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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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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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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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What's wrong with these pictures?

05 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...
Test your skill! Look at the three pictures below and tell me what's wrong in each one:
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Let's see. People enjoying themselves. Lots of room for...

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Tags: Collingwood's Municipal Madness, buskers, downtown, patios, council 4 Comments


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The real way buskers play around the world

18 June 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Music and ukuleles, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m..., Collingwood life
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None of those buskers would be allowed to play on Collingwood's streets, because they use...

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Tags: patios, downtown, buskers, Collingwood's Municipal Madness, council 7 Comments


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Licensing bylaw gets its second reading, sent back for changes

17 June 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...
The proposed "comprehensive licensing bylaw" was the main - and oft contentious - topic of debate at council, Monday night. We had been given a draft version to consider and discuss with our constituents, 10 days earlier. But the version we got in the agenda package, Friday, was very much altered from the previous draft (which in turn...

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


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Toronto: patios, buskers and an animated downtown

30 May 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Pointless legislation, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m..., Collingwood life
I just returned from a few days in Toronto, attending the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) annual convention. Picked up a lot of good ideas (especially around open government and open data) and information, which I'll post at a later point. What I wanted to write about here is how the host city handles its downtown and its patios,...

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Tags: buskers, downtown, patios, Toronto, Collingwood Municipal Madness 0 Comments


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