of a growing population.