Will Encampment Move to a Cobourg Park?

With talk of a sale of the Brookside property, people are assuming that the campers will be evicted but are wondering where they will go.  James Bisson will bring this question to the Community Services, Protection, and Economic Development Standing Committee at their meeting on September 4.  Some will no doubt go to the new Transition House due to open in September but others will look for new locations for their tents.  The latest version of Cobourg’s Parks bylaw (022-2016 – see links below) bans tents in Parks with an exception that allows the County CAO to “permit such individuals [in need of shelter] to erect and be within temporary structures, on municipal lands without a permit”. James will be… Read complete articleWill Encampment Move to a Cobourg Park?