Local Non-Residential Development
JCRA Granted Participant Status at Ontario Land Tribunal hearings on WCB Warehouses
We are very pleased to have been granted Participant status at these hearings. The property owners filed appeals to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) earlier this year arguing that they have met the conditions of the site plan approval, including the Ultimate Operating...
Please email our elected representatives Template letter on WCB warehouses
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...
JCRA 2024 Annual Meeting and 50th Anniversary Presentation
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...
Ashgrove Cement New Provincially Mandated Emissions Standards
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...
REMINDER: JCRA 2024 AGM and 50th Anniversary Tuesday, April 16, 7:00 – 8:30 pm, Maple Grove United Church
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 view...
Summary of Air Quality Concerns in Clarkson Airshed November 2023
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...
JCRA Feedback on recent 560 Winston Churchill Blvd Site Plan Application
JCRA has recently reviewed the revised site plan documents submitted by 560 WCB earlier this fall. These newest documents were intended to determine traffic, noise and emissions levels for full capacity utlization of the site, as well determine the combined levels...
Winston Churchill Warehouses – JCRA May 2023 letter to Town Planning
Read our recent letter to Town Planning staff on expected revised site plan applications submissions that include full utilization volumes, as well as new information on emissions levels in the Clarkson Airshed area provided at a recent City of Mississauga public...
Midtown Update from Ward 3 Councillors – Public Input Opportunties
Please click here to read our Ward 3 Councillors May 5, 2023 Newsletter on Midtown, with updates and details on public input opportunities for residents. As you will note in their newsletter, Councillors Gittings and Haslett-Theall have created a webpage...
JCRA delegates against re-zoning Natural space in Clearviw to E2 zoning which permits warehouses
On January 23, 2023, the Town's Planning and Development Council received a request for an Official Plan Amendment to rezone 2551 Sherwood Heights Drive (formerly 50 Sherwood Heights Drive) from Open/Natural space to E2 Business Employment. JCRA is opposed to this...