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...

Is Your Well Water Well?

Apr 6, 2014 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues

For those of us living outside the 3 villages, we have the important responsibility of ensuring that our well is in good condition and that the water we are drawing from it is safe.  Here is a public service announcement from York Regionreminding us that spring is an...

Tree By-law: an update on its development

Feb 21, 2014 | The Issues

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...

Museum Board–new terms of reference

Feb 21, 2014 | The Issues

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...