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Volume 134 Issue 05

Better Plan.
Better Manitoba.

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Friday, April 15, 2016

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Stewart Hills Project Derailed

Greg
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64 acres of land directly south of 9th Avenue S.W. was to be developed as a new residential subdivision
known as Stewart Hills Estates. The SHE group has pulled out of the project leaving the Town to
hopefully find a new development partner to move the project forward.
By DARRYL HOLYK

t Tuesday evenings
Town Council meeting, Mayor Ray Orr announced that the Town
had received correspondence from the partners
involved in the Stewart
Hills Estate (SHE) Residential Development indicating they are no longer going to proceed with
that project.

This is a huge, unwelcome blow to the community and its future as a new
housing development has
been desperately needed
for some time. The Town
has purchased 64 acres of
land directly south of 9th
Avenue S.W. and began
negotiating with the Stewart Hills group in early
2013. After numerous delays with various provincial government depart-

ments, all subdivisions

and behind the scenes paper work has finally been
completed. Over the past
year, The Tribune has contacted Stewart Hills on numerous occasions inquiring about project updates
but has been unsuccessful
in obtaining any new information. According to
the Stewart Hills website,
an anticipated completion
for the fi rst 21 residential

lots by the fall of 2015.

That did not happen and
now will not be happening under the Stewart Hills
banner. The most recent
members of Stewart Hills
Estates included Clint
Moffat, Norm Sims, Stuart
Lewis and Chad Burton.
Earlier on Tuesday,
during the Tanners Crossing Planning District community visioning session,
the need for new housing

remains a top priority for

the future survival and
growth of Minnedosa. Fortunately, Westview Estates
was completed last year
adding some new community housing and there
are now plans in place for
a residential subdivision
east of Minnedosa along
9th Avenue. S.E.
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