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If you are shopping downtown for the Holidays, Dorothy Turcotte's new book, available at Objects to Desire, makes for a great gift full of local flavour. All proceeding go the Grimsby Historical Society.

"Throwback Thursday" is in a way about heritage, and appropriately this Thursday will feature a Heritage Meeting. Among the items on the agenda, an update on t...he Grimsby Beach Study, a Notice of Motion on the Main Street East Heritage Conservation District Study and a request for a name change of Sobie Road to Sobye Road. Agenda: https://bit.ly/TOGH20201119 The meeting starts at 6PM and will be here on Facebook Live or the Town's livestream at: https://vimeo.com/grimsbycouncilchambers

Some of the latest developments about the Main Street East heritage study were covered by Bryan Levesque, Local Journalist Initiative reporter with Niagara This Week. https://www.niagarathisweek.com//10242480-battle-over-fut/

https://www.cbc.ca//moncton-council-heritage-house-ashford What happens when heritage protection is a reactive response instead of a proactive strategy? Messy situations that lead to big issues down the road, and in the end, loss of heritage. This historic house in Moncton NB is now in the middle of a dispute between Council and a developer who is looking to replace it with a parking lot. Council rushed to have the house listed on the non-demolition list at the last moment..., creating a situation in which the development of a six storey condo next door would have to be adjusted while construction work is underway. The developer is fighting the decision in order to continue his initial plans (https://globalnews.ca/.../heritage-designation-historic.../). The James Willison Grout Nelles house at 133 Main Street East, currently owned by DeSantis Homes, shares a similar story which started almost ten years ago (https://savemainstreet.ca/news/how-did-we-get-here.html). After delaying inclusion on the non-demolition list, Council scrambled to save it only when a demolition permit has been already issued. A heritage conservation agreement was reached with the former developer in order withdraw the demolition request and restore the historic building. However, the agreement was never registered and therefore the conditions attached to it could not be enforced. The house was eventually designated, but those mistakes created the grounds for the issues with the five storey mixed-use proposal that we're facing today.

Members of Council will be back in session tonight to hold a public statutory planning meeting for the development proposal (5 lots) at 7 Park Road South. The ...original proposal in 2017 had 6 lots and was refused by Council, went to LPAT and is now back with a 5 lot proposal. You can read more about the proposal in the agenda: https://bit.ly/TOGP20201110 The meeting will be live tonight at 6:00 PM or at the Town's livestream at https://vimeo.com/grimsbycouncilchambers

How was life in Grimsby during the WWII years? An interesting glimpse thanks to the hard work of the Grimsby Archives volunteers, reveals names and places that we can still recognize today.