Daily Archive for April 8th, 2008

More development at Thundering Waters planned

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on April 8, 2008
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From Niagara This Week:

South-end industries on Stanley Avenue are concerned about what may happen to the business in the future when people start moving into more than 3,000 new dwellings near the Thundering Waters golf and residential development.

Council rezoned about 252 acres of land east of Dorchester Road and north of Chippawa Parkway to residential from industrial and open space after a public meeting at city hall Monday (March 31). Council also recognized some of the land as environmentally protected.

It’s the first step to redeveloping the area with between 3,000-3,600 new homes as well as for commercial and institutional uses and preserved open spaces for recreational uses like trails. While they approve of the development, business owners at the Stanley Avenue Industrial Park are concerned there won’t be a large enough buffer between them and the development.

No Jay-walking

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on April 8, 2008
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From Niagara This Week:

A bid to have high-wire walker Jay Cochrane back in Niagara Falls walking over Clifton Hill this summer seems like it won’t be getting off the ground.

Cochrane, who was in the Falls last summer for daily tightrope walks near the Skylon Tower, was hoping to return to Niagara Falls this summer for walks from the HOCO properties across Clifton Hill to the Sheraton-on-the-Falls, said Mark Phillips, his agent in New York City.

Cochrane planned to do the nightly walks, lit by spotlights. The walks were already being advertised on the Niagara Falls Tourism website.

But while there are efforts to have him return, it’s looking like it may not happen because of the high costs to stage the nightly walks.

At the end of the article is a link to my petition.

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Annual Stair Climb for Cancer on Saturday

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From the Niagara Falls Review:

Niagara residents are urged to step up and fight cancer this weekend for the 17th annual Stair Climb for Cancer at the Skylon Tower.

The event will take place Saturday from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.