The official notice document from the Ontario Land Tribunal with details on how to attend the video conference is located at the end of this post. To have your voice heard by the Tribunal — the final decision-making body — you can submit a Participant status request form by October 14, 2022 (at least 10 days in advance of the Case Management Conference), details below.You need not submit your full

A quick update, neighbour, on the progress of our Friends of Olde Berlin Town campaign in pursuit of a compatible, inclusive development of 22 Weber St W that permits existing neighbours to thrive and the Heritage District to endure. On August 22, 2022, Council unanimously refused the developer’s Heritage Permit Application in support of their proposed development at 22 Weber St W.  And, as expected, the developer immediately appealed Council’s

A quick update, neighbour, on the progress of our Friends of Olde Berlin Town campaign in pursuit of a compatible, inclusive development of 22 Weber St W that permits existing neighbours to thrive and the Heritage District to endure. On August 22nd , we made the most of our first opportunity to publicly address Kitchener City Council about the development application for 22 Weber St W when Council considered the

A quick update, neighbour, on the progress of our Friends of Olde Berlin Town campaign in pursuit of a compatible, inclusive development of 22 Weber St W that permits existing neighbours to thrive and the Heritage District to endure. On August 2nd, Heritage Kitchener (HK) voted in support of the staff recommendation to refuse the 22 Weber St W Heritage Permit Application on the basis of a lack of information. 

A quick update, neighbour, on the progress of our Friends of Olde Berlin Town campaign in pursuit of a compatible, inclusive development of 22 Weber St W that permits existing neighbours to thrive and the heritage district to endure. At the April 4th Case Management Conference, the Ontario Land Tribunal deferred the hearing to allow the applicant (owner of 22 Weber St W) to complete a Heritage Permit Application (HPA),

On April 30, 2022, the Applicant submitted a Heritage Permit Application to the City of Kitchener which includes a completed Heritage Permit Application form and a revised Heritage Impact Assessment. The confirmed dates for review of the Heritage Permit Application at Heritage Kitchener and at City Council will be communicated as soon as possible.

A quick update, neighbour, on the progress of our Friends of Olde Berlin Town campaign in pursuit of a compatible, inclusive development of 22 Weber St W that permits existing neighbours to thrive and the heritage district to endure. The Neighbourhood Meeting and Heritage Kitchener review of the Heritage Impact Assessment were held in early March.  The parties (Applicant, City, Region and Friends of Olde Berlin Town) then re-convened before the

The official order (minutes) from the most recent April 4, 2022 Case Management Conference have now been released, and you can view them below. Please note that the next CMC will take place on September 30, 2022, and details are provided in the order below. There is also a new OLT Case Number for this file of OLT-22-002377, with the Legacy Case Number of PL210104. Important Note: The hearing date

A quick update, neighbour, on the progress of our Friends of Olde Berlin Town campaign in pursuit of a compatible, inclusive development of 22 Weber St W that permits existing neighbours to thrive and the heritage district to endure. At the December 4th Case Management Conference, the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) directed the Applicant, a corporation named “30 Duke St Ltd”, to submit their revised application to the City of

On April 4, 2022, the next Case Management conference at the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) will be held for the case of 22 Weber St W. This may be the last opportunity to share your thoughts directly with the OLT on this application. You can submit a ‘participant statement’ to the OLT outlining your thoughts on the application. The participant status request form is due at least 10 days in