by Sharon Collingwood | Feb 1, 2026 | Build Better, Open Government |
Two weeks ago we wrote our Mayor and councillors to learn more about the Cordelia BESS battery storage project, which received official support from the City in December. The eight questions in that letter dealt with safety, protocol, proper financial controls, and...
by Sharon Collingwood | Jan 18, 2026 | Build Better, Open Government |
See transcript of the December 8 meeting here Dear Mayor Ritsma and Councillors, I am writing you about the December 8 meeting of Council, in which a letter of support was approved for a battery storage system at 465 Wright Boulevard, composed of up to 50...
by Sharon Collingwood | Dec 14, 2025 | Build Better, Open Government |
Get Concerned Stratford has made the decision to hold an all-candidates meeting for the 2026 municipal election, and we are counting on you to help us write the discussion questions. This is a time when things are changing...
by admin | Nov 19, 2025 | Build Better |
Architect to offer “Christmas Present” to City Hall Stratford’s Grand Trunk site is hard to miss. It’s an 18-acre property in the downtown core, once the home of the Grand Trunk Railway Locomotive Repair Shops. It is a source of pride, featuring largely in the City’s...
by Sharon Collingwood | Oct 5, 2025 | Build Better, Open Government |
The problem with affordable housing is that nobody seems to know what it is. I’m not saying the City hasn’t been working on housing. Look at the Attainable Housing Project Summary Report, published in May of 2023. That took some time to be acted on, but it led to the...
by Sharon Collingwood | Sep 17, 2025 | Build Better, Open Government |
Link to meeting video & minutes Sometimes I complain about Council, but last week they really earned their salary: the meeting lasted nearly five hours. So much talking. Sitting in the audience, it was pretty easy to imagine being in a homeless shelter entrance,...
