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.
Original Art Challenge
Original Art Challenge from ASK for all ages and all types of art: song, poetry, painting, sculpture. All details here.
COVID-19: King specific info
Remember to check in regularly with King's COVID-19 information hub. There you will see direct links to ShopKing and a new information section: Resources for Seniors. In order to protect some of our most vulnerable citizens, King has created an online information...
Tips for Staying Safe
We are all learning about new approaches for living safely; and happily, the new ideas keep coming. To shop for essentials (food and medicines) while maintaining safe physical distance and giving support to our local businesses there is ShopKing. To experience the...
About Closures
As previously announced all playground equipment in King is shutdown. We can continue to walk through our parks, along the trails, along sidewalks and along roads BUT we must each make commitment to ourselves and to our community that while doing that physical...
COVID-19 King Update
The announcement by all levels of government in response to COVID-19 can be overwhelming in themselves as we try to keep up to date and to understand them. Keep up to date by checking King's COVID-19 page regularly. To recap some of the most significant for King: ...
Transportation Masterplan
As advertised in our local paper the final Transportation Master Plan (TMP) is now available for review. Given that some people have more discretionary time these days this may be a good opportunity to review this very large masterplan. At the February 24 ...
Remember: we’re in this together
Together we aregoing to break the COVID-19 chain! Thank you Kettleby for giving us this reminder as we drive, walk or bike by this sign.
Impact on project deadlines and more
As we are all aware, the Province has approved Regulations recently pursuant to the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act which has had a dramatic impact on all our lives. Understandably explanations on the implications of the regulations have been on...
Where/how To Be Outdoors
Very tough decisions are being made to achieve the goal of breaking the transmission cycle of COVID-19. Both Lake Simcoe Region Conseravation Authority (LSCRA) and Toronto Regional Conservation Area have announced closures and/or identified limitations. As...
Financial Obligations to Township: temporary relief if needed
I strongly recommend that you check in with the King Township COVID-19 page regularly to be aware of decisions specific to King Township. In update 10, published March 25, there is news of relevance to all residents: waiving of penalties for late payment of property...
Keeping Safe in our Parks
To protect the greater community some very tough decisions are being made. As it is not possible to sanitize playground equipment Township is recommending that people do not use the equipment. Signs are being erected at the playgrounds. The parks are not closed but...
Responses to COVID-19
To stay up to date about the specific King Township actions in response to COVID-19 check with king.ca. In response to the financial stresses of the pandemic King is waving monthly penalties on property taxes through June 29, 2020. And to help citizens protect...
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…