History of Academy Road

November 30th, 2010
The Academy Road Business Association is looking for historical information on the area. I believe they plan to highlight certain areas of the street with historical plaques and information boards. It would be great to capture the stories and pictures of a previous time on Academy Road! If you have any good stories, get in contact with the Association via email info@academyroadbiz.com. You ca ...

Fort Rouge Yards

November 24th, 2010
It is approved! Well, it has the support and go ahead from the City Centre Community Committee. The City gave the Fort Rouge Yards townhouse and condo project the approval to move forward at the Public Hearing on the Subdivision and Rezoning meeting last night. This is the first major transit oriented development in Winnipeg and it will break ground next year - maybe. Any project like this w ...

Building Height Changes in City Centre

November 16th, 2010
Are you concerned about the heights of some of the new infill homes built in the established communities? Some of these homes are built to the maximum building heights and appear out of touch with the street scape. I love modern design but there is a point that design includes being sensitive to the neighbourhood. Modern design can fit well with established communities but some recent example ...

Speed Limit Change on Academy

November 16th, 2010
There is a City Centre Community Committee meeting tonight at 5:00pm on changing the speed limit on Academy Road from 50km/h to 60 km/h. I think maybe it makes sense on parts of Academy but there are sections that we should be trying to calm traffic rather than encourage traffic to speed up. Academy Road is a neighbourhood shopping district like Corydon and Osborne. The areas between Oak and ...

October 2010 Sale Report

November 6th, 2010
Here are the October Sales stats provided by Winnipeg REALTORS®If this was an election it would be too close to call. On the final stretch drive with two months to go it is a dead heat in terms of MLS® sales compared to last year. There are only 28 more MLS® sales in 2010. However dollar volume is a different story. It is up 10% in comparison to 2009 and while sales do drop off at year end th ...

North End Open House!

November 4th, 2010
We are proud to announce that this Nov 7th, 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM we will be hosting an Open House at 511 Alfred Avenue in the North End neighborhood, Winnipeg. This is an opportunity to visit this excellent House for sale in beautiful North End.Please come with any questions you may have. In the meantime you can take a virtual tour of this North End House for sale.As always please do not hes ...

Cleaning up our Manitoba Lakes

November 3rd, 2010
Last night I went to a great Public Forum on cleaning up our Manitoba Lakes. This event was hosted by Jon Gerrard (Manitoba Liberal Leader and MLA River Heights) and a presentation was done by Diane Orihel, member of a University of Alberta team who is currently studying the algal blooms on Killarney Lake. Diane gave a great overview on the science behind the blooms and how the root problems ...