JoeyColeman.ca - the personal website of Joey Coleman of Hamilton, Ontario

Hi, I'm Joey Coleman, a journalist in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada who is a open data activist, engaged citizen, and proud blogger. This is my personal website, or the place I try to break the Internet

Scheduling conflict: HWDSB and Jelly holding events at same time

By Joey Coleman on 15 Jun 2012

[![](http://blog.joeycoleman.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2432712144_b2cb49561f_z-300x200.jpg "Downtown Hamilton Education Centre")](http://blog.joeycoleman.ca/2012/04/hamilton-wentworth-district-school-board-files-demolition-permit-to-level-downtown-administrative-headquarters/2432712144_b2cb49561f_z/)A picture of the headquarters of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board taken by Flickr user juggybiv during the H Magazine/HIStory + HERitage walk in March…

Hamilton City Council ceremonial activities to be streamlined, codified

By Joey Coleman on 14 Jun 2012

Also today at the governance sub-committee, they voted for a new policy that will limit ceremonial activities to no more than two per meeting and limited to five minutes each. This does not include the “religious greeting” (prayer) at the beginning of council.All presentations will be subject to the…

5 or 7pm? When should Hamilton City Council meet?

By Joey Coleman on 14 Jun 2012

Hamilton City Council continues to debate when they’ll meet with a majority of Councillors preferring 5pm over the traditional 7pm start time. The governance sub-committee, consisting of five councillors, discussed a report showing 9 councillors in favour of continuing with 5pm meetings, 5 opposed, and 2 undecided. ![](http://blog.…

Downtown residents call for soil testing of park on former industrial site

By Joey Coleman on 11 Jun 2012

Hamilton’s Central Park is a typical city park – there’s a baseball diamond, playground, tennis courts, splash pad, a network of walking trails connecting the amenities, and a great tobogganing hill with a big buzz-kill “no tobogganing” sign to protect the city from liability. What’s unique to this…

Mayor Bratina launches blog, I help out - the clarification post

By Joey Coleman on 11 Jun 2012

*Apologies for the delay on this post. I was bedridden sick for most of last week and am still not quite 100%. * Hamilton Mayor Bob Bratina launched [http://mayorbratina.com/2012/06/01/welcome-to-my-personal-blog/] his own official blog last week. In this launch post, Mayor Bratina notes the involvement of…

Happy Pride Week in Hamilton

By Joey Coleman on 11 Jun 2012

It’s pride week in Hamilton and the pride flag is proudly displayed above the Council Chambers at City Hall. For a full listing of events this week, visit www.hamiltonpride.org [http://www.hamiltonpride.org]…

Vranich applies for final permits to renovate 275 King St W

By Joey Coleman on 11 Jun 2012

![](http://blog.joeycoleman.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/275_king_street_west_closeup-300x225.jpg "275_king_street_west_closeup")A third floor window shows the damage from the 2000 - 2003 firesDevelopment company Hess Village Real Estate, owned by Denis Vranich, applied for it’s final building permits to begin the…

From downtown parking lot to beer gardens

By Joey Coleman on 11 Jun 2012

Finally, a downtown parking lot is being converted – albeit for two days – into something useful. Homegrown Hamilton is applying for a Special Occasion Permit to sell alcohol during the June 23-24, 2012 Open to the Core and Open Streets Festivals, at the Imperial Parking Lot 16-24 James Street North. The…