Development: including 770 acres on Bleams Rd.

The following are links to newspaper articles about “development” in Wilmot Township (and Waterloo Region). There is sometimes a ‘blurring’ of which level of government is responsible and thus accountable for decisions. For each link, I attempt to provide a brief intro to its contents.

Waterloo Region says growth plans are ‘ambitious, achievable and visionary’

“New estimates pare back the amount of land needed to accommodate growth in a plan that defines how Region’s cities and townships will grow over the next 30 years.” [Includes a map.]

Wilmot council applauds provincial order to open up more land for development in Waterloo Region

“The province’s move to open up more land for housing could be the start of lower-tier municipalities in Waterloo Region having more control over services and how development occurs, Wilmot councillors suggest.”