Office of the City Clerk City Hall P.O. Box 130 397 Queen Street Fredericton, N.B. E3B 4Y7 January 28, 2009 Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing today to express my outrage at the continued development in the UNB woodlot. I wish to state my opposition to the proposed bylaw that would redesignate UNB endowment [...]
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Concerns with proposed bylaw change to accommodate the Costco in the UNB Woodlot
Posted in Big Box Stores, Wetlands on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
‘Costco, at what cost?’
Posted in Big Box Stores, Wetlands on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Store’s location on wetland controversial Heather McLaughlin, The Daily Gleaner, Published Friday February 13th, 2009 It wasn’t Costco go home, but it was Costco go somewhere other than the University of New Brunswick woodlot. Read more: http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/571297
Proposed bylaw change sets stage for Costco debate in Fredericton
Posted in Big Box Stores, Wetlands on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CBC News January 29, 2009 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/01/29/nb-fredericton-costco.html
Enjoy your wholesale super packs of chewing gum
Posted in Big Box Stores, Green Space on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Daily Gleaner, Published Friday December 26th, 2008 http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/522234 Re: Story published Dec. 11 called Costco variances approved I am absolutely sickened by the news regarding the building of a Costco store on the University of New Brunswick Woodlot. What a sad and pathetic sight it is to now see paved roads, parking lots, and [...]
Confused by development
Posted in Big Box Stores, Green Space, Wetlands on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Letter to the Editor, The Daily Gleaner Published Monday December 15th, 2008 http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/512222 Re: UNB woodlot development At a time when climate change has finally been recognized as the world’s number one threat to survival, it is hard to understand how anyone can support plans to develop UNB’s woodlot. We need those trees. We need [...]
UNB Woodlot Rant
Posted in Big Box Stores, Road, Wetlands on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just drove home in the dark on the new paved road that goes through the UNB Woodlot. This new road is littered with the bodies of dozens of dead and dying frogs (species unknown) plus many live frogs awaiting the same vehicular fate. What a sad state. I had mentioned to a friend the [...]
Costco in the UNB Woodlot
Posted in Big Box Stores on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Costco intends to open big-box store in capital By HEATHER MCLAUGHLIN, The Daily Gleaner, A1, Published Wednesday October 15th, 2008 mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com Costco Wholesale has signed a letter to intent to develop a store at the University of New Brunswick’s Corbett Centre retail development. Read more…
I chose UNB for its woodlot
Posted in Big Box Stores, Forest Research on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Re: Commercial development of Corbett Centre This letter was sent to David Stevenson, chair of the UNB Board of Governors. A fellow forestry graduate just provided me with information about the plan by the University of New Brunswick to allow commercial development of about half of the UNB Woodlot. What a travesty. The original grant [...]
May 1st in the UNB Woodlot
Posted in Big Box Stores, Road on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
New Properties Under Development in the Woodlot
Posted in Big Box Stores on November 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Check out what is planned to be built by Home Depot. The buiding marked ‘Warehouse’ will be Costco : another building and parking lot on top of Corbett Marsh and Corbett Brook. Will these proposed developments trigger an Environmental Impact Assessment? The Home Depot did not despite its location next to the Corbett Marsh. http://www.trinity-group.com/index.php?q=node/135
