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Midtown Development – Proposed Official Plan Amendment will be publicized in early April with a public meeting scheduled for April 22, 2024
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...
New JCRA Board Directors Needed
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...
JCRA 2024 Annual Meeting
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 Haslett-Theall and...
Midtown Committe meeting onTuesday, January 30th, 6:30 pm at Town Hall
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...
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...
June 2023 Newsletter
To read our June update, click https://joshuacreek.org/wp-content/uploads/June-2023-JCRA-Newsletter-.pdf
Local Gas-powered Leaf Blowers Petition
A petition to replace gas-powered leaf blowers in Oakville with electric models as a way to reduce emissions and noise levels has been started by an Oakville member of GASP4change (Grandmothers Act To Save the Planet). Any interested JCRA residents can find more...
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 – Public Delegations at P&D Council meeting
On May 23, 2023, public delegations were heard at the Town's Planning & Development Council meeting. JCRA was one of 17 delegations sharing concerns and suggestions for Midtown. You can read our delegation here. To read the Planning Staff report click here for...