ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Concerns over a lack of parking that led councillors in St. John's, N.L., to axe a proposal for affordable housing last week are part of a
It’s not just the boomers tho, a lot of people are so selfish lately.
For the past 10 years there has been a large field across from where I work. Not a nice bit of nature, just a crappy looking bit of lumpy grass a mowed a couple of times a year. About 5 years ago an investor bought the land and wanted to develop it.
They hired an architect that designed a stunning looking building, super modern, fully environmentally neutral in construction and in the future, with excellent insulation, heat pumps using the ground and solar on top. It looked beautiful as well, with a very interesting design and a lot of green. Part of the roof was to be a garden, not for people but just for plants. Plants had places to grow all over the building, which was designed to easily maintain the plants not to overgrow the building and not damage it. The intent was for commercial use of the building.
So the investors took their plans to the local council and they were super happy. It cleaned an unused bit of land, they would get income from the use of the building and attracting businesses is always a good thing. So they gave the permit and said go right ahead.
However as soon as the permit was published the local community went nuts. They organized and didn’t want the developer to spoil their bit of land. They complained about all sorts of things, almost everything highly exaggerated or complete nonsense. Anyone that actually looked at the plans the architect made could see they really took a lot of things into account. But the local community organized, got everyone riled up, held protests, blanketed the area with flyers etc. This community is pretty mixed in terms of ages and such.
So the council pulled the permit and told the developer they couldn’t do it. This led to the developer sueing the council and that’s still in court, the developer invested millions to get to that point with support of the council. With the local community the way it is, the project isn’t going to happen, so it will probably cost the council and thus the community a lot of money.
So with that canceled a new developer came around and said they wanted to use the plot to build housing. There is a huge shortage of housing in the area, so they got an immediate go. As predicted the community went apeshit again, not in my backyard and all that. The council was not amused and shut that shit down right away. Refusing housing isn’t a thing they are willing to do, nor should they. Unless someone has a valid claim, like it being unsafe or having too big environmental impact or something, it’s going to happen. The local community don’t have shit and the developer did things like environmental impact studies, checked for archeology etc. The faces of the ringleaders was priceless when the council shut them down. This whole not in my backyard bullshit needs to stop and I’m happy the council did the right thing.
Construction started beginning of this year, so that shitty piece of grass is finally going to be useful. Other then for people’s dogs to poop on that is.
It’s not just the boomers tho, a lot of people are so selfish lately.
For the past 10 years there has been a large field across from where I work. Not a nice bit of nature, just a crappy looking bit of lumpy grass a mowed a couple of times a year. About 5 years ago an investor bought the land and wanted to develop it.
They hired an architect that designed a stunning looking building, super modern, fully environmentally neutral in construction and in the future, with excellent insulation, heat pumps using the ground and solar on top. It looked beautiful as well, with a very interesting design and a lot of green. Part of the roof was to be a garden, not for people but just for plants. Plants had places to grow all over the building, which was designed to easily maintain the plants not to overgrow the building and not damage it. The intent was for commercial use of the building.
So the investors took their plans to the local council and they were super happy. It cleaned an unused bit of land, they would get income from the use of the building and attracting businesses is always a good thing. So they gave the permit and said go right ahead.
However as soon as the permit was published the local community went nuts. They organized and didn’t want the developer to spoil their bit of land. They complained about all sorts of things, almost everything highly exaggerated or complete nonsense. Anyone that actually looked at the plans the architect made could see they really took a lot of things into account. But the local community organized, got everyone riled up, held protests, blanketed the area with flyers etc. This community is pretty mixed in terms of ages and such.
So the council pulled the permit and told the developer they couldn’t do it. This led to the developer sueing the council and that’s still in court, the developer invested millions to get to that point with support of the council. With the local community the way it is, the project isn’t going to happen, so it will probably cost the council and thus the community a lot of money.
So with that canceled a new developer came around and said they wanted to use the plot to build housing. There is a huge shortage of housing in the area, so they got an immediate go. As predicted the community went apeshit again, not in my backyard and all that. The council was not amused and shut that shit down right away. Refusing housing isn’t a thing they are willing to do, nor should they. Unless someone has a valid claim, like it being unsafe or having too big environmental impact or something, it’s going to happen. The local community don’t have shit and the developer did things like environmental impact studies, checked for archeology etc. The faces of the ringleaders was priceless when the council shut them down. This whole not in my backyard bullshit needs to stop and I’m happy the council did the right thing.
Construction started beginning of this year, so that shitty piece of grass is finally going to be useful. Other then for people’s dogs to poop on that is.