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.
Public Meeting for the Magna Site
Monday, June 22nd there is a public meeting regarding the application by Magna International to build headquarters at the south east corner of Jane/King Rd. Here are the details of the application. As always a public meeting dealing with a rezoning of lands is an...
Farmers’ Markets 2015
Starting this weekend (i.e. June 20 and 21) there are farmers' markets each day: on the Saturday it is in Schomberg at the Trisan Centre and on Sunday it is in King City at All Saints Anglican Church on Keele. Here are more details. Many reasons to visit and shop at...
A Shift in the Landscape
Saturday, June 27 6-9:30 PM at Kingbridge Conference Centre, 12750 Jane St., King City See new film hi-lighting Richard Serra's "SHIFT" hidden in King City Listen to expert panel discuss The Role of Sculpture in Public & Private Spaces Ticket: $20 (adult) and $10...
ASK Festival 2015
Once again ASK (Arts Society of King) have scheduled a delightful variety of workshops events to enlighten and delight children and adults throughout the first weeks of summer. June 27th to July 9th there are 17 events to teach a variety of skills including making...
King Road Traffic in King City
June 8th Council heard a presentation by York Region Traffic Services about King City traffic, specifically on King Road. As I indicated in earlier post, both Councillor Mortelliti and myself have had a couple meetings with YR to express our concerns about volume and...
Craft Beer & Food Truck Festival
Craft Beer and Food Festival June 13, 2015 12 noon-9PM Memorial Park (25 Doctor's Lane, King City) You can strategize ahead of time as to which breweries & food truck you want to check out by clicking here to see who is in the line-up. (There are 10 breweries and...
King Road Traffic
A common concern (and often a complaint) is the traffic on King Road in King City: the volume and the speed. Hence I believe that a report at Council on Monday June 8 will interest many people. At the meeting there will be a deputation by the York Region Manager of...
Transportation Master Plan
Council provided direction to Staff about the Transportation Master Plan presented at last meeting. As there were a couple issues (either not enough clarity or lack of agreement) the Plan was not approved; at Council on June 8th some revisions are being presented. ...
Feed-in-tariff Program
When someone wants to participate in a FIT program to install renewable energy infrastructure on their own private property, they apply to Ontario Power Authority (OPA) for a contract. The OPA rates applicants and awards contracts based on priority points. One of...
Diva In The Rough
Diva in the Rough (Catherine Hughes and her piano man Don Guinn) Kettleby-Pottageville Lions Hall 15980 7th Concession (~1 km south of Lloydtown Aurora Rd.), Pottageville Saturday, June 13 at 8PM (doors open at 7) I had the good fortune to hear the Diva this...
Review of the Plans: provide your feedback
If you are concerned about maintaining and/or increasing the protection of the Oak Ridges Moraine and the protected countryside of the Greenbelt I urge you to submit your comments to the Province by May 28th. I believe changes are required to better protect our...
Transportation Master Plan
As I indicated earlier, the Transportation Masterplan is on the agenda for May 25. Here is the very brief report which essentially identifies next steps and how insights from the work done to date will be used in planning for capital budget, the Development Charge...
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…