Archive for the ‘Greenway’ Category

Press kit – S.O.S. Meadowbrook

*Download press release (EN), the bilingual flyer, and the appendix (French only)*

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Press Release – For immediate distribution

S.O.S Meadowbrook: Montreal must take action to preserve Meadowbrook green space

Montréal, April 2010: Les Amis de Meadowbrook, in collaboration with Héritage Laurentien and supported by dozens of environmental groups and thousands of citizens island-wide, announce that on Monday April 19, 2010 they will be taking their campaign directly to Montreal City Hall in an attempt to convince the Mayor and members of Council to preserve Meadowbrook.

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Interview with Patrick Asch

1. Why a greenway? – Background

By Patrick Asch

A place with unique geomorphic characteristics, Montreal still has a long way to go when it comes to protecting and enhancing our green spaces. The different communities that today form the Montreal agglomeration were initially established thanks to two main factors. One,  the island’s first colonizers travelled along the only “autoroutes” then available, that is, the waterways. But it just so happens that the waterways of Montreal, comprising the des Prairies and Saint Lawrence Rivers, are not very deep and punctuated by rapids.

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