What Do They Do In There?

Just wanted to pass onto you a cool information series I just found on King’s website. Its “spot light on business.”  Each issue focuses on one business in King:  reviews its history, product line and performance.   By clicking here and scrolling down you can...

Amendments to our OP’s to be better prepared!

At the January 09,2012 Council Meeting Council unanimously supported recommendations to proceed with modifying the various Official Plans (i.e. the village community plans, the hamlet plan) to incorporate amendments with updated policies relating to any future...

Street Parking on King Road: fantasy or real option?

Having King Road finally paved in King City is cause to rejoice.  But, for me, all that fresh smooth asphalt reminded me (again) how the drive- through traffic dominates the village.  And I can only wait for the complaints that there is more speeding now as the...
Our Gateways

Our Gateways

The landscape is particularly beautiful these days with early summer blooms.  But, I have now been alerted to keep an eye for some man-made constructs which are spread all over:  entrances to subdivisions.   The specifics vary:  bricks or stone, pillars or walls, some...
Re-designating Rural to Residential: a wise decision?

Re-designating Rural to Residential: a wise decision?

There are proposed amendments to Official Plan and zoning bylaws to permit two new residences to be built on the easterly side of the Hickory Hills property between Dufferin St. and Keele. The proposed two large lots are effectively peninsulae poking into the...