Archive for the ‘Urban Development’ Category
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Council Meeting Minutes (Abridged) – July 16, 2019
22 Jul 2019Woof. Reading the minutes from the July 16thmeeting are enough to keep you busy for a half hour. It takes…
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Royal Bank Free to Move to South End
24 Apr 2018At a hearing two weeks ago the Ontario Municipal Board, now called the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal, decided to dismiss…
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Wet Dreams? Part 1
01 Feb 2018In a series of four articles I will try and lay out some of the more obvious issues concerning a…
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Council Agenda Preview – December 19, 2017
17 Dec 2017The biggest piece of news in this week’s Town of Parry Sound Council Agenda Package is the recommendation of Staff…
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Hold Them, Fold Them
07 Jul 2017You’ve got to know when to hold ’em Know when to fold ’em Know when to walk away And know…
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Repatriating OPA Responsibilities
02 Apr 2017One of the 2017 Town of Parry Sound Staff objectives is to ‘repatriate’ the responsibility for approving Official Plan amendments…
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Parry Sound EDO – Just in Time
15 Mar 2017I received a call today from a town resident who wanted to discuss the new Economic Development Officer (EDO) and my…
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2016-12-06 Parry Sound Council Meeting Reflections
07 Dec 2016Well, last night meeting of Parry Sound Council was about as interesting a session as I have experienced in the…
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Feeling Lucky? Prospects of a Parry Sound Casino
23 Nov 2016I’ll start this post by stating my support for gambling and casinos. I would also like to confirm my support…
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Deputation to Town of Parry Sound Council – 2016-10-04
05 Oct 2016It was a rather short meeting last night, with only three people in the audience. It may have been because…