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Humber Valley residents fight condo plans with robo-calls

Posted By: James Moore · 9/9/2012 9:23:00 AM

A group of residents in the Humber Valley are determined to keep a proposed condo project out of their neighbourhood.

The Humber Valley Village Residents Association is using automated calls to drum up support for their cause.

The computer voice, which will call about 8,000 homes in the area, tells residents to attend a public meeting with the City on September 11th at Martingrove Collegiate to voice their concerns over the plans.

Developers want to build 700-unit condo complex near Royal York Avenue and Dundas Street.

It would be built over the Humbertown Plaza shopping mall.

The Residents Association is concerned about potential traffic congestion if the project goes ahead as-planned.

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  1. LuminolBlue posted on 09/09/2012 10:10 AM
    Residents are worried about the traffic congestion. Interesting. Has anyone ever told these folks of the economic benefits of building this new condo complex? Job creation, property taxes, that sort of thing does tend to help the economy, traffic congestion is a minor inconvenience at best. It's somewhat selfish for the folks in Humber Valley to not allow this construction to go ahead.
    1. Ken posted on 09/12/2012 06:57 PM
      @LuminolBlue High density is no longer a sign of progress or jobs. Where pray are these people working? No, it's nice to be able to go to a human scale mall and not have every bit of sky blocked out by some absentee landlord/shareholders next real estate money making scheme.

      The local residents and anyone who enjoys shopping at Humbertown and the aesthetic of the surrounds must RESIST this attack on their community. It's not the residents who are selfish. It's the developers. Selfish to the core, without an ounce of humanity.
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