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Originally Posted by Ziobrop
Yah if the conceptual design isn't done yet, and they haven't done the development agreement submission we are probably still 2 years out from something being done on the site..
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Yep. And guess what I found. This is on the group's website, not Housing NS who host the "mybloomfield.ca" site.
Check it:
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June is usually a busy month for Imagine Bloomfield, making arrangements for the annual In Full Bloom fair and preparing for our AGM. However, you may be wondering why we are so quiet this year. A year ago, in June 2014, Housing Nova Scotia (HNS) and Imagine Bloomfield co-hosted the In Full Bloom fair and HNS launched its public consultation by recruiting a core team of community representatives. Over the past year Imagine Bloomfield has worked with HNS and the core team to provide input as the design developed. HNS announced that it would launch the updated design on March 26, 2015. However, that date came and went without any word from HNS about cancelling or delaying. Since then, momentum has been lost and communication with HNS has become increasingly rare.
As the core mandate of Imagine Bloomfield is to advocate on behalf of the community, we have decided to postpone our AGM until September 16th, 2015. We hope this will allow us an opportunity to gather the information we’ve asked for from HNS. These are fundamental questions about the unit mix and the affordability options they are considering. We feel that this information is required for us to determine whether we support HNS’s plan for Bloomfield. We feel that it is also required to effectively advocate on your behalf and provide our members and the community at large with meaningful updates regarding the progress of the project.
The process of imagining Bloomfield has been underway for over 12 years now and we deeply appreciate your patience and continued support. Though at times we may seem quiet, we are continually working to make Bloomfield the vibrant, dynamic and inclusive neighbourhood we know it can be. If you have any comments or concerns please reach out to us. You can e-mail us at imaginebloomfield@gmail.com or contact us through Facebook or Twitter.
Source http://imaginebloomfield.ca/an-updat...ne-bloomfield/
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So, not surprisingly, it seems like NS Government has completely stalled/killed the project. They've gone dark and have not been responding to communications with the community group.
What absolute shambles. This excellent community group carefully planned this development for over a decade and HRM planning staff managed to screw it up in a matter of months. They should be absolutely ashamed and embarrassed for their incompetence on this file. And if it wasn't incompetence, but rather some behind the scenes politically pressure from then NDP government to award them the bid, then that is even more reason to withdraw the contract and re-invite tenders.
I encourage other members on here to email Imagine Bloomfield (email above) and encourage them to NOT support Housing NS and instead lobby HRM to re-tender the invitation for proposals.