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Point Douglas residents will be consulted over the next few months to help create a neighbourhood plan, which will guide development. The head of a local residents group hopes that will help the area become less industrial and add homes and services, while still respecting its character. DAVID LIPNOWSKI / FREE PRESS FILES Point Douglas residents will be consulted over the next few months to help create a neighbourhood plan, which will guide development.
“We’d like to see most of the industrial (use) out of there...
We’re putting a lot of emphasis on the environment, diversity, services, maintaining our housing stock. We don’t want to see a whole bunch of fourplexes go in,” said Catherine Flynn, chairwoman of the Point Douglas residents committee. Despite wanting more homes, Flynn urged the city to avoid creating large buildings on the smallest lots over concerns “edge-to-edge” construction would destroy many mature trees and green spaces.
Her wish list includes new park and green spaces without “pricing out” current residents from their homes. �.
