Weds July 17: City Launches 2025 Budget Consultation - What's New This Year?

Plus: Local news stories and events from Owen Sound and across Grey and Bruce

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Owen Sound Police Service participated in a fundraising BBQ for the REACH Centre on July 16. Photo credit: OSPS on X

Following a false start earlier this month, the City of Owen Sound announced on July 16 that its 2025 Operating Budget Public Engagement is now underway.

The City promises, “There are several ongoing ways for residents to be involved in informing City decisions on service delivery and ensuring that the budget reflects the needs and priorities of our citizens,” and offers the 2025 Budget Engagement OurCity webpage as one of those methods.

There were a lot of promises made about public engagement after the last budget cycle. Let’s see how they did.

Full subscribers – read on for local news reports including:

• Charges for a local woman caught stealing from a church

• An update from CMHA on new funding for its 14th St transitional housing facility

• Changes for a local minor sports organization after an alleged theft

• Resolution in the court case about a fatal crash on June 17, 2022, in West Grey

• Events to take you through the weekend in and around Owen Sound

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