By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Politics makes strange bedfellows. In this case, it was the Midhurst Ratepayers Association lined up with the County of Simcoe, the Township of Springwater and the Province of Ontario in a common front before the Ontario Municipal Board to foil the development plans...
Letter from Cindy Mercer, Springwater I am writing this letter in regards to the recent press release by the County of Simcoe on June 16, 2016. The article indicates there has been two recent incidents of hazardous waste dumped in the Hendrie Tract near Anten Mills. Our County Forests are very valuab...
AWARE News Network The Ontario Municipal Board hearing into an application by several Midhurst developers for extra population allocations starts Monday July 18 2016 at 10:30 am in the council chambers of the Simcoe County administration building (1110 Highway 26). Five days have been set aside to de...
By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times The County of Simcoe’s decision to use one of its forests to create an organics processing facility could lead to another Site 41 fiasco. That’s a warning from an opponent to the plan passed by county council earlier this year to build a compost and materi...
From the Friends of Simcoe County Forest website The Friends of Simcoe County Forest invite you to a BBQ FUNDRAISER, on Wednesday 22 June. They need your help to stop the a new dual organics and waste facility the County has planned on 200 acres of forested land on Horseshoe Valley Road, north of Bar...
News release from Springwater Township The Township of Springwater is pleased with the outcome of the hearings held by Simcoe County Council on May 24, 2016 regarding the requests for population allocation under the County’s 20,000 Population Allocation Program. The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden...
Exception made for Walton’s five estate lots on Old Second AWARE News Network Today, Simcoe County Council voted to deny requests from five Midhurst developers for population allocations that would have provided for an extra 6,120 people in Springwater Township, over unanimous opposition from Springw...
From the Springwater Township website The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe provides the County of Simcoe with an additional 20,000 people to allocate to area municipalities. As a result of this, the County Official Plan was amended to provide the opportunity for municipalities and develop...
Text of Report CCW 16-189 – Applications for a Portion of the 20,000 Population Program – Midhurst Requests From Simcoe County website – link to agenda, scroll down to item 14 To: HEARING – 20,000 Population Program Meeting Date: May 24, 2016 Subject: Applications for a Portion of t...
Legal team prepares County Council for hearing about future by Catherine Thompson Bayshore Broadcasting Simcoe County Councillors are getting ready for a hearing in just a couple weeks. The county’s senior legal counsel gave councillors some tips on how to conduct themselves at a hearing on May...
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