Ladies
and Gentlemen
A
sunny weekend (again). My garden calls (weeding). I will keep this short.
On
Monday a small group of County Councilors are meeting at County to discuss the problem
of structural downloading from the province. While many people recall the “explicit
downloading” that occurred under previous provincial governments, the reality
is the downloading has never stopped. Your municipality is regularly required
to produce new reports, manage new provincial regulations or cover for a provincial
service withdrawal. The cost is implicitly handed to your municipality. The group
will examine how we deal with this problem.
Tuesday
May 8th will see another step in our economic development with an internal
meeting to discuss the creation of a trades incubator.
Wednesday
May 9th at 6:00 pm, I will be making a presentation the “Midlandcommunity”
group. Topics will range from taxation to Fire Departments. Then at 7:00 pm we
remember our fallen veterans with a candlelight ceremony at the Cenotaph. Please arrive early.
On
Thursday May 10th, Georgian Bay General Hospital is organizing a volunteer
clean-up of the hospital grounds. A good opportunity to help both our hospital
and Midland look better. Please come at noon, dressed for rough yard work. And
in keeping with the gardening theme, the Girl Guides will be planting trees in
Little Lake Park starting at 4:30 pm.
Saturday
May 12th will be busy:
-
Season opening mass at Martyrs’ Shrine at
10:30 am
-
Opening of our new Visitor Information Centre
at the Town dock at noon
-
M&M is hosting its annual BBQ in support
of Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. It takes place at their store on Hwy 93 from
10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Come hungry.
Today
being Treasure Day in Midland, a reminder that the County’s new Special
Collection Program will start in 2013. This program replaces the old Heavy Waste
Pick-up. With the new service you will
be able to call a special phone number and arrange to have your items picked up
at your door at your convenience. There will be a fee – yet to be determined.
And
in closing, below is a link to the presentation I made last week to Midland
Rotary on Midland’s economic development.
Gord
McKay
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