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News for June 2008

Final Caroline Martin Mitchell Workshop Held June 19th

Concluding a year and a half long process originally driven by District 203, a final Mitchell property workshop was held June 19th. Numerous individuals representing several groups turned out, almost all in opposition to a Park District idea to eliminate 360 garden plots. Read the many reasons the WSGPC thinks displacing the Community Garden Plo...

Park District Fails to Reach Agreement on the Ponds- Hope for Park Dashed

Seemingly contradicting a recent press release, the Park District June 12th read a prepared statement indicating negotiations for the aquisition of the Ponds of Hobson West would be terminated. Reasons cited for the impasse were legal in nature. During the year and a half since the issue moved from the City Council to the Park District, a discus...