Sep 16, 2024 | JCRA News, Local Non-Residential Development, Local Residential Development
We are asking residents to email the Mayor, all of Town Council and MPP Stephen Crawford indicating you support JCRA’s position that the property owners have not complied with the Town’s condition and that, not only is the condition reasonable, but it is a very much...
Apr 18, 2024 | Air Quality, Events, JCRA News, Local Non-Residential Development, Local Residential Development, Midtown, Roads/ Transit
Thank you to the more than 100 residents who joined JCRA for our 50th Anniversary commemoration and 2024 AGM. Also thank you to past directors who joined us and to our Ward 3 Councillors: Janet Haslett-Theall and Dave Gittings for attending and for your comprehensive...
Apr 14, 2024 | Air Quality, JCRA News, Local Non-Residential Development
Ashgrove Cement is requesting the Ontario Ministry of the Environment grant them an extension of ten years to achieve the province’s new emissions benchmark for SO2 and NOx ground-level concentrations. JCRA attended a community meeting at the plant facility in...
Apr 13, 2024 | Air Quality, Events, JCRA News, Local Non-Residential Development, Local Residential Development, Midtown
Reminder to join JCRA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration and 2024 AGM to learn about your community. Doors open at 6:30 pm and Town staff from the Parks and Rec and Home to Hub transit departments will be there to provide information about their programs. You can...
Mar 25, 2024 | Air Quality, JCRA News, Local Residential Development
In November 2023, JCRA undertook extensive analysis of the most recent 560 WCB SPA submission as required by Town Council’s June 2022 condition for site plan approval: “The Owner shall evaluate the ultimate operating condition of the site, based on full...
Mar 24, 2024 | JCRA News, Local Residential Development, Midtown
JCRA has continued to participate in the public meetings and consultations on the Midtown Development. We are also participating on the recently formed Joint Residents Association for Midtown (JRAM), set up to focus specifically on Midtown issues. This group is made...
Mar 21, 2024 | Events, JCRA News
Advocacy is more important than ever and JCRA needs additional board directors to ensure we have the capacity to address the issues that matter to our residents. What does a JCRA Director do? We focus on the issues that impact our community. Members of the Board...
Mar 21, 2024 | Events, JCRA News
Please join us for our annual general meeting on Tuesday, April 16, 7:00 – 8:30 pm at Maple Grove United Church. 2024 marks JCRA’s 50th anniversary so we are excited to add a celebratory touch to the AGM this year. Mayor Burton and Councillors...
Jan 24, 2024 | JCRA News, Local Residential Development, Midtown
Midtown planning is at a critical stage. Questions coming forward from residents across Oakville include: Is it true that the projections of people and jobs over the coming decades will be more than 80 thousand ? Must this be done? Are such tall buildings a...
Nov 21, 2023 | Air Quality, JCRA News, Local Non-Residential Development
https://joshuacreek.org/wp-content/uploads/Clarkson-Air-Quality-Presentation-MPP-Crawford-October-November-2023.pdf Earlier this month JCRA Board member Brian Mounce met with Oakville’s MPP Stephen Crawford to present the air quality concerns of residents living...
