[Guy 1]

Man, reading the comments on the engagement website...those Windsor Park NIMBYs are gonna make this such a struggle. And unfortunately there is a lot of political/financial power in that neighbourhood. I truly hope Pagnotta has it in them to tough it out.

 

[Platinum107]

Man, reading the comments on the engagement website...those Windsor Park NIMBYs are gonna make this such a struggle. And unfortunately there is a lot of political/financial power in that neighbourhood. I truly hope Pagnotta has it in them to tough it out.

At least on this EE page the it looks like the majority of the opposition is bringing up decent points for the developer to consider, unlike the "waaaaa too many rental people in our neighborhood!!" comments we've seen for T5M Connect

 

[Guy 1]

Though the comments may be portrayed as criticism of the height or something arbitrary like that, the underlying sentiment is ultimately the same. They want their neighbourhood to remain as unaffordable for everyone else as possible. It's that same old sense of entitlement - these people are just a bit better at hiding it.

 

[northlands]

It's just so hilarious(ly sad) that these folks choose to live in a neighborhood adjacent to the largest university within 800 km of any direction--you know, a place where tens of thousands of people from out of the city/province/country attend and/or work at that requires a lot of temporary rental space--then get upset about there being more rental space being built?

I can generally empathize with NIMBYism to a very small extent, but the irony of this seems all but lost on these folks

 

[rake]

This one is up for rezoning on May 18th, with Administration support - will be interesting to see how it turns out given the fairly intense backlash from the community

 

[EtoV]

I assume at this point they'd prefer anything over a giant hole

 

[IanO]

Not so sure about that...

 

[Guy 1]

The hole is a sign of their strength

 

[JC_Yeg]

I always think of this when I drive by:

 

[northlands]

I used to think Parks n Rec was waaaaay exaggerated with the way they portray citizen engagement with municipal gov't, but turns out they're only somewhat exaggerating.

 

[strata]

If you haven't already, you should watch Utopia (renamed Dreamland for television networks outside of Australia). It is pretty solid satire on the planning & development process.

 

[IanO]

As is Vivarium

and Highrise

 

[Guy 1]

Approved today at Council!

Pleasantly surprised. Not nearly as many neighbourhood members came out to speak in opposition as I expected, and the ones that did were not at all convincing.

 

[itom987]

Those NIMBYS deserve this for refusing to accept initial version.

 

[IanO]

Huh? The initial project was approved and quite wonderful, even with significant opposition.

It failed due to a developer issue, not a community one.