(This section is meant to make clear everything that was actually done):

• May 2023

  • Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines is proposed to the CGF as a host community.

• July 4, 2023

  • A meeting takes place at École des Érables in Deux-Montagnes with elected officials. All are deeply moved by the project and see its potential reach, well beyond the municipal level.

• September 2023 to May 2024:

  • Dozens of meetings are held with local stakeholders to shape the project: the CISSS des Laurentides, the management of École des Érables, architects, the MRC, the director of urban planning, the general management of SADP and the mayor.

  • Since we were starting from the plans of École des Érables in Deux-Montagnes, the main goal was to modernize those plans and adapt them to the needs of our adult clientele.

  • Discussions begin with the CMM (Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal) to access the Metropolitan Social Housing Fund, which would cover the municipal share (40%) of the financing under the Programme Habitation Abordable Québec (PHAQ). The person in charge of the file at the CMM considers that the housing part of our project fits this program perfectly.

• November 2023

  • The CGF receives several letters and messages of support (shown further down on the site).

• June 2024

  • The CGF signs a six-month purchase agreement for the land on lots 6 464 714 and 6 357 518.

• September 2024

  • First meeting to define the needs for a PPCMOI.

    • What is a PPCMOI?

    • A PPCMOI (projet particulier de construction, de modification ou d'occupation d'un immeuble) is a municipal procedure that allows a real estate project that does not fully match the usual zoning rules to be authorized.

    • In short, a PPCMOI is used to:

      • review a project case by case;

      • offer regulatory flexibility when a project has particular features;

      • frame the project with precise conditions;

      • consult citizens when required.

    • It is a tool used for specialized or innovative projects, or for projects that need to fit into their surroundings in a particular way.

• October 2024:

  • Meeting with elected officials from every level of government (municipal, MRC, provincial and federal) and with directors of municipal services

  • The MRC gives the Centre Gabriel Fugère (CGF) a $30,000 donation for the studies required to carry out the project

  • Land surveying

• November 2024:

  • A firm is hired as project and financing manager.

  • Preparation of the business plan and (preliminary) costs

  • Meeting with the GRT (technical resource group) about the social housing units

  • Environmental study of the land

• December 2024:

  • Adoption, with no opposition from citizens or anyone else, of the resolution allowing the Town of SADP to buy the land in question in order to secure the site for the project

• January 2025:

  • Call for projects to choose an architecture firm (three firms will submit proposals)

• February 2025:

  • Official launch of the website

  • Choice of the architecture firm

  • Presentation of the project at the CCITB mayor's luncheon (the chamber of commerce). After this presentation, many contractors offer to contribute pro bono (sprinkler systems, electrical work, indoor and outdoor signage, etc.).

• March 2025:

  • The purchase of the land by the Town of SADP is made official

  • Start of several meetings between the architects and the partners, mainly the urban planning department, with a view to filing a PPCMOI application.

• April 2025:

  • An organization presents us with a firm letter of intent to rent 20 housing units for at least 25 years, for a clientele made up mainly of young adults with developmental language disorder (DLD) and certain associated conditions, including ASD.

• June 2025

  • Presentation of the first architectural plans, 10% complete, to the municipal departments for comments. The architects take note of the points of attention raised by urban planning, public works and public safety. One particular consideration is the proximity of provincial route 335 and chemin Gibson, which leads to the Archambault complex, where street parking is prohibited.

• July 2025

  • The MRC gives the CGF a $10,000 donation under its fund for the development of social economy and sustainable development enterprises (FDEÉSDD).

• August 2025

  • Filing of the ecological characterization report.

• September 2025

  • The architects submit the plans, 30% complete, to the municipality for comments. Invited to this meeting are, among others, the general management, the public works department, the urban planning department and the elected officials.

  • All departments are in favour of the project, except for one item that must be resolved before filing the PPCMOI: a shortage of 20 parking spaces

    • Several solutions are considered, including enlarging the underground parking or buying the neighbouring lot.

  • New architectural renderings

  • Facebook post on the mayor's page to present the project and the architectural renderings to citizens, and publication of the renderings on the website. Needless to say, the response was exceptional, as shown by the statistics and the very many comments from citizens of SADP and elsewhere, which you can read in appendix 11. We are talking here about very strong social acceptance of the project.

  • Commitment from the mayor that, after the elections, she would apply under component 1 of the Fonds région et ruralité to secure regional support and make the CGF a regional flagship, given how unique it is. The mayor also proposes to request a regional mandate for the CGF (as École des Érables has), meaning that the CGF would not be limited to one town but would serve every town that needs its services, which for the host town means jobs and recognition

• October 2025:

  • We send requests for proposals to various engineering firms.

• November 2025:

  • November 20, meeting with the new mayor of SADP and the director general

• January 19, 2026:

  • A meeting request from the mayor was passed on to us, and a meeting was set for February 6, 2026 at 9 a.m. The meeting did take place, but without the mayor. We do want to point out that three councillors who were present showed interest in the project.

  • NOTE: for reasons beyond our control, we had to pause the financing efforts, which were already well under way at that point.

  • We had committed to giving the town's elected officials written news of the project before the end of April, which we did.

Etc.