BarrieToday welcomes letters to the editor at [email protected] or via the website. Please include your full name, daytime phone number and address (for verification of authorship, not publication). The following letter is in response to an article titled "'Enough is enough': Innisfil councillor, restaurateur upset by latest Lockhart closure,' published Nov. 9.
I just read the article about another new community beginning construction in the Stroud area.
The article referenced affordable housing for young families. These homes come with a starting price in the mid-$800,000s. How is this affordable to anybody, much less a young family buying their first home?
I’ve been living in Innisfil for 20 years and moved here because it was affordable, with the expectation that the family I raised would also be able to set down roots here. Sadly, that is no longer the case.
I am saddened that my 30-year-old daughter and her family have little hope of ever owning a home in Innisfil. Our quaint town has become a smaller, just-as-expensive version of Toronto, minus the amenities.
I am starting to question Innisfil leadership and their vision for the future. They say they are committed to keeping the small-town feel, but when you look at the development, their actions don’t match their words.
That’s my two cents.
Denise Davad
Innisfil
