The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) recently rescinded their August 9th Homestead North Block development decision
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The province’s planning appeal body rescinded a decision from earlier this year against a pair of high-rise building projects in the downtown core.
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Three Queen’s University students are on a mission to revolutionize the social lives of seniors living in retirement communities. With guidance and investment from the Kingston Economic Development Corporation and the Queen’s Innovation Centre , they are seeking to turn this mission into a business through the development of an app called LifeLuxe.
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Fifty years before Kingston Mayor Bryan Paterson launched a task force on housing, the city was also facing a housing crisis and no shortage of proposed solutions.
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Good news: council’s priorities for the next term strongly reflect smart growth priorities!
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The two sides in a dispute over a proposed apartment building along the east side of the Cataraqui River wrapped up a two-week planning appeal hearing.
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“Kingston continues to experience an historically low vacancy rate which is the percentage of purpose-built rental housing units available in the housing market at a point in time. In 2018, the Kingston Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the city of Kingston and the townships of Loyalist, South Frontenac, and Frontenac Islands, was reported to have a vacancy rate of 0.6 per cent, a slight drop from 0.7 per cent in 2017.”
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More Calgary green spaces will become leafy banquets for hundreds of temporary furry workers this summer, as the city aims to unleash herds of goats and sheep to tackle weeds and keep grass under control.
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An independent review of a controversial 20-storey waterfront building project next to downtown Kingston’s historic dry dock property is recommending wholesale changes to the tower’s design.
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“There is so much mould behind the walls in the bathroom that there are mushrooms growing out of the tile…“She goes to bed in a hat and coat and mitts because the heating system is old and dilapidated.”
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As the mayor’s task force on housing gets down to work, its members heard Monday morning what the federal government could do to help.
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With the arrival of spring, work is ramping up on the City of Kingston’s $180 million third bridge crossing. Starting Monday, March 25, crews will arrive to begin construction on the east and west landing points of the bridge that will span the Cataraqui River.
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City council followed up on its climate emergency declaration by directing staff to look for ways that citizens could donate to a fund that would support local efforts to develop technology to combat climate change.
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The city is studying a variety of ways to achieve its stated goal of diverting 65 per cent of household waste from landfills by 2025.
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City staff are to work with a Vancouver-based urban design expert as they plan ways to add density to the Kingston’s urban area.
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Kingston tops the list for 2019!
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Customers are encouraged to bring their own containers, which are weighed before being filled. Those who forget their containers can borrow some from the shop for a deposit, which is returned when the containers come back washed.
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Councillor Simon Chapelle writes to The Whig-Standard about the recent unanimous ‘Climate Emergency’ vote at Kingston City Council.
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Axing the tax rebate would result in nearly $1 million remaining in city coffers.
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