Council Preview
Conveniently, there is a letter on the consent agenda from the federal ministry of infrastructure announcing a new Community, Culture and Recreation component to the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.
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Tim Lauer
New Park On The Way
The park will be located on Orion Blvd between Monarch and Annalyse Drives and is similar in size to the nearby 7 acre Clayt French Park
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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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Council Preview
By removing a property owner’s right to appeal staff will be able to demand or take action sooner than 19 days and the City will save $175 for the appeals hearing.
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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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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
What they did is bloody hard to do, unless of course, you have no sense of time and no two bones in your body working in sympathetic rhythm,
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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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Bye, Bye, Bi-Way
“The whole thing started from a perspective of, “Where’s my studio?” and then it was, “Well, where does anybody have a studio?””
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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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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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