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May 24th, 2016
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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...
May 24th, 2016
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By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times If you wanted to shoot a movie about a sensible country community fighting an influx of loud rock ‘n’ roll music, Oro-Medonte would be the ideal setting. Surprisingly, that suggestion wasn’t made in jest by a proponent of expansion at...
May 23rd, 2016
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Battle back on between Barrie area residents as they resurrect noise and trash complaints against popular concert venue, its supporters By Rob Ferguson Toronto Star The Battle of Burl’s Creek is back as cottagers breeze toward Muskoka along Highway 11. Fearing another summer of loud music, lost sleep...
May 11th, 2016
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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...
May 11th, 2016
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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...
May 11th, 2016
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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...
May 10th, 2016
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Response to Crombie report suggests protection of 21 valley, 7 wetlands,  setting strict requirements for expansion of urban areas News release from Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Ontario is proposing changes to four provincial plans that shape how land is used in the Greater Golden Horses...
May 10th, 2016
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Public feedback sought at Open Houses, online, by mail News release from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Ontario is proposing to strengthen the four award-winning and internationally recognized provincial land use plans that work together to support the economy, manage growth, and prote...
May 4th, 2016
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online Three of Simcoe County’s four remaining active landfill sites – Site 10, Nottawasaga; Site 11, Oro; and Site 13, Tosorontio – have a combined capacity of nine years, while the Collingwood site is marked for seven more, according to an update from the ...
May 3rd, 2016
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As the county councillors with the most intimate understanding of the implications of the bonus population allocations being sought by Midhurst developers, you would expect Springwater Mayor Bill French and Deputy Mayor Don Allen to play an important role at the county’s upcoming hearing into the app...