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Nov 5th, 2013
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New Tecumseth Free Press November 5, 2013The proposed 48-unit Victoria Place condominium on Boyne Street cleared the site plan approval stage last night - rubber stamp expected next Monday. ...
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Nov 5th, 2013
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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. ...
Nov 4th, 2013
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By Sandy Buxton AWARE News Network November 3 2013Our beloved Springwater Council wants so much to be seen as open, transparent and dedicated to engaging its residents.  They mention this all the time in their myriad releases to the public and on their website.  You just know they really mean it! ...
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Nov 4th, 2013
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My View - Part 3- Springwater Township’s Response to Questions regarding the Mega Developments of the Midhurst Secondary PlanBy Bill French Springwater News November 3 2013On May 17th of this year the township held an information meeting and provided documents as an overview for the Midhurst Secondar...
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Nov 1st, 2013
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AWARE Simcoe November 1 2013The Everett Ratepayers Association (ERA) is holding its Annual General Meeting on Sunday November 3 at 2 pm at the Everett Legion, 6190 County Rd 13, Everett (for directions, see below). ...
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Oct 31st, 2013
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New Tecumseth Free Press October 31, 2013The sponsorship list for New Tecumseth mayor's 6th Annual Links for Learning golf tournament is again heavy with development interests whose projects are before council in various stages of the approval process. ...
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Oct 31st, 2013
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By Bill French Springwater News Community Reporter October 30 2013It was like yesteryear and everyone from the developers of Midhurst was well prepared and our unwitting staff and council were eating out of their hands. Everyone was, as they say in England, “kicking the ball in the same direction”. ...
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Oct 30th, 2013
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Letter to the Midland Mirror October 30 2013TINY TOWNSHIP – Re: “Township to pay $60,000 for former landfill site,” The Mirror, Oct. 24.Just read your report on the Township of Tiny’s negotiation to purchase the County of Simcoe’s closed landfill Site 66. ...
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Oct 28th, 2013
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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 ...
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Oct 28th, 2013
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By Kate Harries AWARE News Network October 28 2013Living Green Barrie has withdrawn letters of support for massive development in Midhurst.“We have no position on this development,” board member Erich Jacoby-Hawkins states in an email sent to AWARE Simcoe last week. ...