Ladies and Gentlemen
Development in the downtown has been a hot topic of late.
Two weeks ago nearly 100 citizens came out to see the second phase of the Downtown
Master Plan unveiled. The presentation
can be seen at:
The
downtown Business Improvement Area (BIA) has just announced the 2017 edition of
their façade improvement program, with grants up to $3,000. The Town’s Downtown
Community Improvement Program (CIP) continues with grants up to $6,000. And last week, Council declared the parking
lot behind the downtown Chamber of Commerce surplus, clearing the way for an
exciting new development.
Lots
of activity underway, shaping our downtown to serve the merchants and people of
Midland.
The
Week Ahead
A relatively quiet start to the week. Then things get busy on Wednesday February
1st.
From 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the County Museum in Midhurst
is the Affordable Housing Innovations Forum. This workshop brings together
planners and politicians to identify new methods to solve the long standing
shortfall in affordable housing. If you
wish to attend please RSVP the County at 705-735-6901.
At 2:00 pm is a special Audit Committee meeting at Town
Hall. Following that at 3:30 pm at Town
Hall is a meeting of the King Street Redesign Steering Committee. They will be receiving the input from the
recent public meeting and starting to decide on the work plan for downtown.
Finally at 7:00 pm it’s the Planning and Development Committee. A short agenda including a request to change
the zoning at 438 Hugel from a duplex to a triplex.
On Thursday the four municipalities get together
to exchange information about issues affecting our area. The agenda will
include topics such as affordable housing and sharing of fire service
resources.
Friday the 3rd starts in Orillia
with a special meeting of the Simcoe County Healthcare Pilot. This initiative, led by Warden Marshall,
looks for better methods to deliver healthcare in the County. Depending how this develops, Simcoe County
may become a test bed for new service ideas that will help the province better manage
its extensive healthcare operations and budget. Later that day I will be
meeting with MPP Hoggarth about healthcare issues affecting the Midland area.
At 4:00 pm grab your hockey stick and head downtown to
take part in the annual BIA Downtown Road Hockey Game. A big thank-you to
Poppas Pizza who will be providing free pizza. And sticking with the food
theme, “Dinner in your Hands” will take place at Huronia Museum from 5:00 to
8:00 pm.
Both of these events are a prelude to the main weekend
event – Winterfest. Tuxxie (our penguin
mascot) has spent the last year preparing an awesome line-up and is looking to
see everyone there. For a complete list
of activities, please see:
Week -
End
Saturday February 4th
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Winterfest – all day
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EDCNS holds its visioning session at Brooklea
Sunday February 5th
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8:00 am to 6:00 pm Atom Hockey Tournament at
the NSRC
Council
Issues Update
OPP
As mentioned earlier, we will be receiving our OPP
costing information on February 8th, at 6:00 pm in the Council chambers.
A number of other communities are also in the process of receiving their
costings. You can check out how they are doing with the links below.
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For those of you who are still debating if you need to be
getting more exercise in 2017, you will be pleased to know that “VeloFit:
Indoor Cycling Studio” is about to open on Woodland Avenue in Midland. Please
visit them at http://velofit.ca/ Another vote of
business confidence in our community.
Gord McKay
The
Year for Getting It Done - 2017
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