Official Sydney and Area Projects Thread

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http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/L...Hilton-award/1

Hampton Inn Sydney receives Hilton award

Published on February 20, 2014

MEMBERTOU – The Hampton Inn Sydney is the only Canadian property to make it into any of Hilton’s top rankings for the past year.

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Hilton’s “Circle of Excellence” is awarded to the top 10 per cent of Hampton Inn and Suites in Canada, the US, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Columbia.

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Highlights from http://www.capebretonpost.com/

"Holland America looking for improved downtown Sydney for passengers"

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Headline for today:

"Kytes Hill report turned over to province"

The article says it will be posted on NSTIR's website "soon".

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Headline browsing again:

http://www.capebretonpost.com/
http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local-1968

"CBRM council sets out to breathe new life into New Aberdeen"
The article mentions that council has set aside this neighbourhood for revitalization, including new parks, affordable housing and small commercial.

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"Plans for pool in Glace Bay dropped"

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The locals flooding the comments section certainly shows how badly it's wanted in the area as well.

http://interstratics.com/costco/2013....html#comments

Note: this is just a market evaluation from a 3rd party with no ties to Costco itself. Nothing official has appeared on the Costco site to date, though rumours continue.

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Trying to get my subscription going, but for some reason it stalled out during the "processing" phase. Going to give it a couple of days to show on my card, and if not I'll try again. The only change that will happen with that, is I'll be able to give a little synopsis with each headline.

http://www.capebretonpost.com/
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Provincial loan to Ben Eoin Marina has been forgiven

Sydney warehouse torn down to create lumber yard for Rona

A proposal for St. Alphonsus in New Victoria is only a stone's throw away

Not sure what this one is, but looks and sounds like a small shop of some sort...again, waiting on my subscription to be processed.

New venture for husband and wife team Video

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https://twitter.com/capebretonpost

Cape Breton Post ‏@capebretonpost 22m Municipal projects in jeopardy: Eyking http://bit.ly/OZHeaW

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The study on the Grand Lake Rd/Sydney-Glace Bay Highway Corridor in the Kyte's Hill area has been released on the NSTIR website.

http://novascotia.ca/tran/highways/kyteshill.asp

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The NSTIR page on the Sydney River Bridge replacement project - under demolition/construction now.

http://novascotia.ca/tran/highways/srb.asp

Project Facts
Bridge length - 130 metres
Bridge Width - 15.3 metres- this includes two 3.5-metre driving lanes, two 1.5-metre shoulders, and one 4-metre active transportation lane.
Age of Current Bridge - 53 years
Traffic Count - about 15,000 vehicles a day
Contractor - Caldwell and Ross Ltd
Contract Awarded - July 11, 2013
Contract Cost - $12,625,080
Planning and design - Harbourside Engineering, Dartmouth, NS
Background - The existing Sydney River Bridge was constructed in 1959. It is a two-lane, steel truss bridge with overhead obstructions.

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ECBC's dissolution is ruling the headlines...

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http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local-1968/1

'I wouldn’t rule anything out'

Updated on March 30, 2014 - SYDNEY — No rash decisions will be made about the future of properties currently owned by Enterprise Cape Breton Corp., says the minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

Port Hawkesbury mayor says dealing with ECBC was 'ongoing frustration'

Economic development dollars could go unspent if projects don't meet ACOA criteria, says MP

This is about a IT and graphic design firm based in Toronto with another office in Calgary setting up in either Sydney or New Waterford with an expected 60 new jobs.

Cape Breton getting a Slyce of the action

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That's a pretty big IT/graphic design firm.

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^Certainly sounds like it. Should be a nice boost to whichever community it ends up in.

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Waterfront 30 year vision was released. Took a look at some of the renderings, looks decent, but would be nice to see some more variation in architecture portrayed (note: this is a concept plan so the actual product will vary). Also would like to see a more urban feel to it, it seems a little resort-like for my taste, but again, the actual will vary. Overall, I'm actually pleasantly surprised at the report.

http://www.capebretonpost.com/

http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local-1968/1

Vision, plans for Sydney harbourfront under discussion

This is actually from yesterday, April 2, 2014

Vision of future Sydney waterfront presented

Check out the renders here! I will likely update the first page with info from this at some point.
https://www.facebook.com/sydneyharbourfront

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All renders from:
https://www.facebook.com/sydneyharbourfront/photos_stream

Master Plan Vision Layout


Wentworth Gate




Marine Terminal expansion


Harbour Village




Port Cove


Mercer Landing





To be honest, the more I look at this, the more I like it.

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I guess it's a little bit resort-like but it would be a very attractive setting for cruise ship passengers and give a great first impression of Sydney and Cape Breton. I really like it on first glance, and feel like there's a lot of potential for this project. The boardwalk is a nice feature for the city as it is, this would obviously kick it up a notch and breathe a more life into the Esplanade, which I've always felt was underdeveloped considering it's location.

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There are a lot of points I like in the plan, especially the density and most of the heights. The more I look at it, the more I like it. The green spaces are a nice feature as well. The general massing is good, and the architecture is growing on me for the most part, though there is still some that I would like if it changed.

I'll have a look at the written report if it is posted, but from what the article mentioned, there seems to be a bit too much emphasis on public investment in the plan. There's definitely room for that, but I agree more with Chernin that private investment should and likely will be the driving force behind development of the area.

There is definitely a lot of potential for the plan area, and it is far underdeveloped. It will be nice if it realizes its potential through this plan.

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CBRM hosting economic development summit in Sydney today


Updated at 11:35 - SYDNEY — Nova Scotia's economic development and what role CBRM will play is the topic of discussion at Centre 200 today.

ACOA to fund expansion of Sydney boardwalk

Updated at 11:16 - SYDNEY — Federal funding for the expansion of the Sydney boardwalk was announced at a press conference this morning

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Sydney River bridge project remains on schedule

Updated at 21:56 - SYDNEY RIVER — The new Sydney River bridge remains on schedule for a December opening.

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Not development, but...

Mini-series starring Cuba Gooding Jr. being filmed in Louisbourg

Updated at 13:39 - LOUISBOURG — The Fortress of Louisbourg is bustling this week as the cast and crew of television mini-series have taken over the...