Peter Wainwright
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Peter Wainwright Mayor, Town of Sidney
(opens in a new tab)Peter Wainwright is the new Mayor of the Town of Sidney, BC, a long-time resident, former 7-term Councillor (23 years), and retired marine environmental scientist.
The new council was sworn in at the inaugural meeting last night. It was good to see past Mayors Norma Sealey, Don Amos and Cliff McNeil-Smith attending. Mayor Cliff McNeil-Smith's past service was recognized by a standing ovation from everyone. My inaugural address has been posted at this link: www.sidney.ca/wp-content/uploads/Mayors-Inaugural-Address.pdf
VAA posted this yesterday (link below). "The proposed development, known as Stirling Commons, includes approximately 42,000 square feet of commercial space across four buildings, with plans for a grocery store, restaurant, coffee shop and additional retail space. ... As part of VAA’s review process, the proposal has been referred to the Town of Sidney for review and comment."I don't know anything more about this yet.
Community Notice: Proposed Stirling Commons Development - Victoria Airport Authority
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Victoria Airport Authority (VAA) is currently evaluating a proposal from Sherringham Holdings Ltd. for a commercial development on airport lands at 9771 Stirling Way, near Beacon Avenue West in Sidney...
The need to update the downtown retail gap analysis last done in 2017 (link below) has been raised in some of the recent conversations with me. This post may not reflect the views of others on the new council. I haven't spoken to any of them yet about this. I haven't been sworn it yet. This is not an official position from the Town. Looking at it this morning, I notice that this study was done at the time of the proposed Gateway development; at a time when there was no Sandown shopping centre; and, population growth in the trade area has already exceeded the "high growth scenario" estimated for 2027. It does seem out of date. The 2017 study was done for the Town. Was it a good investment? Did we fill many of the gaps identified? Is there a business case for updating this?
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I was going through some old files and thought others might be interested in this: "The Enhancement and Implementation of Sidney's Plan for Downtown Revitalization" (MacDonald & Wood, 1999)www.peterwainwright.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Revitalization.pdf
We are fortunate that we have Radio Sidney (and the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce) providing this kind of election coverage.
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