Development Woes: serving constituents

With the exception of Spring Hill (the condominium for seniors on King Road in King City), the reality of development has not hit Ward 5 yet….but it’s coming.  And in the last few weeks, the importance of communication with current residents has been hi-lighted.  As...
Opportunity for King Museum

Opportunity for King Museum

A creative idea has been presented to the Township:  to utilize the eastern portion of our Museum for  Genview’s  sales office.  (Genview is the developer for the subdivision east of the Museum.)   The upside potential is sensitive renovation of parts of our Museum. ...

Does Ontario really need that generator?

The prospect of a gas fired generator in the Holland Marsh continues to really bother me.  My anger about the “faulty process” was re-ignited recently when I read the John Spears’ article. (Toronto Star Business Reporter).  You can read the whole article here. To give...

Heritage in trees and buildings

Thanks  to two excellent presentations during the past two weeks I have had my eyes & ears opened to some new concepts & issues about heritage—the valuing of it, the respecting of it, the learning from it. On 3/20 the Historical Society hosted a presentation...