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THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012
VOL. 24, NO. 17
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Last of Harewood’s five-acre farms facing bulldozers Third Street property identified as exceptionally significant in city report, but Heritage Register offers scant protection BY TOBY GORMAN I THE NEWS BULLETIN
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historic five-acre farm five-storey building with 32 condo units, in Nanaimo’s University 30 townhouse units and 15 single dwellDistrict is in the process of ing lots. being rezoned to allow for The property is listed on the city’s a large residential developheritage register, although that does not ment, and that has some nearby resiprotect it from development, but is not dents concerned that part of the city’s listed on the Agricultural Land Reserve. heritage is being overlooked. A city hall report cites the farm as Frank Armishaw purchased the prop“exceptionally significant as it is the erty in 1948 and proudly farmed it to only recognized, intact acreage in one provide for his family, raisof British Columbia’s earliing cattle and tending large est planned communities, gardens. Harewood Estates.” Armishaw died in 2009 after Harewood residents more than 60 years on the Margaret Dyke and Teresa property, leaving the estate McGown say that should be to his three daughters, all of enough to keep the property ON SATURDAY: whom grew up working on in its original historic state An examination the farm. The land was sold while encouraging food of Nanaimo’s to Sita Enterprises in 2011. security education, possibly Heritage Nanaimo council passed as a working farm partnerRegister, how the first two readings of ship between the city and properties get on Vancouver Island University. Sita’s rezoning application the list and what in March, hosted a public “This was a perfect opporit means. hearing on the subject April tunity to address the poten5, and passed third reading tial problem of food security, April 16. Final adoption is expected at and to reconnect people with their food an upcoming council meeting. sources,” said Dyke, who has lived for 20 The property, which still has the years adjacent to the Armishaw Farm. Armishaw’s barn on it, is currently “This property started as a farm, and we zoned as single-family residential. Sita feel this could have been a beautiful, creis applying to have it zoned as mixed-use ative project that was something more so it can add a five-storey building with than another housing development.” ◆ See ‘REZONING’ /6 up to 50 student housing units, a second
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Harewood residents Margaret Dyke, left, and Teresa McGown say an opportunity is being missed by allowing a historic farm to be developed into housing. They say keeping the farm intact to educate people about food security and Nanaimo’s history would be a more appropriate use.