Townsend: From bold plans to quiet streets

TOWNSEND — Sometimes, if you build it, they don’t come. In the early 1970s, optimism ran high in Haldimand County as designs for the planned community of Townsend began to take shape. TOWNSEND—An aerial view of Townsend showing the first set of completed homes in November 1980. Townsend was originally planned as a hub for up to 250,000 residents, but…