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Oct 5th, 2016
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By Margaret Prophet Tiny Cottager The Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition (SCGC) represents over 30 ratepayer, naturalist, agricultural and environmental organizations that want to see the Greenbelt expand into Simcoe County. We feel that expanding the Greenbelt into the county aligns with provincial p...
Oct 4th, 2016
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New Tecumseth Free Press A petition signed by approximately 370 New Tecumseth residents asking council to review and redraw, if required, the ward boundaries in time for any proposed changes to be implemented for the October 22, 2018 municipal elections, was the impetus that will trigger the process ...
Oct 3rd, 2016
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by Rick Vanderlinde Innisfil Journal Sep 29, 2016 A development that some Cookstown residents say will change the character of the community and others fear will impact environmentally sensitive land is a small step closer to reality. Council voted 5-4 last week in favour of designating lands north o...
Oct 3rd, 2016
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From Danial Boyce, Severn Township Mark your calendars! We are on the agenda this Thursday night at 7. October 6th 2016 Council will be revoting on repealing the bylaw after they hear township lawyer and planning staff recommendations They vote sept 14 2016 to repeal the by law they had passed and re...
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 ...