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.
Festival 2014
If you are in and about King in July you are a very fortunate person because you can take advantage of Festival 2014 offered to you by Arts Society King (ASK). Some of the possibilities are so enticing that you might even decide to come back early from a weekend at...
York Region Open House on Provincial Review of Conservation Plans
Two conservation plans of great importance to King are up for provincial review in 2015, the Greenbelt Plan and the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan. Both King Township and York Region have already been soliciting information from residents & businesses in...
King City Craft Beer & Food Truck Festival with lots of music
King City Craft Beer and Food Truck Festival Saturday, June 14 Noon to 9:30 PM Memorial Park (25 Doctors Lane, King City) This will be a day of musical performances. And a day to sample craft beers and the taste treasures from the food trucks. Here is more...
Kingscross Drive: speed bumps to slow the traffic
Kingscross Estates is admired by many for its natural heritage including wetlands and large trees. Driving along the winding Kingscross Drive can be a real respite from the traffic of Keele; but that same road is used by walkers as there are no sidewalks of paths. ...
Planning for Revitalizing our Villages–CIP public meetings
Have you been in an commercial area and wondered why everything feels disconnected; where it seems that the potential of each business is not being achieved because there is no synergy from the whole? Individual businesses may be prospering and entice you to visit...
Protecting and Growing The Tree Canopy
At 5/26 Council there is report on a Tree Bylaw for King. There has been very active engagement from the public on this and I hope that it will continue. Because of the quality of feedback from many members of Public and the significant effort by Staff a proposal to...
Free Wood Chips & Compost Pick-up
Ice storm debris is finally starting to become a memory. Here is status report of the removal process published by Engineering on 5/20. Note: there is an offer of free wood chips and compost for pick up on Saturday May 31 8-1PM at the Township Works Yard at...
YR Council Live Audio Streaming
Have you occasionally been interested in an issue being considered at York Region Council but couldn't make it to the Council Chambers on time? Audio streaming is now available concurrent to the actual council meeting. You can access it here. This is a good first...
New Nature-based Recreation in Our Backyard
A wonderful new opportunity for nature-based recreation is being developed in our backyard: the Nashville Resource Tract Management Tract (NRMT). The is 820 hectares in the Humber watershed south of King Road and east of Hwy 27; the recreation is trails for various...
SigNature at 13400 & 13424 Keele
Staff report on the SigNature development at McClure/Keele is before Council 5/26. This development has dramatically changed from its original incarnation of 49 units (including 45 townhomes); it is now for 18 detached homes. The change is a direct result of...
Wild Life Service in King
I am delighted to tell you that we have entered into a 3 year agreement with Toronto Wildlife Services to provide services to our residents who are confronted with sick or injured wild life. This follows a one year pilot during which 37 animals were rescued with King...
Emergency Road Repairs: how to finance?
Winter 2013/14 was a hard one; and it was an expensive one. At May 12 Council there is a Staff Report addressing the need for emergency repairs on Collard Dr., Keele St. north of Davis Dr., Simon Henry Dr.,and 10th concession south of King Rd. As reviewed there is...
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…