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SORE nominated for cultural heritage landscape award

Article posted on October 5, 2021

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SORE is very pleased to report that ‎it has been nominated for the prestigious Margaret and Nicholas Hill Cultural Landscape Award by Architectural Conservancy Ontario. The ACO nomination announcement can be viewed at acoheritageawards.ca/save-our-rand-estate.

SORE Files Reply Witness Statements in CRB Hearing

Article posted on August 20, 2021

SORE has filed Reply Witness Statements to the evidence of the Solmar/Two Sisters in the Conservation Review Board hearing initiated by the Marotta companies. The Witness Statements can be found on our website.

SORE reports on July 14 public meeting

Article posted on July 15, 2021

In a meeting that stretched to 5 hours, Council and the community on July 14 heard numerous delegations from members of the public as well as SORE on the myriad issues raised by the Marotta subdivision proposal.

Reminder of Rand public meeting Wednesday

Article posted on July 13, 2021

Niagara on the Lake town logo

SORE supporters are reminded of the Public Meeting Wednesday beginning at 5 pm on the proposed Marotta Rand subdivision. The meeting can be viewed at livestream.com/notl.

SORE files peer review reports with Town

Article posted on July 9, 2021

SORE has filed three peer review reports with the Town concerning the proposed Marotta subdivision‎ covering Stormwater and Drainage, Grading and Servicing, Natural Environment.

Reminder re public meeting July 14

Article posted on July 8, 2021

Niagara on the Lake town logo

Residents and interested parties are reminded of the upcoming Public Meeting concerning the Marotta Rand subdivision proposal on Wednesday, July 14 at 5 pm. The Public Meeting will be live-streamed.

Parties file expert reports in Marotta CRB challenge

Article posted on July 5, 2021

SORE Association CRB Expert Witness Statement & Expert Report

The Marotta companies, the Town and SORE have all now filed their expert reports for the upcoming Conservation Review Board hearing beginning on July 19. As a reminder, the Marotta companies are asking the CRB to advise on the merits of the Town’s August 2018 Notices of Intent to Designate 200 John and 588 Charlotte (the back half of the Rand Estate) under the Heritage Act.

Marotta subdivision would be two or three times as dense as most adjacent neighbourhoods

Article posted on June 28, 2021

Rand Subdivision net density

The SORE core team has undertaken a comparison of the density of the proposed Marotta Rand Estate subdivision with the closest neighbourhoods to the Estate. Provided are both “Gross” and “Net” density graphs illustrating the comparison.

SORE comments on June 15 Open House

Article posted on June 16, 2021

SORE thanks the almost 200 households that signed up for the June 15 Open House and the 30 or so people who asked questions. The evening illustrated the extreme challenges of conducting public consultations by video.

Final reminder to register for tomorrow evening’s open house

Article posted on June 14, 2021

Niagara on the Lake town logo

SORE reminds all interested parties to register if you wish to electronically attend tomorrow’s open house concerning the Marotta Rand subdivision proposal starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

June 15 Open House details from Town

Article posted on June 12, 2021

Niagara on the Lake town logo

SORE has received additional information from the Town planner handling the Tuesday Open House starting at 5 p.m. We pass it along verbatim for your information.

You must register to watch the online June 15 Open House‎ about Marotta subdivision

Article posted on June 10, 2021

Niagara on the Lake town logo

SORE reminds supporters and all concerned stakeholders of the Open House next Tuesday June 15‎ beginning at 5 p.m. You must register in advance to attend the electronic Open House before noon June 15.

Reminder on upcoming open house re Randwood subdivision application

Article posted on May 28, 2021

SORE reminds all residents about the upcoming public open house concerning the Marotta group subdivision application. The open house will unfortunately be electronic only and will start at 5 pm on Tuesday June 15. You must register in advance to watch and if desired participate.

Share your historical photos of Rand Estate

Article posted on May 14, 2021

riders at Rand Estate

Save Our Rand Estate (SORE) is inviting community members to share their personal historical photographs and other archival information of and for the Rand Estate, also known as Randwood, located at the corner of John and Charlotte streets in Niagara-on-the-Lake. We are particularly interested in photos of Randwood taken either on the estate or from the surrounding streets and trails, and in particular, photographs taken before the 1980s.

Additional information on Marotta Subdivision application and Town process

Article posted on May 2, 2021

Aerial depiction by SORE of proposed Rand subdivision

We have prepared and present an aerial depiction of the subdivision proposed by the Marotta Group for the Rand Estate. This is truly one of those cases where a picture tells a thousand words. The Marotta application proposes to festoon virtually every square foot of 200 John and 588 Charlotte Streets with houses.

Marotta Group subdivision applications for Rand Estate released

Article posted on April 28, 2021

NOTL Public meeting notice

The Town has published a Notice of Complete Application for the subdivision proposed by the Marotta Group for the back half of the Rand Estate. There will no longer be a LPAT hearing in July on whether the application is complete. The Town has now accepted the application as complete with the filing of a report the Town had requested.

Town triumphs in another developer lawsuit

Article posted on April 22, 2021

SORE is pleased to report on a decision last week of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice of relevance to both the Rand Estate and to heritage protection in NOTL.

Update on Rand Estate sale and CRB hearing

Article posted on April 14, 2021

Two updates: Benny Marotta’s companies have pulled the for sale signs on 144/176 John St (the site of the historic Rand house and gardens and half of the former Rand Estate). The Conservation Review Board has now scheduled a hearing for four days starting
Monday, July 19.

Marotta abandons Rand heritage court challenge

Article posted on March 17, 2021

The Marotta group has abandoned its court challenge of the legality of the Town’s heritage designation bylaws for the Rand Estate. The Marotta group paid the Town and SORE a combined $170,000 in costs in order to walk away from the appeal.

NOTL Receives Prestigious Heritage Award

Article posted on December 15, 2020

SORE is very pleased to note that the Town has received the prestigious Prince of Wales Prize for 2020 from the National Trust for Canada.

Rand Estate latest moves by Benny Marotta

Article posted on October 28, 2020

Rand Estate

In a series of developments over the last few days, the Marotta group has (1) Withdrawn their appeals to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) of the Town’s “non-decision” on their hotel/convention centre application; (2) Withdrawn their appeals to the Conservation Review Board (CRB) of the previous Council’s notices of intention to designate 144 and 176 John Street East under the Ontario Heritage Act in August of 2018; and (3) Put a for sale sign on 144/176 John Street.

Update on LPAT proceedings

Article posted on September 8, 2020

LPAT

On Sept. 8, the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) adjourned the proceedings until April 2021, to allow the subdivision application recently filed with the Town to be appealed to LPAT and consolidated with the Marotta hotel/convention centre application.

Marotta Group zoning appeal to LPAT – important meeting Tuesday, Sept. 8

Article posted on September 4, 2020

LPAT

Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) have given notice of a Case Management Conference (CMC) for TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 AT 10 AM by video, not in person.

SORE and Town File Materials with Court of Appeal

Article posted on July 31, 2020

Factum of SORE Association

The lawyers for both SORE and the Town recently filed their responding factums with the Court of Appeal in the Marotta group’s ongoing effort to overturn the previous Council’s decision to initiate the heritage designation process of the Rand Estate in August of 2018.

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Latest posts by SORE

  • Important update on Marotta Subdivision proposal
  • SORE comments on Town’s Marotta Rand prosecution decision
  • Ontario Land Tribunal Case Management Conference (CMC) Postponed
  •  Solmar Rand Heritage Act prosecution
  • SORE Letter to Council and OLT Update
  • How the Lord Mayor candidates answered SORE
  • NOTL candidates provide responses to SORE survey

On SORE website

  • Updates
  • 2022 municipal election
  • How You Can Help
  • Benny Marotta the Developer- Media Archive
  • History of Randwood Estate
  • 2021 Rand Subdivision proposal documents
  • 2018 Hotel Proposal Documents
  • 2018 Hotel Proposal Media Coverage
  • 2018 Hotel Proposal Process
  • December 2019 SORE Update

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