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Follow-up from City’s Hydro One information session available online
Posted on Thursday, January 14, 2016 09:30 AM
The City of Orillia would like to thank everyone who attended Tuesday night’s public information session regarding the City’s potential investment opportunity with Hydro One.
With such a large turnout, the City quickly shifted formats from the planned open house to a panel discussion and question and answer session with members of the City’s transition team, Hydro One representatives, and Orillia Power Corporation executives in the Council Chamber.
For those who could not attend in person, or who...
Orillia wins Gold Municipal Diversion Award
Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 03:45 AM
The City of Orillia has won a Gold Municipal Diversion Award from the Recycling Council of Ontario (RCO) for a second year in a row.
The award recognizes municipalities that have minimized waste disposal in 2014 through ‘3Rs’ initiatives (reduce, reuse, recycle), and is judged by a number of industry experts. Judges examine the City’s residential waste diversion rate, waste minimization programs offered to residents and internal waste diversion programs offered at City facilities, when assessing...
Former Sundial Inn site to get new life as retirement residence
Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 07:00 AM
Members of City Council, staff and project developers were on hand for the official sod turning of a retirement residence development on the site of a former iconic Orillia landmark.
The Sundial Inn property along Highway 11 is being transformed into a four-storey private retirement residence overlooking Lake Couchiching. The retirement residence should be operational by fall of 2016.
“It’s wonderful to see a development like this happening on a site that has so much history in Orillia,” said...
Mayor Clarke presents final round of 2015 grants
Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015 06:45 AM
Mayor Steve Clarke presented the final installment of the 2015 City of Orillia grants program on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015.
This third round of presentations concludes the 2015 grants program, which had a total budget of $64,500. The Dec. 17 presentation included some 2016 funding delivered through the City’s Partnership Programming for Cultural Festivals and Events. The program looks to recognize the valuable contribution festivals and events make to the economic and social fabric of the City,...
Hydro One public information session Jan. 12
Posted on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 09:00 AM
Members of the public are invited to attend an information session regarding the City of Orillia’s Hydro One investment opportunity on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, from 7 – 9 p.m. at the Orillia City Centre.
In late September, Mayor Steve Clarke announced the City was entering into negotiations with Hydro One on a potential Advanced Technology Hub being constructed on a large portion of the Horne Business Park in West Orillia. As part of the discussions, Hydro One is negotiating the purchase of...
