Development Projects Around the County
About 400 concerned residents attend standing-room-only town meeting in Wellington
Council’s Planning Committee introduces a two-step process — while opportunities for public consultation diminish.
That a crew of placemakers, designers, and developers are intent on reviving the old Camp Picton, turning it into the centrepiece of a series of villages offering multiple new ways of living here, is an unprecedented turn of events.
Council pauses new development applications in Picton, Wellington, and Bloomfield for one year
Cold Creek’s shock fail vote at Council leaves County looking at a very expensive legal case
Port Picton’s restored and expanded Claramount opens to the public in spring — and a boardwalk in October
The Gazette examines the claims made at the Wellington Community Association event held at Highline Hall on August 12.
An Open Letter to Minister Calandra, and worries about park space in new development
Recent development proposals from Sterling in Wellington's village, Kaitlin for Cork and Vine, PEC Community Partners for Base31, and now Port Picton Homes' Cold Creek prioritize affordability, which means higher densities. But they also offer innovative new designs, such as laneway houses and garden suites. Cold Creek's stacked townhouses marry townhouse design to apartment efficiency at entry-level prices.
Two new apartment buildings are coming to Picton Main Street. Construction starts within the next six months.
A preferred solution has emerged for water infrastructure from Wellington to Picton: one water treatment plant to serve Picton and Bloomfield as well as the village.
There’s a fortuitous overlap between livability — “healthy, complete communities” — and good design that is well worth attention.
The ambitious new 54-acre plan could add five new streets to the neighbourhood off Owen Street in East Picton. At least 200 houses are coming, as well as a large 2.5 acre park.
Residents of Fawcettville, a small neighbourhood just east of the Picton core, are looking forward to getting some new neighbours.
Developers return to tried and true models for living: the village and the campus
The vote came despite strenuous objections from the neighbours at Wellington on the Lake
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