Your Voice Is Powerful – Help Protect Butternut Creek!

The appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal by the owner of 630 Gore Road means speaking up for the Creek and adjacent forest is even more important. Please consider making a donation to our funding partner Small Change Fund for the ecological work, signing the petition, contacting with your elected representatives. Also consider writing to City Planners regarding their recent rezoning application. Butternut Creek and the surrounding natural spaces are vital. You can help protect the green spaces we all cherish.

Help Give Nature a Voice – Donate today!

We hired an ecologist and worked with our partner Small Change Fund to launch our project,  Protecting Butternut Creek for Today and for Future Generations. 
 

  • Understanding more about the Creek and the adjacent lands is now urgent.
  • Please consider donating to help us get this critical evaluation work completed! Your donation will receive a charitable tax receipt from our project partners Small Change Fund.

Sign the Petition to Protect Butternut Creek

Adding your name to this petition sends a powerful message to city officials that residents demand the preservation of our natural heritage and responsible urban planning.

Take a minute now to sign the petition and stand with us in defending Butternut Creek’s ecosystems, green spaces, and wildlife habitats from further damage.

Every signature counts – please share the petition with your friends, family, and neighbors.

Contact City Officials & Elected Representatives

Your emails and calls bring attention to the issue and encourage officials to act. Here are the key people to contact:

Mayor & Council of Kingston (mayor&council@cityofkingston.ca)
or Councillor Ryan Boehme (rboehme@cityofkingston.ca)
and James Bar – Director of Planning (jbar@cityofkingston.ca) Lindsay Reid – Senior Planner (lcreid@cityofkingston.ca)

Rezoning and plan draft of subdivision application at 630 Gore Rd – Open House November 5th, 2026

Cite City File Number D35-004-2026 at 630 Gore Rd:

196 residential units, perhaps with quadruplexes instead of single detached houses, semidetached and townhouses, and NO affordable housing proposed *
Questions & comments received by lcreid@cityofkingston.ca and jbar@cityofkingston.ca ideally before October 30th 2026** Although comments are accepted by the City Clerk until November 4th at noon. Also contact your elected representatives.
Special Planning Committee Meeting scheduled, November 5th, 2026 at 6:00pm, in-person at Council Chambers, City Hall, 216 Ontario Street, or virtually, ask City Clerk, at cloconnor@cityofkingston.ca to register to attend. Cite City File Number D09-003-2024.

  • *Source: Addendum to Planning Rationale Report, Fotenn, Jul-28-2026, 630 Gore Road. PDF page 14. Report page 11.
  • **The Planning Committee will receive a report providing information with respect to the applications at the Community Meeting, which will be available to
    the public on the City of Kingston’s website at this link on October 30, 2026. Written comments accepted until November 4th at noon, 2026.