Council Chambers at Capacity with Residents Opposed to Losani’s Application to Build 8-Storey Apartment Complex in Mile Hill Community

Paris resident Kevin Mcdonald shares with the Paris Independent the statement he presented during a recent committee meeting that reviewed Application File ZBA 44-20-DN to build on blocks 98-99 in the Mile Hill Subdivision. Here is what he had to say:

My name is Kevin McDonald and together with my wife, son and our dogs, we live on 24 Lorne Card Drive within the Mile Hill Community. Back in 2021 we moved here from Oakville as we found it had become extremely congested with heavy traffic, with considerable high-density building surrounding us, with no end in sight. We searched for several years to find a location that would check off all our boxes. We had seen an article advertisement on Paris “Prettiest Town in Canada” and after we visited and saw many family communities, the beautiful forests, the awesome parks along the Grand River, the enchanting downtown not dominated by fast food chains but by family-owned businesses and restaurants and we knew we had found home! We landed on a builder who we looked into and had won ‘Builder of the Year.’ so we thought we were in good hands being we were nervous as we had never owned a newly built home, so we did our due diligence by asking Losani about future development for the entire Mile Hill development being it was mostly fields when we bought We were ensured there would only be 2 storey town houses, single residential family homes and possibly a small commercial area with perhaps a coffee shop, bakery etc.

Council Chambers was unable to accommodate the many people who came to voice their opposition and concerns to Losani’s application to build an 8-storey apartment building in the Mile Hill Community at 139 Court Drive. Many residents waited outside council chambers hoping to gain entry to the meeting on Tuesday. More than 8 presenters, residents of the Mile Hill community, shared their objections to the proposal.

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