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Together our Voice is Stronger
We are a not for profit association of residents living in the community of Unionville in Markham, Ontario. Our vision is to improve our community through public education, engagement and representation. We usually meet the first Monday of every month (see Upcoming Meetings and Events below). We produce an occasional newsletter, and send regular emails, (see Newsletters page). For more details please visit the About Us page.
some issues we’re working on
- Managing Growth. Loss of Markham farmlands. Environmental impacts.
- Development proposals, eg CF Markville, Hilton Suites, “No Frills” plaza.
- Markham Centre and Markville area Secondary Plans and CEP (Community Energy Plan).
- Unionville Main Street Vision and Watford Group development proposal.
- York University community impact.
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NEXT MEETING
Its back to work for your URA, we hope you all enjoyed a nice Summer. Our next meeting takes place on October 7th at 7pm in the Meeting Room at the old Unionville train station on Station Lane. Guest speaker will be Jean-Louis Gaudet, the Field Ambassador for the Unionville Main Street restoration project, which is now underway. Jean-Louis will give a brief update on the project plans and take questions from the audience. Ward 3 Councilor Reid McAlpine will give Councilor updates and also take questions.
Latest UPDATES
- Multiple Resident Associations joint letter to the City re concerns with Markville Secondary Plan. October 2024. Concerns re density, traffic, schools, parkland, community facilities etc.
- URA Deputation re Kingdom to DSC Statutory Public Meeting Sep 24th 2024. Additional units were requested for the Kingdom development (old Sheridan site). Comments covered an increase in FSI as a result of more units, and different methods used to count FSI. Details of a public benefit under negotiation was not made available to the public at the meeting.
- URA Hilton Deputation March 20th. An update to the December 12th 2023 posting. On December 15th 2023, the developer appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal due to the lack of a City decision on their application within statutory timelines. URA has been granted participant status for the hearing. This deputation outlined concerns with the city process.
- Jan 9th Members Meeting. New Board Member. York Downs Update. Councilor Update. MappiT. Pedestrian Crossings. 2024 Focus Items.
- Submission to the study on regional governance as overseen by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Submitted January 4th 2024.
- Change in URA Officers. At the first meeting of the newly elected Board of Directors on November 27th 2023, the following were elected to serve for the upcoming year, Joska Zerczi – President, Daniela Ghiculete – Vice President, Gene Genin – Secretary and Donna Day – Treasurer.
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