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CITY REVEALS BOLD VISION FOR ROCKLAND RIVERFRONT
JOSEPH COPPOLINO joseph.coppolino@eap.on.ca
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Le conseil municipal de Clarence-Rockland s’est vu présenter des « principes directeurs « pour l’aménagement du secteur riverain englobant le parc du Moulin et le rivage le long de la propriété appartenant actuellement à Potvin Construction. - photo Joseph Coppolino
BMPOH B CPBUJOH SPVUF HJWFT $MBSFODF 3PDLMBOEBVOJRVFPQQPSUVOJUZ The Time is Now 'PSBTMPOHBT3PDLMBOEIBTCFFOOFYU to the Ottawa River, developing the local XBUFSGSPOUQSPQFSUZIBTCFFOBTVCKFDUPG EJTDVTTJPOGPSNBOZQSFWJPVTDPVODJMT CVU getting shovels in the ground has proven challenging. i#VUXIBUXBTBMXBZTNJTTJOHXBTTPNF thing concrete in terms of how we would move forward,” said Lenhart. 8JUIUIFOFXDPVODJM BQBUIGPSXBSE QSFTFOUFECZUIFDJUZ UIFEFWFMPQNFOUPGB OFXTUSBUFHJDQMBO UIFSFDFOUPSHBOJ[BUJPOBM review and a huge increase in growth over the last several years, the city is well positioned UPUBLFPOUIFDIBMMFOHF “The administration has grown and its DBQBDJUZUPNBOBHFBQSPKFDUPGUIJTTJ[F has grown also,» said Lenhart. The city itself has also grown, added -FOIBSU8JUINPSFJOUFSFTUJOIJHIFSEFOTJUZ IPVTJOHBOEUIFNPWFNFOUBXBZGSPNQSF EPNJOBOUMZTJOHMFGBNJMZEFUBDIFEEXFMMJOHT the appetite for a waterfront development has grown with the city. i$MBSFODF3PDLMBOEIBTDIBOHFEPWFS time.” said Lenhart. “You have to have IJHIFSEFOTJUZ ZPVIBWFUPIBWFBCJHHFS QPQVMBUJPO ZPVIBWFUPIBWFUIBULJOEPG MPDBMJ[FEQPQVMBUJPOUPCFBCMFUPTVQQPSU CVTJOFTTFTu 0OUPQPGUIFCVSFBVDSBUJDSFRVJSFNFOUT CFUUFSVUJMJ[BUJPOPGUIFXBUFSGSPOUIBTBMSFBEZ CFHVO TBJE-FOIBSU.PSFSFDSFBUJPOBM BDUJWJUJFT FWFOUTBOEQSPHSBNTBSFCFJOH PSHBOJ[FEBSPVOE1BSD%V.PVMJO CVUOPX is the time to ramp up efforts to turn the QBSLBOEJUTTVSSPVOEJOHTJOUPBOBUUSBDUJWF EFTUJOBUJPOGPSSFTJEFOUTBOEUPVSJTUTBMJLF Dollars and Sense Lenhart and the administration said they BSFLFFQJOHUIFUBYQBZFSTXBMMFUJONJOE i5IFBQQSPBDIJTBMXBZTHPJOHUPCFNFB TVSJOHUIFSFUVSOPOJOWFTUNFOUBOENBLJOH sure that this still the right decision,” he said. Using development charges, investment GSPNQSJWBUFQBSUOFSTBOEMFWFSBHJOHJOWFTU NFOUTGSPNQSPWJODJBMBOEGFEFSBMHPWFSO NFOUGVOEJOHXJMMLFFQUIFDPTUUPSFTJEFOUT at a minimum. “It’s really a question of developing partnerships with the developers and with
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administration put forward a vision. “In 2003 to 2010 when I was here, we just couldn’t envision what we wanted for UIFXBUFSGSPOU uIFTBJEi*UTOPUKVTUCVJM EJOHBQBSL*UTUIFEFWFMPQNFOUPGBOFX DPNNVOJUZ5IBOLZPVGPSQVUUJOHPOQBQFS XIBUXFWFCFFOUSZJOHUPFYQSFTTGPS BU least on my part, for 20 years.” Cyr also highlighted two of the most important aspects of the visions: ensuring UIFFOUJSFDPNNVOJUZIBTBDDFTTBOEEFWF MPQJOHUIFSJHIUQBSUOFSTIJQTUPNBLFUIF project a success. Mayor Mario Zanth reiterated that the vision presented is just a path forward and OPàOBMEFDJTJPOTIBWFCFFONBEF BEEJOH UIBUUIFQSPKFDUIBTUPCFJOUIFCFTUJOUFSFTU PGFWFSZPOFGSPN3PDLMBOEUP)BNNPOE “Tax revenues from this generated from UIJTDBOCFSFEJTUSJCVUFEUISPVHIPVUUIF whole of the municipality,” said Zanth. “This is for everyone that lives here.” The idea of a riverfront development is BMSFBEZJODMVEFEJOUIFNVOJDJQBMJUZT0GàDJBM 1MBOBOEUIFNPTUSFDFOU4USBUFHJD1MBO UIF two most important setting the agenda for the city’s future. The next update from the administration on the project is scheduled for August 2023.
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Though not a rendering of what the final development will look like, the city’s presented the above image as what could be possible for Clarence-Rockland’s riverfront. - photo courtesy of the City of Clarence-Rockland
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