Amendment 1 – a failing grade in Huffington Post

Ontario’s Growth Plan Amendment for Simcoe County? #Fail

by Claire Malcolmson and David Donnelly Huffington Post January 31 2012

There are new rules for growth in Simcoe County. On January 19 the Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure enacted Amendment #1 to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, also known as the Simcoe Sub-area Amendment. The Amendment is hailed as a win for developers and the County, and signals that the province has tired of trying to curb Simcoe’s taste for rapid, uncoordinated growth of low-density bedroom communities.

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