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 Showcase and Volunteer Appreciation Night
When: Wednesday, May 1 Community Showcase is 6-7PM Ceremony and reception is 7:15 Where: Kingbridge Centre 12750 Jane St. (south of King Road, west side) This celebration is for all King Township residents: for those who do volunteer in the community and for...
Walk For Memories
Walk For Memories has a new venue: the beautiful campus of Seneca College on Dufferin in King City. The 5 km walk is on Sunday May 26 and starts at 10AM. I can’t imagine a more pleasant way to participate in the battle against the horrors of Alzheimer’s disease....
Resolution for Development Application
The development application for Mary Lake Estates passed a critical point at the March 25 special Council meeting. Three other members of Council voted with me against the Staff report; and then Council voted 4/2 in favour a resolution I put forward. Here is the...
Win for both current residents and developer
Collaboration can produce the most unexpected results! The 3/18 public meeting for the development at 13400 and 13424 Keele could not have been more different from the previous meeting 15 months earlier. Why the change? During the intervening period the...
Upcoming events & meetings of interest
On the right side of the home page I maintain a calendar. It shows dates of Council meetings and events & meetings of interest which I think may be of interest to my constituents. Below are some particularly important ones. YRT/Viva Public Information Centre...
YRT Viva wants to hear from YOU
YRT/Viva is holding a series of Public Information Centres on its proposed 2014 annual service plan. The purpose of the Public Information Centres is to inform the public and to get feedback on proposed route and service adjustments for 2014. On Thursday March 21 from...
Serra’s “SHIFT” is designated
King Township Council voted to designate “SHIFT” as being of cultural heritage value or interest on 2/25/13. Designating the sculpture is long overdue and I am proud to be on the Council which made the decision. And I am thrilled to be living in a community where...
Re-purposing Heritage Home on Keele
If you have been on Keele south of King Road you have undoubtedly noticed a couple new businesses, specifically restaurants. Re-vitalizing this area continues: at 2/25 Council there was a public meeting for an application to rezone 12974 Keele Street from...
Your Input is Needed: spending your tax $$
We want to hear from you about the programs and services provided by Parks, Recreation & Culture. Specifically we need input from you as we do our Master Plan Update to ensure that we are meeting your needs. For more information about the Masterplan process,...
Our Museum is re-opening!
The re-opening of our Museum is being celebrated with an open house. If you can make time on Saturday February 9th 11AM -6PM do drop in. There will be some wonderful things to see. An exhibit of Garry Conway’s monumental nature photography; you can meet the artist....
Help for enhancing your own natural spaces
One of the benefits of our cold weather is that we (or at least most of us) don’t spend as much time outdoors looking after our gardens and open spaces. But it is prime time to be dreaming and planning what we want to do in the spring. If those dreams include new...
Exciting Sledge Hockey Event
On Sunday, February 10th come on out to the Trisan Centre, 25 Dillane Drive, Schomberg and see a sledge hockey exhibition game featuring national team members as well as “All-Star” players from the Ontario Sledge Hockey Association. During the “warm-up” there will be...
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…