Bulldozers will be busy in the town for the upcoming year as many residential and commercial projects hit the ground. “Innisfil’s gone through tremendous growth in recent memory,” the town’s manager of land use planning Tim Cane said.
At the Council Meeting held on January 17, 2018, Town Council adopted the Town’s new “Our Place Official Plan.” This plan will have new policies to enhance place making and guide development in “Our Place” to the year 2031.
Dear Members, Supporters and Friends of the Innisfil District Association, Thank you for the opportunity to send this note to you. As President, in a year of great opportunity and change, I wanted to take a moment to share some thoughts about our association.
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) has developed a draft Natural Heritage System and Restoration Strategy for the Lake Simcoe watershed that reviews and updates the previous Natural Heritage System plan (2007).
On Saturday October 21, an important event called “Municipal Elections Matter” was held in Bond Head. Organized by the Lake Simcoe Association, a coalition of citizens’ groups around the lake, its purpose was to inform and engage both citizens and community-based organizations about how their actions can have a significant…
We strongly advocate for the extension of the Greenbelt on the west side of Lake Simcoe. The Town of Innisfil has identified some Natural Heritage areas in its Official Plan.This year, the Town also designated several hundred acres as environmentally protected.
As we enjoy these perfect last days of a long-delayed summer, I wish to thank all those who attended our Annual General Meeting on August 26 at the Innisfil Lakeshore library. Our meeting was well attended including guests Deputy Mayor Lynn Dollin, former Mayor Barb Baguley, Councillor Stan Daurio and…
The following is an update from Jack Gibbons of NGFA concerning the battle to save provincially significant wetlands in the North Gwillimbury Forest (Town of Georgina, Region of York): “The long fight to protect our forest continues. Our appeal (at the OMB) of the Town of Georgina’s Official Plan has…
The Blue Dot movement is well underway throughout Canada. More than 158 municipalities have passed declarations supporting the right to a healthy environment. These have been achieved through the hard work of volunteers like you and I. Let’s make sure Innisfil is the next community to pass an environmental rights…
