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Core Residents Group
@CoreResidents
We love our downtown Burlington. Together we can ensure it grows responsibly for the quality of life of those here now, as well as the future.
Downtown Burlington Ontario Katılım Ekim 2014
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Core Residents Group retweetledi
@JonesWard2 @kimcalderbank @CoreResidents @ChristyALaverty @CentroGarden @DTBurlingtonON This whole exchange has been revealing of @JonesWard2 . Conspiracy? Endorsement deserved as @Ward2Lisa & @MariannMeedWard have spoken of dev issues for years. Supporting and protecting #dtburlon businesses. You and other candidates are way late to that party. Bye. #Bandwagoneers.
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@JonesWard2 @ChristyALaverty @CentroGarden Hi @kimcalderbank you seem to be following along. Many have chatted with you enjoying the @CentroGarden farmers market with your family. You appear aligned with @JonesWard2 thoughts but do you agree with him on attack of market’s elitism? Affordability? Need to replace? #dtburlon
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@JonesWard2 @ChristyALaverty @CentroGarden Looks like you have deleted the original tweet to this string. But you aren’t ashamed? To remind folks, you attacked the market as elitist. Suggested it should be replaced by the city. A “real” market. Means spending real tax $ instead of free community shoulders & volunteerism.
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@LisaBull1 Looks like @Ward2Lisa responded to the letter already. Appears the people signed up. Hopefully they just forgot and it’s not another bully hater attack tactic. Kinda feels like it though. twitter.com/ward2lisa/stat…
Councillor Lisa Kearns@Ward2Lisa
I proudly stand up for myself and my integrity. As I’ve previously stated, all my email communication lists were attained with permission including these Ward 2 residents who wrote the clerk. I believe they simply forgot they signed up on the newsletter form. #integrity
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As a resident of Ward Two I would expect a response to this concern be shared publicly prior to voting on Monday.
Burlington News@BurlingtonNews1
Nasty, divisive and confrontational politics continues to plague Ward 2. Seems some want to continue that legacy for the next four years. Lets hope Ward 2 residents put an end to this brand of politics and choose a councillor who can work with the rest of the city.
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@SLPrecinct @CentroGarden @PaulSharman1 @SaveBurlington @stjamesward5 @wendymoraghan @droukema @xinyizhang12 This is a good question. Would find the answer to this helpful in understanding the new code of conduct. @PaulSharman1 would you comment?
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Core Residents Group retweetledi
@PaulSharman1 @SaveBurlington @stjamesward5 @wendymoraghan @droukema @xinyizhang12 Mr. Sharman, through the lens of the new code of conduct, how will the city view a councillor being hosted at a restaurant for dinner and drinks paid for by developers? #burlon #dtburlon
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@PaulSharman1 Although ultimately approved by council, will you please clarify why you were on record to opposing a code of conduct? Why would you initially disagree with ethical guidelines and principles? @stjamesward5 @wendymoraghan @droukema @xinyizhang12 #BurlON #VoteBurlOn
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@Chris_Ariens ... and you believe that? We’ll have to see. Adi dev said the same thing for Martha st. A lie. Carriage said the same over at Caroline. Didn’t happen. There is no accountability to price or layout. Only height if we enforce rules. It’s just marketing.
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@CoreResidents New condo at James & Brant is marketing starting point in $300k's. Much more aligned with goal of providing more housing variety.
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When supply and demand are so far out of balance only rich can buy. Need a lot more supply to solve that. Today’s luxury housing eventually filters to become tomorrow’s middle class residence and meets demand now for those who can no longer manage SFH but want to stay in city.
Core Residents Group@CoreResidents
@Chris_Ariens @AndrewM46328930 Ah, didn’t we just conclude that the proposed builds were just for older demographic? That’s not the kind of growth we need. Done. Move on. Try to solve how to build the right product that suits younger, businesses and culture and we have it. But propose more luxury and you fail.
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@Chris_Ariens And I hear ya. If that product wasn’t disruptive and needing the infra, and was affordable, and had some employment space or useful mix like Harbourview, it would be hard to say no. But it doesn’t. None do as proposed.
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@CoreResidents I'm with you on more low/medium rise. I'm not with you on preventing us from going taller if the design works and we can have the infra there to support it.
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@Chris_Ariens Yikes. Ironically for your argument the lowest $ of the marketed condos in #dtburlon is actually the low-rise Saxony. Top $ is $1.5M. Rest are 2x that. Higher average too. Let’s ask for more low-rise then ok? twitter.com/mindifijust/st…
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@AndrewM46328930 @OfInformed @TaylorChrissy_ @GregDWoodruff @KellysBake @kellychildsxo @DTBurlingtonON @tvo Mind if I just... avoid the facts in plain sight — these price lists we can all look up — lists showing that together these condos are selling for $ average well above $1.5M — but I’ll just continue to wear this silly liars hat and fool people to distort reality. 👉🏼👁
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@CoreResidents A 4-8 story limit means that we can only get the former - see Saxony or Romance on the Lake (only 2 mid-rise builds in pipeline) with $million + pricing. I'm not against that but I'd rather see more mix of prices and income levels DT.
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@Chris_Ariens @AndrewM46328930 Ah, didn’t we just conclude that the proposed builds were just for older demographic? That’s not the kind of growth we need. Done. Move on. Try to solve how to build the right product that suits younger, businesses and culture and we have it. But propose more luxury and you fail.
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@CoreResidents @AndrewM46328930 If we don't grow, we have to raise taxes significantly to maintain the infrastructure we already have. Only older demographic with highest wealth can live here. That's the reality of the unsustainable growth pattern we have followed for the past 75 years. The party's over.
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Fact of the Day: Did you know that Downtown Burlington is growing at approximately 50 new units per year over the last 10 years with no building permits being issued within the Downtown this year. The overdevelopment platform is questionable at best & manufactured at worst.
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@BurlWaterfront @JFJustTheFacts @mindifijust @OfInformed @RickGoldring @MariannMeedWard You sound like your sensationalizing friends. Nothing goes backwards. But moving forward we can resume reasonable steps to intensification. Nothing old about that. Your developer interests are just greed. Bad for community.
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@CoreResidents @JFJustTheFacts @mindifijust @OfInformed @RickGoldring @MariannMeedWard "@MariannMeedWard is talking about restoring to the previous course of reasonable intensification." Unfortunately she is taking about and promising things she can't possible deliver. What she wants to restore is over a decade old, We need to move forward not backwards.
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It seems that the current political theme is to undo the policies of prior admins instead of working with them and improving on them.
No policy is perfect from the start. However it is best to put a policy in place and then work towards making it better than tearing it apart.
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@Chris_Ariens @AndrewM46328930 Wha, wait! Who said we NEED to build? The developers right? Yah. That’s not our moral obligation nor need of the many that are here. It’s a want of the few who build. That’s all. No illusion. Saying we need it is a fabrication. Building is a profit business, not a public service.
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@CoreResidents @AndrewM46328930 Need to build where the infrastructure doesn't need much upgrading. Where there are existing amenities the city has invested in. Where there is choice of retail, restaurants, jobs, public svcs you don't have to get in a car to access. That's the city centre.
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@AndrewM46328930 @Chris_Ariens I suppose when the streets are dug up to upgrade infrastructure, water, sewer, power, it‘ll be BS. When the traffic studies result in widening lakeshore and other feeder streets, that’ll be BS. Easy solution. Leave #dtburlon as is and allow it to evolve without mega builds.
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@CoreResidents @Chris_Ariens Total BS. The infra already exists in the Dtown unlike greenfield development. Redevel is the MOST cost effective development. The downtown & no other parts of the City of Burlington have ever been determined to be amenity deficient yet you want more with no way to pay for it.
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@OfInformed @SLPrecinct @JFJustTheFacts @mindifijust @RickGoldring @MariannMeedWard @cityburlington @DTBurlingtonON The retailers say that these proposed new builds bring only the same age and demographic of the existing tall builds. And that these folks, though wonderful, are away a lot in summer and winter. Not reliable for business health. Retailers say need better mix of ages and incomes.
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@OfInformed @SLPrecinct @JFJustTheFacts @mindifijust @RickGoldring @MariannMeedWard @cityburlington @DTBurlingtonON Well, we have actually, over many years. Many many are family and friends. You are misleading again. They want more of the right visitors. More shopping foot traffic. More buyers and diners. More people does not equal more success. Just ask many during SOM or Ribfest. No sales.
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@AndrewM46328930 @Chris_Ariens Mega-condos need significant infrastructure invest not covered by dvlpmnt fees. Tax payers cover. Then no amenity in these builds. We lose lose. Or share cost to build amenity low-rise resi mixed use, bring more business people & shoppers, more culture, more lifestyle. Win again.
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@CoreResidents @Chris_Ariens And just how do you propose to pay for these things? New development is needed to pay for them!
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Core Residents Group retweetledi
@OfInformed @CoreResidents @JFJustTheFacts @mindifijust @RickGoldring @MariannMeedWard @cityburlington The concept that new builds is a measure of success is a fallacy created by developers. The gig is up. Developers don’t build community. People build community. Our #dtburlon retailers build community & economy. Dvlprs only take, capitalize on what communities make attractive.
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