Sustainable Private And Public Sector Investment
As consumers we are powerful and vote with our money every day. As investors we have the same power to bring about incremental change.
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City Hall
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Start Planning A Different North/South Route
ShareReconstruction of Front Street is beginning. The project will be completed in two phases with the first from Queen Street
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New Gallery
ShareThe City of Orillia is opening a new gallery, of sorts. Space is available in the new Orillia Recreation Centre
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How High Is The Water Momma
We live among lakes which are not yet dead, forests not yet cut, and precious-few wetlands that still have our backs when it rains hard.
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Good As Gold, Or Something Like That
ShareThe Orillia waste management advisory committee annual Treasure Hunt happens this weekend, May 18 and 19. You can put out
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Sustainable Consuming
Think about how you can make a difference and tell us – local ideas and local action from local citizens and local businesses can be revolutionary.
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Sustainable Orillia: To Health And Wellness
We can brainstorm ideas which strengthen community health, focusing on identifying individual and community lifestyle choices to strengthen our health today while protecting the health of tomorrow’s generations.
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Hope Not Entirely Dashed
Glenn Wagner – We’ll do what we need to do, as we’ve done all along. It’s going to be difficult, I think, within the next two and a half weeks
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All Aboard
The property was listed for $900,000 and council received several proposal/offers, selecting Chow’s. The building is protected by the Ontario Heritage Act and the actual sale price has not been released.
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Building Hope, Breaking Ground
ShareThe sun shined on the ground breaking ceremonies for the Building Hope project at 75 Queen Street Sunday afternoon. Here’s
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Council Preview
In By-Laws, one is for the City to approve the agreement of purchase and sale of 150 Front Street South (the old train station) to Tai Fac Chow.
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Next Up, Mining The Data
To improve wellbeing work needs to be done providing better access to opportunities, strengthening connections, building trust in institutions like government and including more voices in policy development.
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MOBA – Make Orillia Beautiful Again
“Some years we have taken 7 full truck loads,” said Bowles.
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Sustainable Orillia: The Housing Sector
Ideally, the housing future in Orillia will have everyone in our community living in homes with reduced energy demands and a reduced ecological footprint – homes, which as a result, cost the homeowners or renters less to live in and maintain.
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Editorial: What To Do With The Monument
If a significant number of people take issue with anything we owe it to everyone to hear the complaint and try to understand what we are being told.
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Council Preview
Parks and rec staff are asking council to approve submitting a letter of intent to bid for the 2023 Ontario 55+ Winter Games.
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