Antigonish doctor's donation of land paves way for 150 affor
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 11:33 amAntigonish doctor's donation of land paves way for 150 affordable homes
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Community group aiming to build 150 housing units in the next 10 years to help address shortage
Meig Campbell · CBC News · March 14, 2025
EXCERPT: "Hendricks, an internal medicine specialist at St. Martha's Regional Hospital in Antigonish, and her family moved to the town of nearly 5,000 people from Yellowknife in 2016. When the couple sought out land to develop a clinic for Hendricks and other doctors to work out of, they found an 18-hectare plot and purchased it, knowing it was much larger than the space they required.
"We want to invest in a community and be a part of the community that has younger people and older people and immigrants and children," said Hendricks.
Colleen Cameron, chair of the board of the Antigonish Affordable Housing Society, told CBC's Maritime Noon she was taken by surprise when Hendricks approached her about donating the property. But there was no doubt what Hendricks and Davie had in mind would help address housing shortages in the area.
"The need is quite significant," Cameron said Thursday. . . . . "
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Community group aiming to build 150 housing units in the next 10 years to help address shortage
Meig Campbell · CBC News · March 14, 2025
EXCERPT: "Hendricks, an internal medicine specialist at St. Martha's Regional Hospital in Antigonish, and her family moved to the town of nearly 5,000 people from Yellowknife in 2016. When the couple sought out land to develop a clinic for Hendricks and other doctors to work out of, they found an 18-hectare plot and purchased it, knowing it was much larger than the space they required.
"We want to invest in a community and be a part of the community that has younger people and older people and immigrants and children," said Hendricks.
Colleen Cameron, chair of the board of the Antigonish Affordable Housing Society, told CBC's Maritime Noon she was taken by surprise when Hendricks approached her about donating the property. But there was no doubt what Hendricks and Davie had in mind would help address housing shortages in the area.
"The need is quite significant," Cameron said Thursday. . . . . "
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