Mississauga land development coming

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Land from King George to Peel board of education finally will be developed.
Hopefully Peel education levy will be reduced  LOL.

英国国王威廉四世（King William IV）在1833年把一幅位于密西沙加市中心面积200英亩的土地，交托给当地教育局管辖，这片土地即将变身成为密市中央公园兼城市农场。
在近200年后，皮尔区教育局（Peel District School Board）和密市议会终将启动工程，把这片土地变为密市的中央公园或城市农场。密市市议员George Carlson忆述1985年当选教委时，曾询问这片土地的来历，才知是由英国国王赐予，当时这片土地是一幅当地人称为Britannia Farm的农地。多年来有地产商、高尔夫球场业者，甚至前市长麦歌莲（Hazel McCallion）都曾希望开发这片土地，但失败而回。
本月12日，教育局投票通过规划方案，方案包括把168英亩用于农业和环境项目，亦包括以教育目的为主的城市农场、步行径、湿地和森林区，另有用来制作枫糖浆的枫林、瞭望中心，而在东南角则有由私营机构负责的混合用途开发项目，估计可以带来1亿元收入，可用于资助计划的其余部分。
皮尔区教育局主席Janet McDougald希望计划可以于2018年动工。
资料来源：星报

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The 32 acres that will be used for mixed-use development by the private sector should generate about $100 million, a small portion of which will be used to regenerate parts of the forest, cultivate fields, build trails, observation decks and any restoration of the old farm buildings, Parrish explains. The rest will be used for an endowment to fund operations.

“The LRT, which will run on Hurontario, right along the east-side of the farm land, is a huge attraction for developers already looking to participate. Those buildings they will construct will be right along the LRT corridor,” says Parrish, referring to the $1.3 billion Hurontario light rail train that will connect the farm with the rest of the transit corridor, scheduled to be completed by 2022.

She and McDougald say they hope to have shovels in the ground in 2018.