Mon Nov 24 – Owen Sound & Area News, Opinion, Events
Local news updates and submissions involving Grey County, NeighbourWoods North, Owen Sound Council, Municipality of Meaford, Owen Sound Attack, GSCA and more
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Welcome back, Owen Sounders. Let’s start this week off on the right foot, with an inspiring story of local collaboration.
When a nursery offered 24 mature native trees at no cost, NeighbourWoods North had to move quickly. With rapid support from Georgian Bluffs, RF King Excavating, hospital staff, and volunteers, they turned a last-minute offer into a completed planting project in just weeks.
In today’s letter to the editor, Chair Lloyd Lewis shares how cooperation, flexibility, and a willingness to cut through red tape make even ambitious community improvements possible.
Letter: It Takes a Community
A donation of native trees sparked a fast-moving collaboration between NeighbourWoods North, Georgian Bluffs, RF King Excavating, and Brightshores hospital, showing what's possible with cooperation.
Public Notices
Owen Sound Council meets today at 3 p.m. to host the first Public Meeting on Official Plan Amendment No. 14, then make revisions. See the agenda and reports here.
Owen Sound Council’s regular meeting then begins at 5:30 p.m. On their agenda: the second public meeting regarding Official Plan Amendment No. 14, hours after the first. Community members will have only an hour or two to digest and respond to any plan amendments. Council will also hear a request for a noise bylaw exemption from the BCK lot developers. See the rest of their agenda here.
Keep reading for upcoming events, obituaries, and local news, including OPP’s report of an accident on Hwy 6 Sunday evening, highlights from the last Community Services Committee meeting, comments from GSCA’s Tim Lanthier shared with CBC on the province’s plan to amalgamate conservation authorities, a big Friday night win for the Owen Sound Attack, and a lot more.
~ Miranda Miller, Editor
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