The owners of the Mitchell aestatr were asking the planning department & city council to change the official plans & allow a high rise development on the land where the estate of the late Colonel Mitchell. The request is rejected by Halifax's planning department staff
3* question is not properly formated, making it impossible to answer
They organized a meeting.
City council was asked to change the official plans.
Started a grassroots organization
Attempts to negotiate / buy the mansion
A petition drive
Letter writing campaign
3,000 pamphlets
Citizen's response: the citizen felt upset & thought it was unfair. She continues to say that their needs to be balance & assessment in the system.
Developer response: He gets angry when citizens think they their opinions should always be the final decisions
Council member's response: He feels if someone buys a property he/she is entitled to do something with it
The city did aplrive in the end. A protest followed to recommend the change be rejected.
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