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The most anticipated development in Niagara, Prudhomme’s Landing, is finally ready to push ahead with Phase I of construction after an official groundbreaking ceremony on the 80-acre site last Thursday, July 21. Officials from developer FBH Group, MPP Sam Oosterhoff, Mayor Sandra Easton and many town councillors, Reg. Chair Jim Bradley as well as a host of planners and consultants were on hand for the proceedings. For more information, please turn to Page 4. – Williscraft Photo
116-home Bartlett Road development raises residents’ ire By Mike Williscraft NewsNow A proposal to develop 116 3.5-storey townhomes on a parcel of Grimsby land at the south end of Bartlett Road’s dead end met with considerable opposition from neighbouring homeowners at a public meeting last week.
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lands, which would be to not permit any parking lot within 1.0 metre of a property line abutting a residential zone,” cites the Town’s planning report. Consultant David Aston of MHBC Planning said the developer is aware that the dead end is the favoured See DEVELOP, Page 3
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News Now • Thursday, July 28, 2022 • Page 3 From Page 1 escarpment crossing currently under consideration at Niagara Region. “We are aware of the plans for Bartlett Avenue extension as it relates to the potential for that to occur to the south,” said Aston, noting the land was historically an orchard with one home on the property which is just under six acres in size. Aston reviewed an extensive grading plan to deal with drainage, highlighted many landscaping and design features and suggested the build fit with the neighbourhood. Residents’ opinions differed considerably. “I am in total opposition to the current proposal. We under-
of 25 units per hectare. which is typical of semi-detached or detached townhomes. So, the actual changes to this, to 129 units per hectare, represents a five-times increase in density compared to a typical townhome density and 10 times that of fully detached homes.” said Francome, noting the density of the Golf Woods development immediately adjacent to the proposed site is only 12.6 units per hectare. This makes the proposed project 10 times more dense than that area. Guy Gelinas noted the staff report on the project incorrectly noted the homes abutting the proposed development are two- and 2.5 storey homes. Gelinas noted there are 8
homes with one being two storeys and the rest being bungalows. “Will the report be corrected to reflect this inaccuracy and also considered in the decision?” Gelinas asked. “The proposed units have rooftop patios and are 3.5 storeys high. We believe this does not respect the scale and build form of surrounding neighbourhood.” Coun. Reg Freake noted many pointed out nobody knows who the developer is at this point as it is only named as a numbered company. Aston said the developer would be available at subsequent meetings, but could not attend the Aug. 18 meeting.
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Niagara West Special Olympians headed to Canada Games By Sarah Williscraft NewsNow Two West Niagara Special Olympics athletes have qualified to represent Ontario in the Canada Games this year. Shannon Swinson, Beamsville, and Owen Konkle, Grimsby, will both be competing in the 100 and 200-metre sprints, with Niagara hosting the games. “Owen is pretty excited because he’s had a good year, he just won two bronze medals at the Canadian Track and Field Championships so this has really kept the excitement going,” said Jennifer Korstanje, Owen’s mother.
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10-year Prudhomme’s build out about to start By Mike Williscraft NewsNow A planning process which began six years ago for Prudhomme’s
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(Left) Francesco Bertola, left, FBH Group president, addresses those on hand. Lincoln CAO Mike Kirkopoulos emceed the proceedings. (Below) FBH Group’s Stefano Bertola, second from right, and FBH operations manager John Fracchioni, RIGHT, are introduced to the crowd. Williscraft - Photos
site will start in just a couple of months, said FBH Group operations manager John Fracchioni at the official groundbreaking last Thursday. “It’s been six years coming,” noted Fracchioni. While much of that was process, a great deal of the time had to do with wanting nail the planning details, said Fracchioni. “We recognize what this is and what this site has meant to the community. We took our time because we wanted to get it right the first time. We want it to be special,” he said. Lincoln Mayor Sandra Easton commend-
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Parcel 1 The lands at 4238 Fly Road in Campden are composed of part of Lot 47, Plan M-13, in the former Township of Clinton, in the Town of Lincoln, Regional Municipality of Niagara. The lands are further described as Part 2 on Reference No. 30R-15807. The lands are approximately 2,356.2 square metres and contain an existing building which was previously used for a fire hall.
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It is with sad and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Caterina Presti on July 20, 2022. Caterina was a loving and devoted wife, mother, and nonna. She will be sadly missed by her devoted husband of 60 years, Vincenzo and her children Rose (the late Doug), Joe (Carol), and Diana (Jeff). Caterina loved spending time with her grandchildren, Brian (Kathleen), Kevin (Jess), Steven (Gaby), Tony, Katerina, Madeline and her great-grandson, Samuel. Caterina was born and raised in Aragona, Sicily with her late parents, Francesco and Giovanna Gaziano and her siblings Girolamo (Maria), the late Stella (late Raimondo), Salvatore (late Mima), Cologero (Concetta), Pina (late Salvatore), Anna (Matteo), and Angelo. She moved to Canada in 1962 after her marriage and was surrounded by her in-laws, the late Giuseppe and Rosa Presti and their children the late Luigi (Anna), the late Peter (late Ann), the late Carman (late Miriam), and Teresa (Nick). Her passion was her family and cooking fabulous meals for all. No one ever left her house hungry. She was a kind and loving lady and will be missed by all who knew her. Thanks to Dr. Voltz, the staff at the Beamsville Medical Centre and West Lincoln Memorial Hospital.” Due to COVID concerns a private Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 11am at St. Joseph’s Church, Grimsby. Rite of Committal will follow at Mount Osborne Cemetery, Beamsville. For those wishing to view the link to the Live Stream Funeral, please visit Caterina’s obituary page at talllmanfuneralhomes.ca. Online condolences at tallmanfuneralhomes.ca.
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The family of Beamsville Home Hardware would sincerely like to thank the community during this difficult time. We have been so grateful for the outpouring of support. Your support has helped us heal. Thank you, all of you, that have sent flowers, messages of condolences and sympathy cards. Frank has been an icon in this community and loved serving all his customers for 33 years. He loves serving all his customers with a smile and sharing his knowledge and hardware. Our husband and father, Frank Pavlakovic was loved by many and will not be forgotten.
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Barbecue and politics meet every summer in time-honoured tradition at Cherry Avenue Farms in Vineland. Saturday, community members had the ears of Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff and Niagara West MP Dean Allison to share concerns and enjoy the free annual family event hosted by Oosterhoff and Allison. McDonald – Photo
Inching closer.... Having been to the plethora of meetings, having seen all the drawings, having heard tons about the anticipation, it was great to see the Prudhomme’s Landing development get its official groundbreaking last week. After what will be a 10- to 12-year build out of 3,700 residential units, it will be a destination-worthy location for anyone looking to live, work and play all in one spot. The 80-acre site was slated for sale by its previous owner several times only to have deal fall through. Then the owner was going ahead with its own $319 million development - that was 2009. Finally, FBH Group came in, acquired the land and invested a great deal of time, money and effort over the last six years to get where they are. Time to get crackin’! M.W.
Think road, not units with Bartlett project Last Monday’s double header of Town of Grimsby meetings was the opposite of the old saying, the calm before the storm. The special council meeting called to deal with woeful adventures of one Grimsby councillor - megafireworks and all - opened the show, while a public meeting to deal with 37 Bartlett Avenue. That property, one of the last historical orchards left below the escarpment, is the proposed site for 116 3.5-storey townhomes. Being right at the foot of the escarpment makes drainage a major concern. Anyone in the area does not have to look any further than what has been dubbed in the neighbourhood along Vintners Lane and “Little Niagara Falls as an example of what can happen when construction is not carefully planned. You may recall that story, multiple basements flooded, sticks, mud and debris flowing down the street simply, a major mess. If this project is not done up right, anything coming down the escarpment will flow right out onto Bartlett, which ties directly into the biggest elephant in the room - Bartlett Road itself. As the public meeting progressed - planning staff did their thing, the developer’s consultant presented, then the public and some members of council made comments and asked questions - it was odd how quiet and professional it
MIKE WILLISCRAFT all progressed. For anyone who has watched virtually any meeting of Grimsby council, you would know immediately professionalism is a rarity. Much of the meeting was spent scanning my laptop screen and listening to comments as I tried to figure out why this was. Simply, the G5 didn’t speak. The mayor ran the show, differing opinions were offered up, questions were asked. There were no baseless accusations, no intimidation tactics, no shouting down. The “Cinqo de OhMyo” were silent - and it was glorious! Shiny new, well sort of new, Coun. Nick DiFlavio who had just been sworn in earlier in the evening - took his spot and offered several questions on the Bartlett Road aspect including an inquiry about the status of the proposed escarpment crossing which will assuredly go right by there at some point in the next 10-15 years. And I have to add, it really is unfortunate that
extension was not put through as it was planned in the early 1970s - one of several planning blunders Grimsby has absorbed over the last 50 years. Back to present day, when one looks at the drawings laid out by the developer - whose consultant confirmed they are aware of the extension plans - along Bartlett is what seems to be a very thin band of green space and no room for a sidewalk. It does not appear to be a setback for what will be a major transportation thoroughfare and very little space left of any kind of sound buffer for the many homes which will have backyards abutting what will be a very busy road. Maybe it’s properly planned the way it is, but looking at the proposed layout I sure as heck would not like it. Maybe sidewalk would not be required for a transportation corridor, but Mountain Street has them on the east side. Would there be bike lanes? My point is, the escarpment crossing is going there. I’ve been saying that for 15 years or so. Now is when proper design and spacing needs to be laid out to allow for a wellplanned roadway which checks all the boxes on the wish list. Otherwise, it will end up other projects do, with a patchwork, after the fact series of repair and adjustments with a “We did the best we could” theme stamped to it forever.
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