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.
Community Information Session: growing food in King
The 3rd and final Sunday information session hosted by SustainableKing is scheduled for Sunday 3/23 at 2PM in the Schomberg Library. Topic for the day is growing in King and feeding the community. There will be presentations by Nobleton-King Horticultural Society, the...
Community Garden in King City Opportunity
Are you intrigued with the idea of a community garden being developed in King City? If you are but could not attend the 3/18 workshop it is not too late. Let me know of your interest and I will ensure that you get connected with others who want to work on this...
An Evening In Support of our Conservation Plans: What Are We Leaving Our Children?
Concerned Citizens of King Township has organized this interactive information event at the Kingbridge Centre on Jane Street in King City on Wednesday April 9th, 6:00 - 9:30 pm (reception from 6-7). CCKT has partnered on this event with Ontario's three major coalition...
Official Plan – update
We have embarked on an ambitious initiative to update our Official Plan (OP). Many citizens have already provided feed back and have requested to be kept abreast of the project. At Council on 3/17 we approved the Terms of Reference for the request for proposals (RFP)...
Community Garden in King City
Do you love the idea of growing your own vegetables? Would you like to participate in a community garden in King City? Come to this workshop! Tuesday, March 18th 7 PM King City Seniors Centre (30 Fisher Street), King City Community Gardens are emerging as a new trend....
TRCA Workshops for Your Property
In April Toronto Regional Conservation Authority (TRCA) is conducting 2 workshops which may inspire you to make some changes to your current landscaping and/or may help you execute better your current plans. Wednesday, April 16th 7-8:30 PM King City Library Greening...
Tree By-law: an update on its development
Staff continue to develop "a made in King" tree by-law; an update to the work is provided in a report going to Council February 24; you can read it here. I am very interested to hear what you think about it. My initial response when reading: creative and very...
Museum and Sales Office Update
As I recently wrote, we were at a serious cross roads with the developer using a portion of our Museum for its sales office. As summarized in a report going to Council 2/24 there is now a basis for a productive negotiation with them. First, very importantly the Museum...
Museum Board–new terms of reference
Important pieces of the Museum puzzle are coming together. We have approved the Museum Strategy which has the Museum evolving to a lively cultural hub for the Township. As I reviewed in another post today it looks like we have the terms for sharing the Museum space...
Music in Kettleby
Looking for an evening of good music for you and your family? Are you an admirer of the beautiful old field stone church in Kettleby? You can have the music and you can support the restoration of the Church. Friday March 7th at 8PM come to the Church to hear the...
$$ Raised for CHATS
As I have expressed before I am very enthusiastic about CHATS (Community & Housing Assistance to Seniors). Hence I am thrilled that my participation in the 2014 Walk For Wellness has raised $835. The Walk had a goal of raising $35,000; I know they are very close....
Community Information Session on Natural Heritage
Reminder: Community Information Session on Sunday Feb. 23 at 1:30 at King City Library Here about various stewardship activities happening right now in King Township. Learn more about the natural heritage features in King. For more details click 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…