What Odds at City Hall: 15 March 2022
Bell Mobility makes a stake, the City secures a Cisco provider, and Council approves $13 million in capital projects.
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Elizabeth Whitten is a St. John’s-based journalist and The Independent’s St. John’s municipal politics reporter. She’s previously worked for allNewfoundlandLabrador and Downhome Magazine, and her work has been published by CBC, The Overcast, and the Toronto Star. She’s currently writing a book about how Dr. Cluny Macpherson invented the gas mask in World War One.
Bell Mobility makes a stake, the City secures a Cisco provider, and Council approves $13 million in capital projects.
The City adopts a new IT policy, Sharpe’s General Store is getting a makeover, and Council signs off on some summer travel to Saskatchewan.
A tanning salon fans flames, the Quidi Vidi pump track picks up speed, & the Benevolent Irish Society wants to hang the deputy mayor’s art.
The City proclaims Heritage Week, the final report on the 2021 municipal election is tabled, and plans are made for some flowers.
A lounge is coming to Village Mall, a dentist is eyeing the East End and WerkLiv is still aiming to build student housing near MUNL.
What makes heritage buildings worth protecting? How (and why) does it it happen? The Indy looks at Parish Lane and Bryn Mawr in St. John's.
Lots of watershed talk, some land gets subdivided and—ugh—the East End is getting a payday loan business. Thanks, I hate it.
The City proclaims February as Black History Month, The Calm Place expands its business, and water, water everywhere!
St. John's City Council signs off on some variances, lots get prepped for subdivision, and land is rezoned.
City Council signs off on tenders, someone is looking to open a lounge at the old Majestic Theatre, and Apothecary Hall gets some signage.