We need to preserve this beautiful space. Continuing to build will have us looking like Hamilton or Toronto. Polluted. The trees cool and filter our air. The waterflow preserves wildlife. Contaminated water will kill all of these benefits.
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Grainne Aitken
2 months ago
I strongly support protecting the Devil’s Creek Watershed, trail, and surrounding green space. This area provides important wildlife habitat and a valued place for residents to enjoy nature. Housing is needed, but it should not come at the cost of an irreplaceable natural area.
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Sarah Hutcheson
2 months ago
This is designated green space and should remain green space. It should not be considered "able to be turned into housing". It provides an outdoor trail for the citizens of Cambridge who walk this trail daily. It is also an important part of the watershed from Devils Creek to filter water to the Middleton Street pumping station. Instead, let's take some more land that is zoned Industrial and convert that into a housing tract like the Big Box Stores area on Pinebush. Green space stays GREEN!
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Elaine Lawson
2 months ago
We have to stop developing subdivisions. We're destroying the habitat of the animals.
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Tammy Palfreyman
2 months ago
We need o preserve and protect this land for the natural habitat and wildlife . It’s protection is essential to the ecosystem and our community.
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Elizabeth Brechun
2 months ago
I have been bird watching in this Environmentally Significant Area for over 10 years and have seen a number of notable species. It forms a corridor with natural areas along the Grand River and thus is able to support a good diversity of species throughout the year and especially during spring and fall migration periods. A reduction of this ESA's size and degradation caused by moving the trail, would create significant negative impacts.
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Loredana Gualtieri
2 months ago
Our community should be focused on preserving these natural habitats and find alternative human habitat areas that have less impact on wildlife
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Bonnie Wheeler
2 months ago
Do not destroy more of our non-renewable wetland!
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Patricia Heffernan
2 months ago
I live near this area and walk the Devil's Creek trail regularly. It's vital to preserve our green space.
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Eric Dyke
3 months ago
They have no business putting four condo buildings next to single family dwellings. Ask Jim Hallman, who undoubtedly lives in a single family dwelling, if he would like condos next door.
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Supporter
3 months ago
I live in the area and I don't agree with this project. There are other land available.
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Barbara Beke
3 months ago
This land is Natural Open Space. Leave it that way!
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JULIA MORTIMER
3 months ago
Cambridge natural areas - forest, woodland, lakes, ponds, streams & native wildlife are being sabotaged. Natural areas in Cambridge have been seriously neglected for decades & so many areas bulldozed to create sub-divisions Cambridge don’t have the infrastructure to support all the additional people - infrastructure finishes first & protect our remaining NATURAL mature wooded areas, ponds, lakes, rivers & wildlife.
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Neil Macleod
3 months ago
Cambridge needs more natural spaces, not less. Development in sensitive areas is shortsighted.
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Tracey Crow
3 months ago
We are losing too many green spaces and habitat!
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Samantha Feist
3 months ago
This green space is incredibly important to not only local neighbour's and people who use this space, but also for wildlife habitat and habitat connectivity. Why can't we develop area that WON'T put sensitive natural features and groundwater recharge zone at risk? Why here?
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Heather Lefler-Brownlie
3 months ago
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This has been a beautiful trailhead I have enjoyed for many years and home to many forms of wildlife. Destroying this area will have a huge impact on the animals, birds , insects and other wildlife that inhabit this space
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Mary Jane Novak
3 months ago
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I have been hiking the Devil’s Creek trail for over 20 years. I don’t know why the small plot of untouched land is needed for more townhouses when there is an entire new subdivision along BLENHEIM Rd.
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Lesley Short
3 months ago
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This isn’t opposition to development—it’s opposition to the wrong development in the wrong location. Too many important environmental, watershed, traffic, and neighbourhood concerns remain unanswered.
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Adam Cameron
3 months ago
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Destroying our wetlands doesn't just impact us today, the decisions made now will determine whether future generations in our region have access to clean, safe water. With an already stressed regional water supply, we cannot afford to sacrifice these irreplaceable, non-renewable resources for short-term, short sighted development and economic gain.
We need to preserve this beautiful space. Continuing to build will have us looking like Hamilton or Toronto. Polluted. The trees cool and filter our air. The waterflow preserves wildlife. Contaminated water will kill all of these benefits.
I strongly support protecting the Devil’s Creek Watershed, trail, and surrounding green space. This area provides important wildlife habitat and a valued place for residents to enjoy nature. Housing is needed, but it should not come at the cost of an irreplaceable natural area.
This is designated green space and should remain green space. It should not be considered "able to be turned into housing". It provides an outdoor trail for the citizens of Cambridge who walk this trail daily. It is also an important part of the watershed from Devils Creek to filter water to the Middleton Street pumping station. Instead, let's take some more land that is zoned Industrial and convert that into a housing tract like the Big Box Stores area on Pinebush. Green space stays GREEN!
We have to stop developing subdivisions. We're destroying the habitat of the animals.
We need o preserve and protect this land for the natural habitat and wildlife . It’s protection is essential to the ecosystem and our community.
I have been bird watching in this Environmentally Significant Area for over 10 years and have seen a number of notable species. It forms a corridor with natural areas along the Grand River and thus is able to support a good diversity of species throughout the year and especially during spring and fall migration periods. A reduction of this ESA's size and degradation caused by moving the trail, would create significant negative impacts.
Our community should be focused on preserving these natural habitats and find alternative human habitat areas that have less impact on wildlife
Do not destroy more of our non-renewable wetland!
I live near this area and walk the Devil's Creek trail regularly. It's vital to preserve our green space.
They have no business putting four condo buildings next to single family dwellings. Ask Jim Hallman, who undoubtedly lives in a single family dwelling, if he would like condos next door.
I live in the area and I don't agree with this project. There are other land available.
This land is Natural Open Space. Leave it that way!
Cambridge natural areas - forest, woodland, lakes, ponds, streams & native wildlife are being sabotaged. Natural areas in Cambridge have been seriously neglected for decades & so many areas bulldozed to create sub-divisions Cambridge don’t have the infrastructure to support all the additional people - infrastructure finishes first & protect our remaining NATURAL mature wooded areas, ponds, lakes, rivers & wildlife.
Cambridge needs more natural spaces, not less. Development in sensitive areas is shortsighted.
We are losing too many green spaces and habitat!
This green space is incredibly important to not only local neighbour's and people who use this space, but also for wildlife habitat and habitat connectivity. Why can't we develop area that WON'T put sensitive natural features and groundwater recharge zone at risk? Why here?
This has been a beautiful trailhead I have enjoyed for many years and home to many forms of wildlife. Destroying this area will have a huge impact on the animals, birds , insects and other wildlife that inhabit this space
I have been hiking the Devil’s Creek trail for over 20 years. I don’t know why the small plot of untouched land is needed for more townhouses when there is an entire new subdivision along BLENHEIM Rd.
This isn’t opposition to development—it’s opposition to the wrong development in the wrong location. Too many important environmental, watershed, traffic, and neighbourhood concerns remain unanswered.
Destroying our wetlands doesn't just impact us today, the decisions made now will determine whether future generations in our region have access to clean, safe water. With an already stressed regional water supply, we cannot afford to sacrifice these irreplaceable, non-renewable resources for short-term, short sighted development and economic gain.