As the City of Woodstock welcomes new commercial and
industrial ventures – large and small – our growing community in southwest
Ontario is also expanding on the residential scale to create neighbourhoods for
families who want to live within a close proximity to their employer.
Havelock Corners on the north shore of Pittock Lake (Thames
River) and therefore also on the north side of the municipality gained approval
for an addition in excess of 600 residential units from city council. The total
area for these phases of construction comprises more than 85 acres. Submitted
by Kingsmen Group Inc. (www.thekingsmen.ca) was for 319 single detached homes,
162 townhouses, and an apartment building projected to include 164 units.
This current subdivision is an extension of the previous residential
growth by Kingsmen Group south of the 17th Line (Tollgate Road),
which includes Shanna Larsen Park, plus many detached homes and row townhouses.
At the time this subdivision expansion became final, the
comprehensive report penned by Oxford County senior planner Andrea Hachler also
described three other important facets of this Phase Five of the Thames
Developments neighbourhood as there will be land set aside for a place of
worship along with an additional eight acres for an elementary (Thames Valley
District public school board has NOT approved any timetables) school. With
protection of an adjoining forest also included, additional offerings include
connectivity to nature trails as this parcel of land runs geographically
parallel to the Pittock Conservation Area (Upper Thames River Conservation
Authority; www.thamesriver.on.ca) and a long-time established railway line. In
local parks department discussion this new trail or green space is referred to
as ‘the sliver.’
Havelock Corners evolved within the City boundary
adjustments from East-Zorra Tavistock back in 2006 for residential purposes. It
was in 2009 that the North Woodstock Secondary Plan gained approval from city council.
Economic Development
There are many advantages of locating your business here. Call
development commissioner Len Magyar or development officer Brad Hammond at the
City Hall economic development office at (519) 539-2382. You can also continue
your research through www.cometothecrossroads.com
as many available building lots are featured, demographic data is detailed, a
description of the many commercial parks (Bysham, Commerce Way, Pattullo Ridge,
etc), along with a promotional video.
Posted here are maps of residential projects currently
underway or happening soon on the horizon.
Woodstock Meadows
For example, the Woodstock Meadows Golf Course has already announced that its last official day of operation in Oct. 24 as that acreage will soon be converted into a subdivision with its roads connecting to the Havelock maps. The Vink family previously ran a 9-hole course in Innerkip which expanded to 18 as Innerkip Highlands, then operated the original 18-hole Woodstock Meadows on the grounds that is now Toyota, and then followed by the current Woodstock Meadows on Oxford Road 17.
Another subdivision of note is advancing on the west side of the city (off County Rd 11) and is known as the Hartley Farm. It is interesting to see that the theme of street names is all about tree species. These streets will eventually have a connector road to the Sally Creek adults-only neighbourhood. Maps of Sally Creek are also included here.
Some of these maps are from the Glimr interactive feature on www.oxfordcounty.ca. It's a neat tool as you can view maps, but also satellite images.
