Community control over planning a long-standing priority for NDP candidate News release from Ontario NDP York-Simcoe Ontario NDP Candidate for York-Simcoe Laura Bowman is committing to working with the community in South Simcoe to implement the ‘Vision for Simcoe County’ that residents of...
By David Hughes Northumberland Today Wednesday, May 14, 2014In 1973, Oregon State passed a law to protect farmland and they drew a circle around every town and city in order to curtail urban sprawl. This was at the height of suburbamania when “new towns” were spreading like spilt milk ac...
Letter to the Springwater News from Mayor Linda Colllins In a continued effort to maintain the facts and clear the air about the plans for the Midhurst Growth, I offer the following. This Council is trying to get it right! We are not rushing items forward. The Township of Springwater must follow proc...
Barrie Examiner SPRINGWATER TWP. – Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner stopped on the campaign trail Wednesday to address supporters in a farm field near Midhurst where the local residents association is fighting developers who want to turn farmland into subdivisions. ...
My View – During my career I had the opportunity of living in some nice cities and enjoyed it very much. I spent two years in London, England living in the Kensington High Street area in a lovely 3 bedroom flat. I lived for a year in Santa Monica in a beautiful Condo Complex at Marina […...
Letter to the Barrie Examiner (Re: ‘Midhurst residents seeking responsible growth’ in the May 1 edition of the Examiner – see below) This letter from Sandy Buxton of the Midhurst Residents Association (MRA) contains so many errors of fact it has hard to know where to begin in refu...
“Backroom deal” comment draws reproof By Kate Harries AWARE News Network The Ontario Municipal Board has approved 12,000 of the 20,000 “bonus” population that the Liberal government gave Simcoe County under Amendment 1 to the Greater Golden Horseshoe Growth Plan. Members of AWARE Simcoe and ot...
Letter to the Springwater News I am reluctant to send a letter to the paper as I have always believed that information and discussion on complicated concerns like the Midhurst Secondary Plan (MSP) should be done in Council or one -on -one with individuals. I have had many verbal discussions with rate...
My View – As I observe the jockeying of all the parties that will prosper from the Mega Development plans for Midhurst, it appears that the final decisions are being based on greed not need. The open house by the Midhurst Landowners Group at the County Museum recently was quite impressive, if y...
CORRECTION: In an earlier version of this post, MRA president Sandy Buxton was incorrectly quoted as saying that Springwater is being “sued” by developers. The wording she used in her letter (full text below) is that the MSP developers have taken Springwater to the OMB. The introduction ...
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