The District of #CentralSaanich says #ButterfieldPark will soon grow to nearly double its current size once it finishes purchasing an 18-acre parcel of land.
On Friday, the municipality said it had negotiated an agreement to purchase 18 acres of land at 1124 Mount Newton Cross Rd., which borders Butterfield #Park, at a cost of $3.2 million.
A strip mall in #BrentwoodBay long identified for #redevelopment is being eyed as a potential location for an #AffordableHousing project by the #CRD, which says its offer to purchase the property has been accepted.
#CentralSaanich Mayor Ryan Windsor said the location at 1183 Verdier Ave., which is close to transit and other services, had long been marked for densification in the municipality’s official community plan.
There's active #rewilding work being done in Newman Park in #CentralSaanich 👍
I saw new big leaf maple & garry oak #trees planted in the old pasture fields by the parking lot.
I didn't fall; just fumbled when my phone was being handed back because I was standing atop a sketchy, uneven pile of driftwood pieces, to be able to get high enough to film inside the porthole open window.