This is not the place for…

This is not the place for additional development. This neighbourhood was built around a golf course more than 30 years ago. That course is our green space our piece of nature and serves as a home to a wide variety of wildlife and animals, while also acting as a floodplain that helps absorb rainwater.

We have already experienced the devastating impact in our own backyard when the developer came in and, in a single day, destroyed more than 400 incredible mature trees, wiping out an ecosystem before our eyes. Many residents paid a premium to purchase homes here because of the natural surroundings that made this community so special.

Millcroft is not the place for development.

A developer purchased a golf course surrounded by an established community and, rather than maintaining the course as it was intended, almost immediately pushed for development and sought to fit as many homes as possible onto this valuable green space. If that is not driven by greed, what is?

Millcroft is not the place for development.

The city understands the value of protecting this community and its residents, and has even offered to purchase the remaining land to preserve green space for the neighbourhood. What better solution could there be? It is a win for the developer and a win for the community.

This must stop. We do not need to live in a concrete jungle. Not every piece of green space should come with a price tag.

Millcroft is not the place for development