Emerald Ash Borer Information

May 11, 2014 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues

Our ash trees are at risk.  York Region is hosting an information session Wed. May 14 7-90 PM.  You can learn how this invasive insect kills our trees, what you can do to protect your trees and what resources are available to help you.  Here To learn more about the...

Need GO station at Kirby now

Apr 23, 2014 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues

Wednesday morning I was at the King City GO train station with Vaughan Councillor Marilyn Iafrate (Maple/Kleinburg) to request support for a petition to the Province to push forward the planning for a new GO station at Kirby Road.  This station is going to be built as...

Community Tourism Plan–draft plan

Apr 13, 2014 | The Issues

On the Council agenda this week (4/14/14) there is an excellent report presenting a draft 3 year community tourism plan. You can read it here. I call it excellent as it is evident that a very thoughtful process has been undertaken including a very smart decision to...

Events w/o April 14

Apr 13, 2014 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues

Just a reminder of two events w/o April 14. Wednesday, April 16th TRCA is presenting “Greening Your Grounds Workshop: Getting Started” on Wednesday April 16 7-8:30 PM at King City Library.   It is free but pre-registration is requested at...

Making a Plan to Re-vitalize Our Villages

Apr 6, 2014 | The Issues

For our 3 villages we are going to embark on creating Community Improvement Plans (CIP). The goal of a CIP is to nurture village revitalization and improve village vitality. In the medium-long term this translates to villages which are more desirable to live in;...

Headwater Horse Country Partnership: Year 1

Apr 6, 2014 | The Issues

We think of horses and beautiful horse farms as being a key feature of King; and as a municipality we are proud of this.  And we know there is alot of business, money and employment, in the equine sector.   But, until very recently we haven’t done very much to...