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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 23 Oct 1991, p. 1

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_-_.v..v.u unvul t 7 -_. - w, """A"Gia-----u-z------'-""'tC'1'y2'L throughout the "tICI""" mil CHM.“ ___ . . .. A “Wu" a: Deborah Granola" 't',$itdgl, c Ltd hi am . opping entree " w ieh ans Conestoga Mall," went 0 for 2 Thurs. day when regional council voted against its proposal to expand the Waterloo mall. But many of the players say the game's not over yet. Cambridge Shopping Centres'e first blow came early last month when Waterloo city council voted to approve in principle the 1fanulifea1arkboriiiri, proposal for con. struction of a regional shopping mall in Waterloo, rejecting the Conestoga Mall expansion proposal. Before the issue was taken to Waterloo " -- _..-_ - viva nun. In I delegation to council Monday, Westhuaetimd Fiend: of Westvale Woods support: e rig t’e of private property owners to develop the lands by their' own timing and design. The group indicated that it is willing to help rmd ways of ensuring that the private landowners in question would not My (Continued on pogo A3) 1n question, approached her requesting a gtatua upon an the planned development Weethuee and - the other residents thought teg, migh t t,,122r, in the original opment p uee two of the the landowner. had not lined the esteem in 1986, end thought that now might be an We time to reevaluate the original plan. “It's reasonable to any that this (Nan) wee designed and epproved back in 1986 when we mn't thinking quite the way we’re thinking new." Mrtrfnnon aid in the interview. "The level of eroetmiouan- to tree-caving then u oppoeed to now he: Been I change 100 fold. lgueeeyou have to leek at it with eyes then and eyee pow." " " A-I-__A,-," . _ v V I..-“ "nu mu project. Conn. Joan McKinnon said in an inter. view that Prof. Ken Westhuae, who resides on a severed portion ofone ofthe properties in question, approached hor mumm- - But for various muons, incl . the extension of the “the ,illtgini,,tg -itar, the landowner; have not been able to 3W to pm with the project. Conn, Jo... u..v:-___ __.. . _ ' . rG-.-"e"'""'"'" .!'..'f.,"1Iiathin the "ttr, l property mmerfe the 'GGiti. ,Tiii; Ci entered a Momma: plan agreement. Per,tlte.eet.t d. mu m enacted tn A of residents from the Westvsle ,i,lfllTdu': issskingcity council to help then preserve a woodlot in their nttightmrhooit. A newly formed mp named Friends of Wootnle Woods, along with the Westvale Community Actuation and students of Westwale public echool. asked council Monday to reevaluate a subdivision plan wgch could meet 'dt walla; th de 've properties tad on sou sl of Er!) Street north of riqelter.miitiiG Road were approved the Won by the city and the upon .in 1986 alter the CWWE Westvale unites to save woodlot upon regional council last week, mm of Conestoga Mall initiated a campaign to drum up public support, hoping to convince regional councillors that the Conestoga Mall expansion was best for the commun- ity. It is strongly felt hr those merchants that the city's population cannot support two major shopping malls, and that long. time Waterloo merchants will tsufhr by the construction of a new mall. Advertisements ran in local newspapers, more than 6,000 signature cards were ftlled out by members of the public support- ing the expansion and opposing new mall developments, and merchants from Cones toga Mall and Waterloo Town Square (also Hundreds of am Boy Scouts, 'dtlthtg J,'tt"2gt a; m . It "outing new“... - . V__ --9rM..M. ‘un-l “aunt, LII! PM i, took to the ttttmth Friday and Saturday for their Funds mind by selling apples are used to fund mew-um .. _ _ -__ ___- -.. “mm... But in a 14 to 10 vote (one Cambridge and all nine Kitchener councillor}; in opposition). the region supported the an- t1lifeMirkborougti proposal, which calls for the construction of a $130nnillion shopping centre at the northeast corner of Weber and Columbia Streets in Waterloo. Ron Meier-s, senior vice-president of Cambridge Shopping Centres Ltd., said the firm', next step is to appeal region's decision to the Ontario Municipal Board. And he think’s chances for success at an partially owned by Cambridge Shopping Centres Ltd.) filled regional council cham. bers during last week's meeting to show sugporp for melting! expansion. mum m cm. T a.” -'""'"""""b" an!) vacuum Fariview Corporation) "There were 17 man:- 1881188 brought forward by all of the developers -- three of u: agreed on a set oferiteria ipvolving 17 major impacts. That went to the city, and (according to city mm Conestoga Mall subsequently scored best on 14 of the 17 issues." Meier: and. - 7 -- -_-. rev," tl"eartYrt..thriiriTiii'iii'lit'i :e tam me," she adds. “It's like a ig, yard sale. Whatever households have on the boulevard is for the taking." But Suave warm residents to keep all items that they do not want picked nah n “din-'1 aerasas - but.“ the Ito-Mud and FF?iy a? - mu not y My Goods Exchange Day, which was launched in May of this year, will now run in both Kitchener and Waterloo four times per year. Residents must remove any unclaimed items from the boulevard by 6 pan. There will be no special pickup following the event and residents are asked to reaped households having garage sales throughout the day. Meiers called the Conestoga Mall expan sion the rational choice, stating It had met 14 of17 criteria determined by an mdeperr dent study Ganced by three bidding developers (Cambridge Shoppmg Centres kid, Pyy,li1tMa.ryGrougii and Cadillac oyp, heariry rare good WEDNESDAY. t9CTC)SEtt 23, ttNM . PAGE " "We '"u.tteftoesetntimewtsen people would know there would be . '1,t.f.tt,eteAitiiiG'iiai'r"CCuU, '3fhtm.wtattsiiiari"iiGi27, geht.tetrr1itticri';riioiie"ireet 1tttatieeiiifi.tTG.Tiliiii'e'r"%'A, couldloe Wham LIV. and .44.; - - n.“ u, placing my cable, unwanted Who“ item. Ml from furniture to clothing to books, on their front boulevard. tor other. to collect. "the Firm in to try and keep mun-m. in use II long In Mble, like MW“ items, "coming that once an item ia no 1oetgerGatsie ttt one home doesnt men that other People don't VIM to tWe it," "y. Susan Slave, Recycling Coo li r for the City of Waterloo. m“- ' moor In in Goods iiiiiiiG%';', and reddenu m .t,etl to tahe Pan and “m..." h Waterloo - get ready for another goods exchange day weekend to do your fail (Com-noon on 9.9. A5) 2sffGoods by

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