Our West End

Dear Friends, In case you missed it, it was brought to my attention that CBC covered the west-end yesterday and discussed churches, schools and business closures.  You can see the coverage by clicking on the link below.  It begins at the 3:50 mark. http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Windsor/ID/2253223972/ Regards, Fabio Costante

Click on the link below to read my latest article discussing the possible relocation of St. John grade school and let me know your thoughts on the matter.   School Board Looking to Relocate St. John Elementary: Let Your Voices Be Heard.

Friends, Please see an email below that I received this morning from a west-end resident who lives on Campbell Ave.  "Hello Fabio, Please share this with all of your readers: What "tough times" are they referring to??? With the new bridge announcement last Friday, I thought everyone has been trumpeting about the impending "boom times", or am I missing something? This parks issue is a moving target--first, they claim that we cannot afford to bring these parks into compliance with an accessibility law that is not yet in force. Then they call this "surplus" parkland, pointing to the 2010 OMBI report (attached) that indicates Windsor is above the median in the measurement "All parkland in municipality as a percent of total area of municipality" (Fig.17.1). Please note, however, that we are actually below the median respecting how much parkland is available per resident: Fig. 17.2 "Hectares of maintained and natural parkland per 10...

Dear West-End Residents: Please see an email below I received from a committee member of the Friends for Atkinson Organization: "Registration for Subsidized Swimming Lessons for west end kids will be held June 23, 2012, 10 am to 2 pm at the Atkinson Park Pool. Every year the Friends for Atkinson subsidizes the cost for children who cannot afford the lessons and whose parents meet certain income standards. For details, call Marilyn Woodison 519 254 8624. We would like to get out as many kids who would like to learn to swim as possible."   Source:  West-End Resident

Dear Residents: Council will be asked Monday to approve a recommendation “to begin the public process of surplus parkland disposition,” as well as agree to “undertake” the sale of South Tilston Park...with proceeds allocated to the removal and installation of playground equipment elsewhere.   For those who may not know, South Tilston is located in the Bridgeview area, abutting Tilston Dr., Secord Ave. and Rankin Ave.  If you oppose this recommendation, please let your voices be heard.  Send me an email with your name and house address and please confirm your opposition in the same email.  I will then forward your concerns to our city councillor and the appropriate city authority.   You can see the article and video by clicking on the link below. Sincerely, Fabio Costante With Vid: Tough times could mean selling some city parks

My latest article published in today's Windsor Star. West End Youth Win 1st Place in Entrepreneurship Competition

Below is an email sent to me from a west-end resident:  Windsor firefighters were kept busy overnight responding to multiple fires in the Sandwich area. Firefighters responded for reports of an abandoned house fully engulfed in flames on Windsor’s west side, around 1am Saturday morning. Crews arrived on scene near the corner of   Brock   and Edison streets and found a boarded up home — one of many homes owned by the Ambassador Bridge — with fire on the second floor and smoke drifting across the neighbourhood. The fire was quickly put out. The fire caused $5000 in damage.   Minutes later, firefighters were called to the intersection of Peter and Chippewa for a couch on fire. Then around 3:50am, firefighters were called to the 3500 block of Peter Street for a garage on fire. Fire crews arrived and found the garage in an alley shared with Queen Street fully engulfed in flames. The fire caused a bit of damage to a neighbouring house. Police were immediately called. ...