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Oct 1st, 2016
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Statement by Warden Gerry Marshall: Population Allocation in Springwater from Simcoe County website On May 16, 2016 County Council denied a request for a 6,000 population allocation for lands which had previously been approved by the Township of Springwater and County of Simcoe for potential developm...
Oct 1st, 2016
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Warden mum on Midhurst land deal By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner September 30 2016 Simcoe County’s deal with developers about Midhurst population expansion still stings. The arrangement between the county and a developers group, revealed Thursday, would allow an increase of 3,000 additional resi...
Oct 1st, 2016
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Second update: Oct. 7 date has been confirmed. By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Received through the Ontario Municipal Board process regarding PL111181, which is the number assigned to the Springwater Official Plan Amendment 38, a notice that Simcoe County lawyer Roger Beaman, with the concurrence ...
Sep 29th, 2016
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AWARE Simcoe news release Simcoe County has thumbed its nose at the people of Springwater and made a mockery of democracy with its behind-closed-doors deal to grant a population allocation to the Midhurst developers’ group. The decision, announced today, is a reversal of the position the county...
Sep 29th, 2016
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 Surprise agreement between County and developers okays further population for lands in Midhurst News release from Springwater Township The Township of Springwater is shocked and dismayed at the surprise announcement by the County of Simcoe that it “has reached an agreement with representatives from ...
Sep 29th, 2016
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Simcoe County news release County of Simcoe Council reached an agreement with representatives from the Midhurst developer group for a resolution of the 20,000 Population Allocation program designated under the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe. This program permits the County of Simcoe to ...
Sep 22nd, 2016
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Welcome Autumn…Critical Developments Await From Save Midhurst Village – Midhurst Ratepayers Association As Margaret Atwood told us, it is important for us to keep pushing that rock further up the hill. Each day we get closer. We’ve had important events happen in our campaign to brin...
Sep 16th, 2016
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updated Monday Sept. 19 2016 By Kate Harries AWARE News Network The Ontario Municipal Board has released a ruling on the County of Simcoe’s motion that the board does not have jurisdiction to overrule county council’s decision not to grant any Chiarelli population allocations to some majo...
Sep 7th, 2016
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From Isabel Balarezo Blue Flag Program Coordinator On September 27th, Environmental Defence and the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) are hosting a FREE workshop: From the Lawn to the Lake: How You Can Keep Lake Simcoe Swimmable. Join us and learn about what you can do to help keep La...
Jul 27th, 2016
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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...