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BIA, town still at loggerheads over broken contract, BIA rep challenged

12 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...
Just before we went in camera, Monday, I asked Councillor Jeffrey if she had voted to pull the the BIA out of the contract it signed with the town. She said yes and indicated it was a unanimous vote (although it was not made clear who was at that meeting).

At that point, the mayor took over and shoved the rest of the discussion behind closed...

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Tags: downtown, mayor, Collingwood's Municipal Madness, council, BIA 5 Comments


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What's with the BIA?

07 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...
What's up with the BIA these days? As a previously ardent supporter of the BIA, the organization's latest moves have both confounded and bothered me. I'm still a supporter of the downtown merchants, but my respect for the executive has dropped a few notches of late....

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Tags: Collingwood Municipal Madness, BIA, council, mayor 0 Comments


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Some questions about downtown displays

04 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...
[font="Tahoma"][size="2"][color="#000000"]Yesterday, I was asked by a downtown merchant to get answers to a few questions re: the new licensing bylaw. He made some salient points I hadn't really considered during our debate on the bylaw, in particular about the merchant displays on the main...

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Tags: Collingwood's Municipal Madness, merchants, downtown, bylaws, council, tents 5 Comments


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Doors closed on patio issue, says EB

31 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m..., Collingwood life
"Councillors closed the door on the patio issue, Wednesday, allowing downtown businesses another couple of weeks with temporary fencing for curbside patios." Enterprise-Bulletin, July 30, 2010.

Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the special...

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Tags: Toronto, Collingwood Municipal Madness, downtown, patios, buskers 8 Comments


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How to vote in the upcoming municipal election

27 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m..., Election 2010
No, I won't tell you who you should vote for. This is rather a reminder to everyone of how the process works. I'll post something like this again closer to the election.

First: you should vote. It's not mandatory, but it is a right you should not treat lightly, even in municipal elections.

Second: it's another mail-in ballot...

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Tags: Collingwood, municipal election, vote, candidates 0 Comments


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Street art and patios, Orillia-style

26 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m..., Collingwood life
We took a road trip, Saturday, to Minden, and stopped off in Orillia on the way. Orillia was having a big downtown street festival - about six blocks of the main street closed off, with some side streets closed as well. Full of people, merchants, buskers, visitors. And here's what we...

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Tags: Orillia, council, patios, downtown, buskers, Collingwood's Municipal Madness 3 Comments


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Get Over It

24 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m..., downtown-BIA, Election 2010, Pointless legislation
[color="#000000"][color="#000000"][size="2" ]Get over it. That's what Councillor Labelle wrote to me in an email when I recently suggested council might allow patios to open beside the buildings for the Elvis Festival, to let the restaurants capitalize on the crush of visitors this...

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Tags: Collingwood Municipal Madness, patios, downtown, council 7 Comments


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Another hiccup on the patio front

23 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...
Oops. This week council was asked to respond to an email that identified a few significant snags in our new licensing bylaw that affect numerous downtown restaurants and merchants just as they start to set up for the annual Elvis Festival. Seems we had a few more hiccups with out new licensing...

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Tags: council, bylaws, patios, Collingwood's Municipal Madness, licensing 4 Comments


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Desperation or genuine concern for the downtown?

20 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...
I had to wonder whether some of council's sudden outpouring of concern for the extra costs borne by retaillers and restaurateurs over the new licence fees was really a genuine turn-around show of empathy for them, or just electioneering in face of growing public dissatisfaction over this...

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Tags: BIA, licensing fees, downtown, Collingwood Municipal Madness, council, patios 6 Comments


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Patio liquor licences - 30-day wait - not for Elvis?

17 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m..., downtown-BIA, Election 2010, Pointless legislation
I was more than a little surprised on Monday to hear Councillor Jeffrey comment that, if restaurant owners put their application in right away, they were very likely to get liquor licences from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission (AGCO) in time for the Elvis Festival, next weekend. Assuming, that is, they wanted to move, or could afford the curbside...

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Tags: Collingwood Municipal Madness, patios, downtown, buskers, Toronto 5 Comments



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