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The results of the 2018 BMA study are in. This is the brain child of Mike Harris to force municipalities to drive expenditures toward the lowest common denominator.
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Champlain Monument Workshops This Week
The workshop imparts information about the statue while attempting to get opinion on what to do about it.
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Toward Energy Self-Sufficiency
Returning to the original thought, why wasn’t a solar panel system part of the rec center project in the first place? It turns out, the roof was designed to accommodate solar panels and the wiring infrastructure is in place.
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ShareBy John Swartz Orillia council has two special meetings scheduled ahead of their regular council meeting Monday night at 7
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Money In, Money Out
The SMDHU does have some important functions, but apparently too many employees with little to do.
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Major Development On Horizon
“The City will realize a return on investment and get this money back within a small number of years, and of course, realize that positive cash flow in perpetuity,”
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The list of expropriations includes a substantial number of water lots, which may not seem to be relevant, until one considers the water line used to be at the western edge of Centennial Drive
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Potholes Everywhere
With this weather, the rain and the snow banks still melting it’s hindering the process of trying to stay on top of them
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Think Globally, Act Locally
“People want to take action. They want to feel a sense of empowerment they are doing something today. Sustainable Orillia is really that space that helps to answer some of those questions; “I care, what do I do?”
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Analysis: Anatomy of a Councillor’s Mind
“Finally, I think it’s ironic that we are investing millions at the north end of Front Street to undo a development that was wrong in so many ways (70 Front Street North), while perhaps repeating the same mistake a couple blocks south.”
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