Vol. 1 No. 20

The Infrastructure Issue

Author

Karen Valihora
August 22, 2024

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Picton Terminals says it’s developing a new agricultural port, with silos and receiving buildings, at its site on Picton Bay. The County says it has not seen a building permit.

Wellington community groups hosted a town hall meeting last week. Hundreds of people showed up. Municipal lawyer Andrew Biggart, legal counsel for the Wellington Community Association, made a series of ill-informed claims.

The Gazette speaks with Alexandra De Gasperis, VP of Deco Communities and co-creator of Base31.

In which the Gazette checks the claims made at a Wellington community meeting against the myriad reports, studies, and budgets produced by Shire Hall.

There’s a big debate coming up at Council on August 27. 

We consider the anti-development lobby, and what it might mean for the County.

And let’s hear it for development. New housing, of every kind: “tiny,” if you want, or just plain small. Mixed, stacked, back-to-back, up-and-down: bring it on. New roads, new neighbourhoods, new boardwalk, new schools, new shops, new barracks, new Drill Hall, new museum, new parks, new historic hotel, new hospital, new jobs — all the things development and people and vitality bring. Bring them on. Enough of this muddled, fear-addled, rejection of the future. That’s a dead end. The road to nowhere.

In which Karen Valihora gets a bit exercised about misinformation.

The Weekend Ticket

The Biglake Festival opening night is Friday 23 August at 7pm with Evolution of the Piano at the Wellington Music Hall. Events through August 31.

The big ticket this weekend is the traditional opening concert of the of the Prince Edward County Chamber Music Festival, which runs through September 22. The Hannford Street Silver Band performs at Macaulay Heritage Park in Picton on Sunday at 2pm. Free and open to all.

County Kids Read celebrates 15 years with a party in Benson Park Saturday at 10-12pm.

Julie Seddon opens her art studio, 25 Johnson Street, Picton, on Sunday from 12-6pm.

The Rock the County Music Festival runs all weekend at Base31, from noon to 11pm on Friday and Saturday. The Trews and Matt Mays play Friday, the Glorious Suns on Saturday.

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