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Despite widespread opposition, patios get moved to the curbside

20 April 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...
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Despite all the problems, costs and concerns raised over the past year, the patios are moving to the curbside.*

Council voted 5-4 last night no to defer any changes to the proposed move. Councillors...

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Tags: patios, Collingwood Municipal Madness, downtown, BIA, no consultation, closed for business 13 Comments


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Downtown patios, again

09 March 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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An impassioned presentation on the benefits of moving the downtown restaurant patios to the curbside, last night, failed to move me. I still think it's a bad idea and I haven't heard any comments from the restaurant owners...

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Tags: patios, municipal madness, council, Collingwood, downtown 3 Comments


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Six hours, patios and procedural morass

01 December 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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[size="4"][b]Six gruelling...

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Tags: municipal madness, procedural bylaw, mayor, Collingwood, council, heritage park, downtown, patios 4 Comments


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Rethinking downtown patios

26 September 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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When the designs for the downtown revitalization were first presented, it seemed like a good idea...

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Tags: Collingwood, BIA, patios, downtown, municipal madness 5 Comments



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