Ladies
and Gentlemen
Winterfest 2015 is in the bag and we now turn to the prospect
of getting through February before any hope of spring – Wiarton Willie willing.
While it was not a New Year’s resolution I got myself
signed up for the “Ready to Be Thirsty” challenge. http://www.simcoemuskokahealth.org/Topics/Alcohol/Thirst/ReadyToBeThirsty.aspx
. Sponsored by our Health Unit it invites all of us to stop and think about the
amount of alcohol we consume in our daily lives. While our knee-jerk reaction
is invariably - not me, I don’t have a drinking problem – alcohol has
nonetheless ingratiated itself into almost all aspects of our daily lives. Cold
turkey is likely not the best solution but ensuring that you are really in
charge of your alcohol consumption is. Are you up to the challenge?
Monday is a quiet day as we all wait for Wiarton Willie
to do his thing.
Tuesday February 3rd will feature Garfield
Dunlop’s pre-budget consultation at the Brooklea starting at 9:00 am. At 5:00
pm the four mayors will meet in Tiny Township to discuss issues that affect the
four municipalities. The mayors will use information from this meeting to go
back to their own Council’s to see if any action should be taken.
On Wednesday February 4th at 7:00 pm at the Town
Hall is the Planning and Development Committee meeting. Main items include:
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Recommending the implementation of the province’s
decision on secondary suites
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Direction on an OMB appeal of the Town’s Source
Water Protection Plan
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Report on the inspection of the 154 septic tanks
within 100 meters of Georgian Bay and Little Lake. (The Town passed a By-law in
2014 requiring the Town to inspect the minimum required by provincial law –
that is sceptic tanks within 100 meters of the two water bodies.)
Thursday will be a busy day as I have a number of meetings
with business leaders and manufacturers in our area. While these one-on-one meetings are not public,
all four mayors are working diligently with local business people to improve
our area’s economy.
On Friday the 6th the four mayors and our Economic
Development Corporation will meet at 7:30 am to further develop our request of
federal Minister Goodyear to provide needed assistance to area manufacturers.
Weekend
Sunday
-
2:00 pm our Royal Canadian Air Cadets have a Change
of Command Ceremony at the NSSRC to welcome
the new CO, Captain Megan McKinnon
*****
Last
week I told you about the launch of our new tourism name, the Heart of Georgian
Bay. I had also promised you a link to our new song - http://gogbay.ca/page.php?page=About%20Us&pageType=webpage&pageName=About%20Us&wPageId=10006478
If
this song does not make you proud of being a Midlander, nothing will – thanks Noni.
Still
on the theme of tourism, we have a new tourism promotional video that is making
the rounds at trade shows and in Toronto at the Senior Games AGM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EGdV4A3Ws0&feature=youtu.be
Gord
McKay
Be
part of Midland’s Year of Bold Action - 2015
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