Homestead application for 5 Lower Union Street under review by City

Local citizens recognized with Excellence in Conservation Heritage award

Heritage vs Development? Kingston, Kamala Harris and the truth about false choices

June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 Michelle Dorey Forestell 2 Comments 12-storey building, 5 Lower Union Street, brownfield, City of Kingston, DASH portal, deep water dock, deepwater dock, Dry Dock, Great Lakes Cruise Ships, heritage, Homestead Land Holdings, IBI group, Indigenous burial ground, James Bar, Kingston, Marine Museum of the Great Lakes, national historic site, National Historic Site of Canada, Native burial ground, nature, official plan, Ontario, planning, public meeting, Pumphouse Museum, waterfront, waterfront development, zoning bylaw ammendment

Homestead Land Holding Ltd, has submitted an application to the City of Kingston to amend The City’s Official Plan and Zoning By-Law for the property known as 5 Lower Union Street, and a public meeting about the application will occur later this summer.

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February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Jessica Foley 0 Comments Bonnie Crook, Frontenac Heritage Foundation, Ham House, heritage, heritage conservation, Heritage Week, Lieutenant’s Governor’s Excellence in Conservation Heritage Award, Ontario Heritage Trust, Ron Tasker

The Ontario Heritage Trust has recognized the commitment to the restoration of the Ham House in Bath by Bonnie Crook and Ron Tasker with a Lieutenant’s Governor’s Excellence in Conservation Heritage Award. “For more than ten years, Bonnie and Ron, with the assistance of their two children, have carefully restored

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October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 Robert Kiley 1 Comment 223 Princess Street, building height, Capitol Condos, City Council, City of Kingston, compromise, density, development, downtown, heritage, housing, IN8, Kamala Harris, Kingston, official plan, Robert Kiley, tall buildings, The Capitol, US election

In the lead up to the hotly anticipated US Vice Presidential debate earlier this month, I read 2019’s The Truths We Hold. The book – part memoir, part manifesto – by Kamala Harris, current Democratic VP candidate, was surprisingly good. In fact, I was taken aback on a number of