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May Newsletter
By Jill Stothart, Marko Miljusevic, & Etienne Lefebvre Bank Street bus lanes update, Manor Park sidewalks win, Beechwood consultation, and May events. OUR HIGHLIGHTS The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee (PWIC) meeting on March 30th featured discussion and decisions on two projects that have strong resonance beyond their local contexts: a project to build sidewalks…
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Public Works and Infrastructure Committee (March 30th, 2026) – Brief Summary and Next Steps
Photo credit: Mindmatrix (via Wikimedia Commons) On March 30th, 2026, the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee approved the following items: Sidewalks in Manor Park As part of the work related to road, water, and sewer main upgrades, staff proposed that the construction of sidewalks on some of the streets in Manor Park should also be…
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Our Letter To City Council On Dedicated Bus Lanes For Bank Street
We urge the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee to amend the Bank Street bus lane proposal and deliver a pilot ambitious enough to produce meaningful results. Below is the letter we sent to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee ahead of their March 30th vote on dedicated bus lanes for Bank Street. Dear Chair Tierney…
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The Final Push For Bus Lanes On Bank Street!
Have your voice heard at city hall. After years of advocacy, the moment we’ve been working towards is finally here. When we held our first parking protest back in July of 2024, we never could have imagined how many hundreds of supportive citizens would be standing beside us years later, fighting for a more reliable…
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Sussex, Beechwood and who gets to belong
Preserving character or perpetuating exclusion? Walk along Beechwood Avenue on any given day and you’ll see the signs of a main street that has never quite become what it should be. The bones are there: good restaurants, coffee shops, a grocery store, and an enviable proximity to downtown. But where Wellington hums with life and…
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Is Keeping Taxes Low Affordable?
Our current budget doesn’t make it seem likely We constantly hear about affordability these days, if you’ve been listening to the 2026 Budget talks you’ve probably heard a lot of it. Typically the only topic regarding affordability that is touched on is with regards to property taxes, but is that really the only way our…
