There is a public park near where you live. You have heard that the local council wants to sell this park. Write a letter to a local newspaper. In your letter: introduce yourself describe the importance of the park say what action you will take if the council continues with its plan

To the Editor, My name is Clara- a resident of Coquitlam- for five years. My family moved here due to its affordability, and proximity to the city. We

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enjoy several small parks nearby as our children and their friends play. One of

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Macdonald park, on Gloria Street. It is not large, but it is well-used, clean, and safe. Recently, I have learnt that the Coquitlam Council has decided to sell

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public amenity for development. The land has already been reasoned residential, so I assume as many dwellings as possible- perhaps even twenty apartments- can be built here. While I am not a lawyer

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and do not know by reason

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land could be sold, as a resident, I was neither informed nor consulted about it. All my neighbours say the same thing. We have petitioned the council, and I hope

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letter reaches a wider public. Our website SaveMacdonaldPark.com lists a number of protest activities in which we hope our readers may join us. As too few green and tranquil places remain in

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overdeveloped city. Save Macdonald park before

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too late! Yours faithfully, Clara