enact a total ban on developing the remaining green spaces at the Loyola Campus

Concordia University has already destroyed several green spaces at the Loyola Campus, with the most recent example being the new science building placed on the Hingston Hall field. This building could easily have been built on the adjacent parking lot, which has plenty of room.

The Loyola campus has the smaller parking lot adjacent to the Hingston Hall field that can be developed and the larger one on the eastern end of the campus. The larger parking lot has plenty of room for several tasteful structures that are brick clad to blend in with the campus.

The new science building - glass clad, sticks out like a sore thumb and is a definite eyesore, and it is clear that the university wants to erect more buildings on the Hingston Hall field.

We need a total ban on the development of the remaining green space at the Loyola Campus and that has to be put into place immediately. The Loyola Campus is a brilliant mixture of buildings and green spaces and is beloved by the community for being accessible and green. The people of NDG appreciate having a local university that can be attended by local students and the green spaces that it provides. It is a sanctuary of green.

Until the erection of the new building, the university and the public were living in concordia. It was a perfect relationship. We had a center of higher learning and a community green space. As a coach with NDG Soccer, we used the Hingston Hall field as a practice field.

The university can easily plant more trees at the Loyola Campus, as well as setting up several pollinator gardens to help Monarch butterflies, bees, and other insects. Fruit trees and berry bushes can also be planted to help local wildlife.

We need Concordia to realize that the green spaces at the Loyola Campus are public ones and that they must be protected for the long-term. The parking lots at the Loyola Campus can be developed and with Concordia desiring to be more green, can do with fewer parking spots. The Loyola Campus is served by three bus lines - the 105, 162, and 51; three Metro stations - Villa Maria, Vendome, and the one on Queen Mary, and by the Shuttle Bus. People don't need cars to access the campus.

I thus implore you, both as an NDG resident and as an alumnus of the university, to place an immediate ban on the development of the remaining green spaces at the Loyola Campus. This can easily be done - please do it ASAP.