News and Updates in King Township
I use this blog to inform you of issues within the Township which are being assessed at the Council table as well as tell you about events happening in the Township which are of interest.
Soiree in Kettleby…a “must” event
Spring Tea in Kettleby May 7
Spring tea at Kettleby Christ Church Saturday, May 7 11AM-3PM in addition to tea & scones and delicious bake table there are native plants, heritage seeds & plant and more...Here is the poster with all the details
Public Meeting: North East Landowners OPA Application
The statutory public meeting for the Official Plan Amendment application by the developers with property in the north east quadrant of King City is on Monday May 2nd. Here is the Staff Report. At time of writing this post I have not had opportunity to read the...
Nobleton Zoning By-law: public meeting
One of the important policy projects underway is the updating of our zoning by-laws. As I have reviewed in previous posts, effort is underway to create a Nobleton specific by-law. (The current one is a Township wide one dating from 1973); once approved the plan is...
Economic Development in King: video
I highly recommend that you take 8 minutes to watch the visual presentation of our Economic Development strategy now available on youtube; or you can access it at home page of king.ca. Its an extremely easy way to have an overview as to what the goals of the strategy...
Exciting Weekend In King
When I realized the number of events in the April 22,23,24 weekend I wished, for a moment, that I could clone myself. Friday April 22nd there is the Ryan Cook concert at Kingbridge. Its going to be a great concert for a good cause, King for Refugees. If you want...
Impact of draft YR Transportation Plan on King
As a follow up to the presentation by York Region Staff on their updated Transportation Master Plan, King Staff have reviewed it with an eye to understanding impact on King. At April 18th Council our Staff's report is on the agenda. As reviewed in the report there...
Community Grants
At April 18 meeting Council will be approving grants to community groups and organizations who have made applications for such. For me this process precipitates two different emotions. I am impressed and feel good about the energy in the community to implement these...
Public Meeting for North East corner of King City
The public meeting for the application by the landowners of the quadrant in the north east corner of King City (i.e. south west corner of 15th Sideroad/Dufferin) is scheduled for Monday May 2nd in the Council chambers at 6 PM. Earlier I posted the information boards...
York Region Transit Feedback
Do you have feedback for York Region Transit (YRT) in terms of what service you would like to see. Representatives from YRT will be at King Council Chambers Tuesday April 12 4-8 PM. As I have said earlier, one of the issues I will raise will be about the need for...
Check your well water
I live rural and I know very well that its important to check the quality of my well water. But...its so easy to forget. You can pick up bottles at various locations in King; see here. For more information about testing see here.
Electronic Recycling
Easy opportunity to properly dispose of electronic devices. Starting Saturday April 16, you can do so at King City United Church at 50 Elizabeth Grove, King City. For specific dates & time from April 16 to May 1st see here.
Recent Comments


What I would like to see is the actual recycling of most of the items in the blue boxes. We…
Good overview and assessment of current situation, and the situation that got us to this point . King Twp has…
thank you for your feedback and acknowledgement of the effort required to understand the budget.
Hi Nancy, Working sessions are really education type meeting for Council members. There isa Council report in the agenda and…
This has got to be the strangest working session. “Overview of King’s Citizen Experience Plan” does not allow for citizens…
Hi Deb, as always your blast/posts are SO helpful! You are a marvel. Your summaries are succinct, informative, opinionated with…
Hi Bruce, just yesterday somebody was telling me about Simcoe and the choices they had.
Hi Debbie, Of interest, Simcoe County has had the carts on wheels for recycling, organics and garbage for some time…
Hello John, good question. I cannot answer at this point; you can be sure I’m going to be finding out.
Since the township is saving on the recycling expense, will this savings be passed on to us the tax payers…