Ladies and Gentlemen
Another sure sign of spring. The four municipalities are
getting together to launch the North Simcoe inter-municipal baseball
competition. Each municipality will field a team made up of members of town
staff and council. The baseball schedule:
Wednesday
June 1st @ 6:30 pm McGuire Park,
Penetanguishene
Wednesday
July 20th @ 6:30 pm Perkensfield Park,
Tiny
Monday
August 8th @ 6:00 & 7:30 pm
Peterson Park, Midland
Thursday
September 8th @ 6:30 pm Talbot
Park, Port McNicoll
Team
names and rosters are still settling in. I think I heard some discussion about
a salary cap too. Let the SPRING
TRAINING begin.
*****
Monday May 2nd at 11:30 am, will see a cheque
presentation from MPUC to the Town for the LED street light program. Three
years ago the Town started a program to convert all of its street lights to
energy efficient LEDs. With this cheque we are fully converted.
I head to the County for 1:00 pm to meet with housing developers
to discuss the best ways to engage them in working with municipalities to build
affordable housing units. Their comments
will be used to build a set of recommendations for Simcoe municipalities to
meaningfully encourage private sector involvement in affordable housing development.
The recommendations are likely to show that all parties will have to contribute
something to the solution.
Later on that day I meet with the area mayors to refine
our position paper that we will be taking to Minister on ways to reform the
funding formula for midsized hospitals such as GBGH.
Tuesday the 3rd will feature a very special
event in our community. The Friends of Tiffin Pond will conduct a neighborhood
tree planting at 3:15 pm at Tiffin Pond. With help from the SSEA they will be
taking a major step in public stewardship of our municipal wetlands. Come down
and join the fun – or start one in your own neighborhood
At 6:30 pm, all entrepreneurs are
invited to the first in a series of presentations on starting a small business.
This four seminar series will be held at the Library and is brought to you by
NSCFDC, the County, our local Business Enterprise Center and the Library. All seminars
are free.
1)
Start
your business - May 3rd 6:30 pm
2)
Grow
your business – May 17th at 6:30 pm
3)
Dealing
with a mature business – 31st at 6:30 pm
4)
Succession
planning – June 14th 6:30 pm
Another option for you at 6:30 pm is the BIA AGM which
takes place at 225 King Street, upstairs.
Wednesday April 4th is McHappy Day at
McDonalds. I have the 8:00 am shift at
the McDonalds on Hwy. 93. Please drop by and support this worthy charity. At
2:00 pm our Economic Development Corporation of North Simcoe hosts a manufacturing
summit - part of the ongoing effort to grow our local manufacturing base. And it’s
working. My discussions over the last few months show that most of our
manufacturers are hiring and/or looking for more growth in 2016.
At 7:00 pm it’s the Planning and Development Committee.
It starts with a public meeting (you may speak) on Home Occupation. Council has
asked staff to change our existing by-law to recognize the reality that many of
our business start-ups begin in someone’s basement. The regular part of the meeting
includes:
-
Report on second suites. This is likely the
final discussion before it goes to Council
-
Report on the zoning changes for Midland Bay
Landing
On Thursday I am again at County for a meeting, this time
with landlords to learn how to better engage them in managing more affordable
housing units.
On Friday May 6th the four mayors and
Beausoeil First Nation meet with Patrick Brown to discuss many local issues. At
noon, please join me for the opening of Georgian Bay Books at
their new book shop on King Street. (the old Riv Bistro location).
Weekend
Saturday
-
12 noon is the season opening for Martyrs’
Shrine. The Shrine will also celebrate
the opening the Holy Door for the
church`s Year of Mercy
Sunday
-
Mother`s Day – Please take a moment to honour
all of our mothers
-
10:00 am to 3:00 pm is Little Lake Park clean
up. Please come down and join your
fellow citizens in helping our Park get ready for summer.
*****
This upcoming Saturday June 25th
at 10:00 am will see Midland`s first Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event. Over the
past few years Kathy Willis of Rosewood has challenged the men of our community
to get serious about stopping the ongoing violence against women. Last year approximately
70 local men held a public ceremony to personally commit to ending such
violence. This year, with the help of our local YsMen Club, we become more
vocal. We challenge all area men to participate in the Walk. More details to
follow.
Gord McKay
Your
Year for Getting Aboard – Midland is on the Move - 2016
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