Some residents are upset about planned new developments approved for Old Town Niagara-on-the-Lake and one woman in particular is ready to take a stand.
In response to council’s approval of the Parliament Oak hotel during its June 25 council meeting, resident Karen Taylor-Jones is organizing a community protest outside the town hall in Virgil.
The approved hotel, on the site of the former public school, does not fit within the residential area of King Street, where it will be built, she says.
“It’s in the middle of a residential area. What about those poor people who have to live there?” Taylor-Jones told The Lake Report.
Protesters can meet at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30 before the scheduled 6 p.m. council meeting.
Taylor-Jones says she doesn’t know the exact number of participants yet, but has “a lot of really good contacts” helping her out.
The main goal of the protest is to get councillors to change their vote and stop the proposed 129-room hotel.
“These councillors need to do what they say they were going to do (during) elections,” she said.
“They’re out of control. They’re not doing what the townspeople want.”
Those interested in joining the protest can contact Taylor-Jones at k.jones55@hotmail.com
