Save The McGibbon Hotel

I 100% agree with your comments in the newspaper this week. Thank you so much for your commitment to this community.

Georgetown's downtown attracts visitors from Brampton and Mississauga because it is quaint and historical. Any development should enhance, not take away from that. Public consultations and working with the community are only a means to an end. The developers agenda is still, "how can they make the most profit". The only ones who truly care about a community and are impacted by the development, are the residents who are now, and will still be living here long after the developer has moved on.

Shacky [email protected]

I will be at the town hall meeting with an article stating BILLIONS of birds die due to the glass/mirror buildings in Canada and the U.S

Keep Georgetown looking like Georgetown.

A new building that adds to the value and fits into the vibe and energy of Georgetown is a great thing and would continue to keep Georgetown, Georgetown. A building that maintains the look and feel of Georgetown would be welcome. When I am at the Farmer's Market and enjoying the quaintness of my chosen home, I do not want some eyesore, that meets the financial needs of a developer. I too am not opposed to development or change, but believe in sensitive heritage areas and I want that respected. I live here.

First of all, I have been signed in as Catherine Marchant from Vaughan, but I reside near the proposed McGibbon development at Charles and Mill St. Besides the concerns I cited in my previous comments, I have a big concern over parking. Are they proposing parking for an 11-story building underground? I am sure that many of the people who can afford the new condos will be working, not retired. Few will walk to the GO station, especially in the winter. The new parking lot down the street from me on Mill is full when there are weekend events such as the Highland games, Hallowe'en trick or treats with business owners on Main, and the market on Main in the summer. Library and theatre events, and church events also make use of the Mill St. parking lot. The parking lot behind Young's etc. (near the McGibbon) is often totally full or close to it. Parking across from and behind the butcher's/Legion is often full too. There is not room to accommodate 11 storeys' worth of cars in the downtown area!

I do not want the McGibbon to be demolished. I do not want to have a modern structure in place of a heritage building. This will destroy our downtown. In addition the construction of such a structure will disrupt our farmer's market and all the activities that happen on Main Street from June to December.

I too am Ok with change. I think the buildings should look more like the structures and architecture already in the downtown. Saving the McGibbon or the face of it should be part of the plan.

Context Matters! Something that is being ignored all over GTA, with disastrous long term impacts and an impoverished and unsustainable built environment. There is plenty of growth in Georgetown- most of it brutally disregarding its context of southern Ontario Farmland and Heritage. This proposal for downtown is so outrageous that it is hard to envision it being allowed to happen, seeing that it needs to get past zoning AND Heritage Act! Never underestimate the damage developers can do, though, by painting opponents and local community representatives as ignorant hayseeds, sentimentally hanging on to the old ways and opposing growth.

I have several concerns re: a proposal to put an 11-storey building on the corner of Mill and Charles St. where the McGibbon hotel now stands: First, there is an obvious visual marring of a historic and uniform downtown where all the old buildings are essentially the same height and look alike, Our old downtown Georgetown has been used as a street for movie sites because it exemplifies the small towns of the past. This atmosphere is a matter of pride for citizens like me. Besides the fact that such a development proposal is not in keeping with the other older buildings that are still there, this move will mark the beginning of the end for that ambience. Once one tall building is approved of and goes up there, a trend is started, more will be built and the whole downtown look will then be changing. As a resident living nearby, my view would also be altered by the new construction and not in a pleasant way. I propose that, if you intend to alter the McGibbon site, you do it this way: keep the building at its original height and historic construction, renovate it, and extend it it out over the parking lot in the back (where the lane is - that is so dangerous because traffic from both sides try to drive through there when it is essentially the width of one car.) That will give the option of several units downtown so there will be some growth in our area, but it will be a pleasant addition. I also do not agree with a proposal that I heard was suggested for a glass tower, which really is dissimilar to what I would like to see preserved.

Integration doesn't have to mean eyesore!

An ugly glass structure is not right for historic downtown Georgetown.

Agreed; this bait and switch that Silvercreek is trying to pull is completely unacceptable; this WILL destroy the old downtown Georgetown.

An 11 storey glass building in downtown Georgetown would look totally out of place and ruin the charming character of the area

That's my maiden name. Been a special place for us for decades

THE MIGGIBBON WILL BE LOST FOREVER THEY KNOW IT CANT SUPPORT A NEW STRUCTURE

It's pretty typical of Halton Co. nowadays, everyday sees century homes knocked down for subdivisions, farmland into distributions centres and quaint bungalows bulldozed for monster homes.

Please preserve our heritage our quaint downtown is what attracted us to Georgetown

By building a condo there, it takes away from preservation of heritage, of a longstanding landmark...and shoppers. I myself will no longer shop downtown Georgetown if plans go ahead to build this. Leave downtown small & stop with greed that turns everything into a metropolis!!