Friends of the Mahone Bay Woods and Soccer Field

Youden asked for new proposal!

Town Council was presented on June 3rd with 300 letters with the following requests: no sale or development of the Old School Lands without a decision by the electorate, full disclosure for any potential development of all costs and benefits for town and taxpayers, and community participation in planning for any future development. The Mayor [...]

250 signatures say “Freeze the Youden Development!”

On October 9th, Penny Carver made a presentation to Council on the current status of the online petition and recent door-to-door canvassing. Results show approximately 250 names of Town citizens and tax-payers who want a freeze on the Youden development (190 hard-copy signatures plus approximately 60 Town names online). The names represent a wide range [...]

Proceedings of July 5, 2007 Public meeting, Mahone Bay

Here are the detailed minutes of the public meeting called by this group and the Mayor, which was attended by about 200 people.

The meeting was organized by [...]

Mahone Bay stands at crossroads

Residents wary of development plan for town. Chronicle Herald article, July 7, 2007.

Lots of constructive ideas

“I’ve heard more ideas tonight than I’ve heard in a long time,” observed a resident at the public meeting held yesterday, July 5th, which was organized by a group of concerned citizens (the folks behind this website) and Mayor Joe Feeney, and attended by about 200 people. The purpose of the meeting was to [...]

The Woods and Wetlands - PowerPoint Presentation by Deborah Hickman

You can view the PowerPoint that Deborah presented at the July 5 meeting right on your computer. Two choices:
PowerPoint version (3.2 MB, requires the PowerPoint viewer, which is free and you may already have) or:
MHT Web Archive version (which works with Internet Explorer but not all other browsers).

Let’s Build On Our Strengths: It’s The Only Game in Town!

The Soccer Association, with 170 playing members, is the only organisation in town committed to training young people in a team sport, and fielding teams under the banner of Mahone Bay. The Old School Field is the club’s best quality and most used field. It is one of the best soccer fields on the South Shore. It is the club’s flagship field.

Developing an Integrated Community Sustainability Plan

Mahone Bay should immediately begin to create a Community Sustainability Plan. All development in the Town should be consistent with the Town’s Integrated Community Sustainability Plan.

To assist the Town and meet the requirement for citizen participation in the planning process, an ad hoc Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Sustainability should be established to recommend an interim Integrated Community Sustainability Plan to the Town Council. Until a final Plan is in place, all developments in the Town should be referred to the Committee for its advice with respect to the sustainability of the proposal.

Honestly Seeking Alternatives: Village Status - Amalgamation; by Bob Sayer

Is Mahone Bay a village masquerading as a corporate town? Is it far better off amalgamating with a municipality, and becoming part of a much larger tax base?
Would amalgamation result in considerable savings and debt reduction?

The only way to find the answer is to appoint an impartial committee into the possible benefits of amalgamation.

Correcting errors and misinformation in handout

A careful look at the data shows that we DON’T pay high taxes in Mahone Bay, we have some of the lowest taxes in NS. There were mathematical errors and misinformation in the town’s handout which are creating a climate of fear.