I was very pleased to see the letter from George Brissette in the Courier that says the money from the CAC should go to improvements to our parks rather than more artist spaces. The Mount Pleasant Community which has grown greatly in the last five years with the numerous condominium and townhouse developments built but no improvements to our parks with the exception of a community garden in Guelph Park.
I have owned a condominium across from Guelph Park for the last twenty-five years and seen that park go down hill steadily to now it is occupied mostly by people who use it as a place to drink morning to night and relieve themselves in open view in the park or the surrounding building properties.
I realize that Guelph Park is not the only park in the area but with that amount of money improvements could be made to all the parks and green spaces in the Mount Pleasant area making it a even better place to live, spend time walking around and just enjoying the friendly area. I was shocked to learn at the last community meeting the Rize developers wanted to increase the number of units by reducing the second level of retail/office floor to one level and reducing the ceiling height of all units to enable them to put more floors of units even though the residents of the area had made it well known they felt the height did not fit into the surrounding area.
