No doubt you’ll notice the existing eight story condo.What do you think?
Be sure to view the “Master Plan Concept” at the bottom of the “Goals” page.
Grand Bend, Ontario is engaged in a project that many feel (including myself) is an alternative to The Town’s current “Crystal Beach Gateway” project.
Here is the Q & A section of their website.
What will the Beach Enhancement Project cost total? And how much community support is required? What will the Beach Enhancement Project cost total? And how much community support is required?
The entire Beach enhancement project will cost $3.5 million dollars. At this time a number of key stakeholders have joined together to support the project.
The Rotary Club of Grand Bend has made a commitment of $100,000 to name the Performance Plaza.
The Grand Bend Optimist Club has made a commitment of $100,000 to name the Children's Playground.
The Grand Bend Community Foundation is generously donating $75,000 towards the natural garden areas.
The Municipality of Lambton Shores will be funding items such as lighting and roads and other infrastructure costs. A recent announcement by Rural Economic Development (RED) program with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has added $500,000 in new funding towards the project. Community fundraising (including the RED grant) is hoped to exceed $1.5 million.
I had posed the question what will the activist groups do if they succeed on stopping the proposed development, on the other thread.
ReplyDeleteSorry John, I hadn't realized that you had started a new topic.
The Grand Bend initiative is certainly one that we can be envious of, and I wish them all that their efforts to produce a community enviroment is equaled by their enthusiasm. And I am sure that it will.
I do have two comments about how it relates to our situation here in Crystal Beach. Neither of which depict situations that are unsurmountable.
The first concern is that they appeared to have taken the initiative prior to activities already presented by their local government. We, on the otherhand, are in a situation where we are playing second fiddle to an already proposed plan, and trying now to catch up. I agree with your statement on a previous thread that we sat back placidly while all this was going on and were oblivious to the proposal.
My second concern, is that it appears that Grand Bend has so much more acreage to work with. Certainly, we cannot expect the grandeur that Grand Bend is creating, but I am concerned that we might not be able to achieve our own goals in persuit of a smaller scaled initiative.
As I said, both concerns are not unsurmountable.
Any comments ?
One can only imagine how much progress would have been made had we, as a community, followed a similar path ?
ReplyDeleteI certainly agree about the acreage especially when you consider the proposed structure's "foot print".