Build Better
This is a listing of controversial building projects in Stratford. We hope to use these pages to help neighbours keep in touch with each other and learn more about the issues.
If you have information that belongs here, send it to contact@getconcernedstratford.org.
We have decided to take legal action
You no doubt remember the huge kerfuffle last spring over our alleged violation of the City’s new Respectful Workplace Policy. Our spokesperson, Mike Sullivan, was denied access to City buildings for three months for his deputations on February 26, 2024 to Council,...
Letter from a reader: TEDx Stratford
Housing is for babies, Mike Moffatt.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utyKkGm7ynM A fix for our Broken Cities, Anneke Smit.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I8Jr9dIBjw Cities - The Habitat of the Human Spirit, Paul...
Climate Conversations 3: the climate muscle
Something was different about the last meeting of Climate Conversations, held last week by Climate Momentum. It followed the regular pattern: a short speech, followed by discussion in small groups.Like the two previous meetings, it dealt with a serious topic,...
Surprise challenge to the Krug Factory development
In October, Stratford Council voted to approve zoning changes to permit 350 apartment and townhouse units on the former Krug factory site at Douro and King. The developer, BMI, proposed Stratford’s first 10-storey apartment building, which many residents found...
Krug Factory development: A question of respect
Let’s start out by saying that there are many good things about the Krug project. It brings badly needed density to our city, preserves a historic building, and will help rejuvenate the downtown. The neighbours are not against the project, but they have some major...
Krug factory project
Here's some potentially good news. BMI, the developer for the Krug Factory, may be listening to the concerns of residents. A new page has appeared on their website that seems to respond to many of the criticisms that have been voiced by the residents of the Krug...
The Krug project is HUGE.
On the positive side, this is a project that takes into account the cultural history of the Krug factory (Trinity Street). They have given serious consideration to how the project will conform to the architecture of Stratford. The developer intends to retrofit the...
A troubling definition of ‘affordable’
Read this editorial in context at the Stratford Beacon Herald A troubling definition of 'affordable' by Mike Sullivan The City of Stratford is convening a public meeting on the subject of housing and homelessness on Thursday, Nov. 23, at 5 p.m. at city hall. Recently,...
Two meetings in Stratford on the housing crisis: see the recordings
Climate Momentum and The Perth County Sustainability Hub put on two very well-attended meetings in Stratford this week. The first meeting was an afternoon Climate Momentum social. These are held regularly at The Parlour, usually in the late afternoon. It's a good way...
Avon Crest and taxpayers deserve more
This letter, written by Loreena McKennitt, was published through Wise Communities on March 27, 2023. It is with concern and disappointment that we are now seeing yet another of Stratford’s unique and significant buildings prepared for demolition without a timely and...