reviewing built form,” acknowledges Laanstra.“All of these things are elements that we keep in the back of our mind, and we continue to collaborate together so that we can make sure that development and intensification is happening across the municipality, in all areas where it makes sense and is appropriate.” For Mayor Cleveland, the emphasis is on ensuring the town has enough diversity in housing, particularly high density units. “We’re really good in Cobourg at encouraging single residential dwellings, and we’re very blessed to have a very wonderful, accepting and intensification. We’re looking at different options around parking. We’re looking at what’s going to be needed to upgrade our sewers and our water treatment plants to facilitate this growth.The reality is Cobourg knows we need to build houses, and we are getting them built.” Within these efforts, preserving the charm of the existing community remains a priority. “We want to make sure that we are continuing to review the areas in Cobourg for the densities and for the height that we want for our area, we want to make sure we’re 8 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 06
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