Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Much Ado About Soil...


Mattamy recently filed for "an exemption to the Fill Topsoil Disturbance By-law" that could would help Mattamy and other developers to get the ball rolling with their Seaton residential projects. Ultimately this could help determine how soon the Sales Centre will open. To find out if the motion was passed by the city click here.

Thanks to member kf240 of the Seaton Creekside forums.

In other news, the city of Pickering won praise and "kudos" at the 2008 Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference in June.

"In a nationwide competition that recognizes the very best of Canadian municipalities' effors to create more environmentall responsible and livable communities, Pickering took home the Sustainable Comminity Award for Planning for its groundbreaking Sustainable City Project."


To read the entire article courtesy of the 24 hours newspaper click here.