Economic Impact Study For Hospital Approved
“To be honest with you, I don’t really need a consultant to tell me the importance of the impact on the downtown,” Cipolla said. “The hospital has a major impact into the downtown area.”
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Steve Clarke
Hold That Bus, And That Thought
“We’re going through our budget, we’re adding to get snow clearing,” for the next budget year said Hunter.
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Orillia’s Strategic Plan
Of course, everyone participating had in mind the City is already involved in a number of multi-year projects and an often heard sentiment was those things are stage setters for the things which come out of this strategic planning exercise.
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Where Do We Go From Here?
“The bottom line of all this is that hopefully the vast majority or almost all the decisions we make in the future should come right back to all the discussions we had today and tomorrow.”
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Analysis: Council on Record With Champlain Monument
ShareBy John Swartz The first clause of a resolution council passed at its regular council meeting a week ago put
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Sustainable Orillia Hits The Launching Pad This Weekend
By the end of the day, organizers hope to have a list of actions that can be taken by individuals, by the community, and by local businesses to move Orillia toward becoming a sustainable community.
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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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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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A Neighbourhood On The Verge, And More
Moving on from one building renovation, let’s look at the neighbourhood. It starts with the Orillia Public Library.
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Analysis: Both Sides Blindsided?
This is where language written and spoken matters. Bureaucrats speak to each other in a form of English that often sounds like jibberish to the rest of us (and to councillors based on the kinds of questions council often asks administration at public meetings).
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