{"id":11788,"date":"2015-09-02T14:56:21","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T18:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=11788"},"modified":"2015-09-02T14:56:21","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T18:56:21","slug":"sports-proposal-for-hallmark-building-is-pie-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/sports-proposal-for-hallmark-building-is-pie-in-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports proposal for Hallmark building is \u201cpie in the sky\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Re: Sports groups make pitch for Hallmark building, August 20)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Regarding the proposal to turn the Hallmark building and surrounding lands into a mammoth sports development, I think Mr. Stephen Kimmerer must have been snorting fairy dust when he said, &#8220;You have no residential around it.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe should familiarize himself with Falconwood Hollow and Wycliffe Gardens, both of which provide attractive townhouse living to hundreds of people on the Vandorf Sideroad directly opposite Hallmark.<br \/>\nAlso, Brookfield Development is about to build a 57 residential complex on the Timberlane property, which is also opposite Hallmark. To all those involved in this Hallmark pie-in-the-sky proposal I say: please get the facts straight before you gallop off in all directions.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nSylvia Herbinson<br \/>\nAurora<\/strong><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F11788&amp;t=Sports%20proposal%20for%20Hallmark%20building%20is%20%E2%80%9Cpie%20in%20the%20sky%E2%80%9D&amp;s=100&amp;p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F11788&amp;p[images][0]=&amp;p[title]=Sports%20proposal%20for%20Hallmark%20building%20is%20%E2%80%9Cpie%20in%20the%20sky%E2%80%9D\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F11788&amp;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Sports%20proposal%20for%20Hallmark%20building%20is%20%E2%80%9Cpie%20in%20the%20sky%E2%80%9D&amp;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F11788\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Re: Sports groups make pitch for Hallmark building, August 20) Regarding the proposal to turn the Hallmark building and surrounding lands into a mammoth sports development, I think Mr. Stephen Kimmerer must have been snorting fairy dust when he said, &#8220;You have no residential around it.&#8221; 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