A study by the Neptis Foundation finds that Ontario’s policies to stop sprawl are working only in some regions Toronto Star Editorial Nov 11 2013 Governments can sometimes create visionary plans that win international acclaim but make little difference in reality. It’s too bad, but that’s the outcome...
Seven years ago, the Ontario government’s plan to protect dwindling farmland was lauded as visionary. In fact, it’s been a bust By Thomas Walkom Toronto Star Nov 08 2013 Seven years ago, the Ontario Liberal government trumpeted its new law to curb urban sprawl as bold and visionary. “Peo...
New Tecumseth Free Press November 7, 2013Simcoe County is about to become a partner in the Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (LSRA) through a $1.3 million agreement to purchase 20 per cent of the shares from the City of Barrie, which currently owns 80 per cent. Oro Medonte holds the other 20 per cent. ...
Why Springwater doesn’t need any share of it for Midhurst By Kate Harries and David Strachan AWARE News Network As the county’s amended Official Plan inches its way through the Ontario Municipal Board process, Simcoe County’s lawyers have their eye on one important prize. The county has to have...
AWARE Simcoe November 5 2012MIDHURST – AWARE Simcoe is calling on Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Linda Jeffrey to hold one of a series of workshops on her review of Ontario land use planning and development charges in Simcoe County. ...
You can’t run a business without running the numbers, so why don’t cities count the long-term costs of suburbia, asks author of report on sprawlBy Tess Kalinowski Toronto Star Oct 28 2013 What if the real estate listing for a $400,000 suburban house advised potential buyers that the price doubles if ...
Municipal affairs and housing minister Linda Jeffrey announces (yet another) Ontario-wide development reviewBy: Christopher Hume Toronto Star Oct 24 2013 Let the word go forth: the province is “reviewing the way municipalities plan and pay for development to ensure growth is smart and sustainable.” ...
Ontario website post October 24 2013 The Government of Ontario is taking a look at the way cities and towns plan for development and how to help pay for it.We want to ensure that the land use planning and appeal systems, and the development charges system are predictable, transparent and cost effecti...
By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald Oct 21, 2013 ANGUS - Essa Mayor Terry Dowdall believes a new trail may be the best way to secure the longterm future of one of the township’s oldest forests. ...
By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Oct 10, 2013 Simcoe County is leading a three-way partnership to move east-west traffic between Barrie and Angus. Two projects will make the commute less burdensome — an eight-year widening of County Road 90 and a second, quicker fix that will align Mapleview Drive with...
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