Tourism Plan: digital marketing

At Council on June 22 there is a report on developing and launching a campaign promoting tourism in King.  I am not on the Committee working on this; so this report is of particular interest to me.  Day tripping or “staycations” are very much part of how...

More on Magna Coming to King

As I posted earlier there is a public meeting Monday June 22 regarding the Magna application for a zoning amendment for their property at King/Jane St.  Here is the Staff report .  As indicated in the latter there is much information yet to be provided; for example,...

16th SDRD Resurfacing

Council agenda on June 22 includes a report covering an award of business for the resurfacing of 16th SDRD from Jane to Dufferin.  For those who travel on this road regularly this project is long overdue.  The $379,000 project is included in the 2015 Budget.

GTA West–public meeting

A series of meetings are being held as part of stage 2 of the Environmental Assessment for the new GTA west corridor.  To my readers I apologize for my last minute post about these meetings (the one focussing on the eastern end of the corridor i.e. just south of King...

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...

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...