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Green Coalition Environmental Award

18/05/2015 by Bal

Green Coalition Award 2015The Green Coalition presented Les Amis du Parc Meadowbrook with an award on May 14, for exceptional contribution to the environment. Campbell Stuart and Deanne Delaney were pleased and honoured to accept the award on behalf of all our volunteers and supporters over the last 25 years. Many of our steering committee members attended the Green Coalition’s AGM, which brought together many Montreal-area groups that aim to protect natural spaces.

We shared the honour with the Association for the Protection of Angell Woods (APAW). Video may be viewed here.

“It is my great honour and privilege to present Green Coalition Environmental Awards this year to two environmental groups that have set a standard for us all, ” announced award presenter, David Fletcher. He added that APAW has, “Given all Montrealers a natural treasure to celebrate,” and, “The never-say-die commitment to the saving of Meadowbrook has been the stuff of legend.

The Green Coalition presented an award to Les Amis du Parc Meadowbrook. These two landmark outcomes give heart to others with conservation goals they want to see met. Next in the immediate queue, the urgent campaign for fields of Pierrefonds West. And then beyond . . . Ile Bizard, Montreal’s east end, downtown, off-island . . . .

Let us hope that another quarter century of doggedness is not needed to achieve the 10% conservation goal set by the Coderre administration. “

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Presentations about Meadowbrook during Montreal’s public consultation

18/11/2014 by Bal

Thank you to those who took the time to draft and present briefs to the commission at city hall for the public consultation on the Montreal urban agglomeration and land use development plan. This plan will serve as a reference for city planning and decision-making by our councillors and mayor. Many briefs mentioned Meadowbrook, an indication of the significant interest in this plot of nature and of its importance to Montreal citizens.

If you missed the presentations please check out the briefs about Meadowbrook below:

  1. Elizabeth Cooper
  2. Clayton SymonFall Tree Meadowbrook Sept 2014.Nigel Dove
  3. Jochen Jaeger and Megan Deslauriers
  4. Anna Symon 
  5. Deborah Hayek
  6. Patricia Rachofsky
  7. Les Amis du Parc Meadowbrook
  8. Deanne Delaney
  9. Malcolm Lewis-Richmond 
  10. Lisa Mintz 
  11. Nigel Dove (présentation)
  12. Ville  de Côte Saint-Luc
  13. Cymry Gomery
  14. Daniel Boulerice

Many presenters included Meadowbrook as part of a broader interest in Montreal’s green spaces:

  1. Héritage Laurentien
  2. Al Hayek 
  3. Patrick Asch
  4. Linda Besner (présentation)
  5. Sue Stacho
  6. David Fletcher
  7. Save the Park – Patrick Barnard
  8. Pierre Marcoux
  9. Tom Schwalb
  10. Green Coalition
  11. Protection des oiseaux du Québec
  12. Le regroupement des citoyens de Saraguay
  13. Sierra Club Québec
  14. Projet Montréal
  15. Conseil régional de l’environnement de Montréal
  16. Nina Gould
  17. Donald Hobus
  18. Irwin Rapoport

These presentations addressed green or natural spaces, urban sprawl, and route verte for cycling:

  1. Coalition Montréalaise des Tables de Quartier 
  2. Comité de sauvegarde du patrimoine bâti et naturel Desmarchais-Crawford de Verdun
  3. Naghmeh Nazarniafox1.Jo_Ann_Goldwater
  4. Regroupement des éco-quartiers
  5. Solidarité Saint-Henri
  6. Catherine Chabot
  7. Sonja Susnjar, Tracy Arial
  8. Vélo-Québec
  9. Les amis du parc Angrignon
  10. Centre d’écologie urbain de Montréal
  11. Éco-quartier du Sud-Ouest
  12. Espaces verts et milieux naturalisés Golf Meadowbrook
  13. Les amis de la montagne
  14. Rayside Labossière et Tous pour l’aménagement du Centre-Sud
  15. Tous pour l’aménagement du Centre-Sud (présentation)
  16. Association pour la Protection du Bois Angell (APBA)
  17. Mouvement Ceinture Verte

All the briefs that were presented to the commission can be found at the Montreal City Portal.

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Press conference: Réal Ménard’s war on the environment

12/11/2014 by Bal

Les Amis du Parc Meadowbrook held a press conference at 10 am Wednesday November 12. Recent disclosures of secret plans for building on Meadowbrook and Réal Ménard’s private negotiations with the developer Groupe Pacific raise alarm bells for the environment and the democratic process in Montreal. Mr. Ménard is a member of the Executive Committee and is the Responsable du développement durable, de l’environnement, des grands parcs et des espaces verts for the Island of Montreal. As such, he is charged with the protection of green spaces and he should not aid in their destruction.

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