Nethery Planning

Nethery Planning Planner Marcus Ruggiero teaching at Mohawk College.

"Writing a good PJR is an art and a science."

Principal Planner Michelle Diplock welcomed Marcus Ruggiero to her Mohawk College class last week to share his expert process and his experience drafting reports with Nethery Planning.

Great to see the next gen of planners in action!

🎬 A throwback to the early days of Nethery Planning!

This intro video was created by Joe’s daughter—a talented student in Dundas helping her dad's new venture, way back in '23. Before the big projects, there was heart, hustle and family support. 💛 💚 Thanks for being part of our journey!

How's everyone's winter going? Today is nice and balmy here in #HamOnt compared to this day back a few weeks ago in Wellesley. #KitchenerWaterloo #KWOnt

A man in a black jacket stands smiling and waving beside a sign that reads “Township of Wellesley.” Behind him, a Canadian flag and a township flag fly on a sunny winter day.

A single car parked on the roadside against a high snowbank at dusk. The sky is streaked with orange as the sun sets, casting a golden hue over the snowy landscape.

Two horses stand in a snowy field bordered by leafless trees. The scene is calm and rural, with soft morning light casting shadows on the snow.

A wide winter sunrise view showing a snow-covered rural road, trees silhouetted in the early light, and the sun glowing above the horizon. Snowbanks line the road, and a sign for “Crosshill” is just visible on the right.

📍 Official Plan Work in Wellesley

Road trip! President Joe Nethery and Senior Planner Emily Stanley headed to the Township of Wellesley to review OP edits line by line. The goal: supporting rural communities, protecting farmland, and smart housing growth.

Have your say: engagewr.ca/official-plan

Michelle Diplock, Principal Planner, and Jen Chantler, Planner, at an Open House in West Lincoln.

Principal Planners Michelle Diplock and Denise Landry joined Planner Jen Chantler on a snowy evening in West Lincoln Township for an Open House to get resident feedback on their affordable housing CIP.

Planning Assistants Jenna Versteeg and Xavier Costa presenting Wilmot's New Official Plan update to students.

An elementary school in the Township of Wilmot.

Where has Nethery been lately? All over the map!

✅ West Lincoln: Hosted an Affordable Housing CIP Open House.
✅ Vaughan: Council adopted a new CIP for 3M+ sq ft of mixed-use space.
✅ Wilmot: Co-ops Jenna & Xavier led a Official Plan workshop for elementary students!

Thanks to our amazing team!

Woops, we meant last week, not last month!

Joe holding the trophy

L-R: Michelle, Bea, and Jen

L-R: Raida, her partner Ian, and Kristina (Joe’s wife)

The whole Nethery team!

Our 2025 End-of-Year Appreciation Dinner/Holiday Party took place at Aberdeen Tavern last month, and a fabulous time was had by all! We gathered, we celebrated, we all got to hold the Dragon’s Den trophy!

As we roll into the new year, our wish list is pretty simple:
✨ one great Senior Planner to join our growing team.

If you’re ready for a step up—or just ready for a workplace where culture actually matters—we should talk.

👉 Apply here: www.netheryplanning.ca/careers

A screenshot of a phishing email which reads: Hello Jenna, I hope you're doing well. Could you kindly provide me with your active number at your earliest convenience? and awaits my text or call. Thank you

A screenshot of a phishing email which reads: Hello Jenna Send me your WhatsApp, and anticipate my text real quick. Thanks

A screenshot of a phishing email which reads: I have a work for you, whats your availability this afternoon? Regard Joe Nethery

⚠️ Is someone phishing in your inbox?

Common lures:
🔹 “I have work for you.”
🔹 “Send your WhatsApp.”
🔹 “What’s your active number?”

Scammers use triggers like urgency to catch you off guard.

We’re seeing these real examples at Nethery Planning.

Stay alert and report any suspicious emails!

Graphic featuring a headshot of Asad Tauseef, Admin Support – Data Entry at Nethery Planning, with the Nethery Planning logo above and his name displayed below.

We’re excited to welcome Asad Tauseef to the Nethery Planning team as our Data Analyst / Administrative Support (Data entry). Asad brings strong analytical skills in problem solving and a detailed orientated approach to data analysis and operational efficiency. We’re excited to have him with us.

As we roll into the new year, our wish list is pretty simple:
✨ one great Senior Planner to join our growing team.

If you’re ready for a step up—or just ready for a workplace where culture actually matters—we should talk.

👉 Apply here: www.netheryplanning.ca/careers

The Nethery Planning Team, 2025.

Happy Holidays from Nethery Planning ❄️ In celebration of our clients and community, we made a donation to Mission Services of Hamilton. We look forward to more community-focused planning in 2026. Our offices are closed Dec 25, 26, and Jan 1.

Bea stands at the front of a classroom giving a presentation, gesturing with one hand. A laptop and projector are visible in the foreground.

Michelle speaks at the front of a conference room while attendees sit at tables facing a projected slide on the screen.

Michelle and Bea smile for a selfie outside the Mississauga Real Estate Board building, with the organization’s signage visible behind them.

This week, Michelle Diplock, RPP and Bea Kwak presented "Planning 101" at Cornerstone Association of Realtors in Mississauga, covering Additional Residential Units, severances and variances—helping realtors, developers, and investors understand what's possible in regional property development!

Consultants and members of the public are sitting around a circular table and conversing with each other. One woman is reading through a document while a consultant talks with her.

A group of people are seated across two separate table groupings of two round tables pushed together. A man is standing in the centre of the room, between the two table groups, holding papers and speaking to the group.

This photo shows empty table groups in the back of the room, with people gathered across four tables in the center of the room. A man is standing at the center of the room, with his hand up and speaking to the room.

Three consultants are standing at the front of the room, with the man in the middle speaking to a room of people. These people are seated around four round tables, three of which are grouped together in a row at the front of the room, and one of which is further back, shown in only the right-hand corner of the photo.

🌱 Caledon Aggregate Standards Manual Update!

This week we held a successful open house and workshop led by Joe Nethery and Town of Caledon's Brandon Eidner. Consultants presented and gathered crucial community feedback on the draft Manual's priorities. Thanks to all attendees! Stay tuned!

And if you want to be in it - just let us know!

It's been a minute since we updated and shared our Urbanism in Canada starter pack: go.bsky.app/J7qtzqT Do we still get excited about these? Anyway, check out who we find interesting! 👇

Two members of the Nethery Planning team standing together with the Dragon's Den judges in front of a large screen displaying the words ‘Dragon’s Den.’ They are smiling and posing at an awards event.

A projected presentation slide showing the Dragon’s Den winners, including names and headshots of Michelle Diplock and Bea Kwak, with audience seating visible in front.

Two Nethery Planning team members smiling and holding a large silver trophy together inside an event venue.

Two members of the Nethery Planning team posing together at an indoor event space decorated for the holidays.

🐉 Nethery Planning wins the WE HBA Dragon’s Den! 🏆 Congrats to Michelle Diplock and Bea Kwak for their winning pitch on our Due Diligence Reports. Clear zoning insight, on-demand expertise, and hidden value—showing clients what’s truly possible. 📸 WE HBA

Senior Planner Emily Stanely, RPP, MCIP addressing members of the public and explaining what a Discussion Paper is at the Open House.

🗓️ Project Update: Wellesley Official Plan!

Our team (Nethery Planning & TPP) recently presented the Official Plan Review at an Open House at Crosshill Mennonite Church! We shared proposed vision, key directions, and background study findings. Thanks for the amazing public turnout and feedback!

A presentation slide titled “Cainsville Premier Employment Hub – What We Heard Summary and Preferred Land Use Concept,” dated November 11, 2025.

Brant County Council seated in the council chamber during a meeting, with staff and attendees listening to the presentation.

Michelle Diplock of Nethery Planning and Wai Ying DiGiorgio from The Planning Partnership standing at the podium presenting to Brant County Council.

Michelle Diplock of Nethery Planning and Wai Ying from The Planning Partnership standing at the podium presenting to Brant County Council.

Project Update: Our team—led by Michelle Diplock and Wai Ying Di Giorgio (The Planning Partnership)—shared the What We Heard Summary + Preferred Land Use Concept for the #Cainsville Secondary Plan with Brant County Council. Thanks to Council, staff, and TPP for the collab as we move into next steps!

Community members seated at round tables during a daytime workshop, engaged in group discussion in a bright event hall with large windows.

Four people standing and talking at an indoor Open House, holding documents.

Presentation slide projected on a screen titled "Big Moves: Planning for a Growing City," with charts and Joe Nethery visible beside the slide.

Participants gathered around display tables reviewing maps and boards during a public engagement session in a large hall.

We're celebrating #WorldTownPlanningDay! 🏘️ Good planning builds thriving communities, and this year's theme "With Planning We Can!" reminds us how planners empower change. 🌎 📐 Today we are proud of our work that is empowering the communities in Wilmot, Wellesley and Whitchurch-Stouffville, and more!

A table with a box of donuts, a laptop, and several hand-drawn sketches of aliens on Nethery Planning notepads. The drawings were part of a team icebreaker exercise during the Nethery Planning team day in Hamilton.

A group of Nethery Planning team members seated around a table during a strategy session in the Hamilton office. A presentation is displayed on a screen at the front of the room, and sunlight streams through large windows, highlighting a creative, collaborative atmospher

Nethery Planning team members stand inside a bright rooftop event space at The Laundry Rooms building on Augusta Street in Hamilton, listening to Core Urban’s Thomas Allen lead a tour. Large windows reveal views of downtown Hamilton’s skyline in the background.

Team Nethery came together in Hamilton this week for a day of strategy, creativity, and connection 💡 We welcomed new teammates Jen and Nicole, drew aliens 👽, and toured The Laundry Rooms rooftop with Core Urban’s Thomas Allen. Feeling ready for 2026!

West Lincoln seeks community input on affordable housing

🏘️ The Township of West Lincoln has launched a new Affordable Housing CIP and wants your input! Help shape tools to support affordable & attainable housing—survey open Oct 23–Nov 13.
🔗 westlincoln.ca/en/news/west-lincoln-seeks-community-input-on-affordable-housing.aspx

A screenshot of the Stouffville Council digital meeting with three participant windows, one with Michelle Diplock, one with Emily Stanley and Bohan Li, and the third with Mayor Iain Lovatt.

A zoom presentation screen powerpoint slide with two smaller participant windows in the lower righthand corner with Emily Stanley in one window and Michelle Diplock in the other window. The powerpoint slide has text on it that reads 6.1 Draft Affordable Housing Commuity Improvement Plan (CIP) Presentation Financial Incentives for Consideration. Draft Programs for Council and Public Consideration. The following programs are being presented as draft for Council anD Public review and consideration. Programs, eligibility, requirements, and values are subject to change.The rest of the text is partially obscured by the two inset windows.

Picture of a computer monitor with a video displayed in full screen. An overlay of text reads 2025-10-15 Voting Results 1:42 PM Individual Voting Results. All Council members voted Yes to accept the CIP report.

Honoured to present the Draft Affordable Housing CIP to Whitchurch-Stouffville Council with urbanMetrics’ Bohan Li. The plan outlines tools to boost market & affordable housing & align with the Town’s Housing Strategy & Housing Accelerator Fund.
Review it here 👉 cometogetherws.ca/affordable-housing

A man smiling while seated in a warmly lit restaurant or café, with paintings on the wall behind him.

Two women standing together and smiling indoors, one with glasses and long dark hair, the other with blonde hair, in front of a wall with the Nethery Planning logo.

A man and woman smiling together near a window with a city skyline view in the background.

Two women smiling outdoors in front of a large brick building with the word “CWOOD” visible in an arched sign above them.

We have a lot to be thankful for over here at Nethery Planning. We visited Wilmot, Wellesley, Whitchurch-Stouffville, not to mention Collingwood for the annual OHBA conference, plus we held two Planning 101 sessions in Niagara and Halton region respectively.

Let’s just do the photo dump, shall we?

Three people sit on stage for a panel discussion in front of a large green backdrop featuring a digital fireplace, a framed logo with a green maple leaf and house symbol, and a tall modern light fixture beside an arched window. The man on the left holds papers while listening, the man in the middle gestures as he speaks, and the woman on the right looks on with a slight smile. Audience members are visible in the foreground.

We love a fireside chat that includes a proper fire, OHBA!

A large conference hall filled with attendees seated at round tables, facing a brightly lit stage with green lighting and large digital screens. The screens display a speaker in conversation during the OHBA Conference, with the event’s logo and sponsors visible in the background. The audience is engaged, some taking notes or photos, under an industrial-style ceiling with overhead lighting rigs.

Morning, Blue Mountain! We're at the Ontario Home Builders Association Conference. Morning Ministers panel with mod @spaikin.bsky.social and Ministers Rob Flack, Kinga Surma, Andrea Khanjin, and Todd McCarthy. #ohba #homebuilders

Promotional graphic for “Planning 101” hosted by Nethery Planning and Accelerate Realty Group. The title reads: Planning 101 – Understand Planning. Unlock Property Potential. Topics listed include “Additional Residential Units, Severances, Variances, and More!” The event is scheduled for October 1, 2025, from 5:30 to 8:00 PM at Keller Williams Edge Realty, 3185 Harvester Road, Unit 1, Burlington, Ontario. On the right, there are two circular photos: Denise Landry, MCIP, RPP, Principal Planner at Nethery Planning, and Walter Galvão, Host and CEO of Accelerate Realty Group. Logos for Nethery Planning and Accelerate Realty Group appear on the design.

Curious how planning decisions shape property potential? 🏡 Join us Oct 1 in Burlington for Planning 101 with Walter Galvão (Accelerate Realty Group) and Denise Landry, RPP (Nethery Planning). Space is limited, register early!

Wed, Oct 1 | 5:30–8 PM
3185 Harvester Rd, Burlington
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Welcome Nicole Root as our new Biz Ops Manager 🙌 and congrats to Bea Kwak on stepping into Biz Dev! From Joe’s basement in plaid PJs ➡️ 4 offices, 6+ planners, and 2 years of big moves thanks to our amazing team.

Graphic saying, "Website Update" and "Stay tuned to see our refreshed website, launching September 17!"

🚀 Something new is coming! Our Nethery Planning website is getting a refresh, launching September 17.

Fresh look. Clearer projects. More ways to connect. Stay tuned 👀

Graphic titled “September Upcoming Public Meetings” with a dark background and orange headline text. Below are five meeting listings, each in a green rounded rectangle with date badges on the left and meeting details on the right: Wednesday, September 10 – Cainsville Public Open House TF Warren Group Cainsville Community Centre, 15 Ewart Ave. 2–3:30 pm & 6:30–8 pm Saturday, September 13 – New Hamburg Fall Fair (Wilmot) 215 Jacob Street, New Hamburg 11 am–3 pm Monday, September 15 – Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Open House Nineteen on the Park, 19 Civic Ave. 6 pm Wednesday, September 17 – Whitchurch-Stouffville Council Presentation Tuesday, September 23 – Wilmot Public Workshop New Dundee Community Centre, 1028 Queen St. 1–3 pm, 3:30–5:30 pm & 6:30–8:30 pm

🗓️ We're hitting the road this Sept! Join us in Cainsville (Sept 10), New Hamburg (Sept 13), Whitchurch-Stouffville (Sept 15 & 17), and Wilmot (Sept 23) to talk housing, land use & community planning.