Park Public Input Sessions
The town’s holding public input sessions to gather input on the design or redevelopment of following parks :- Laurier Park – RedevelopmentWednesday, March 21 6:00 – 8:00 pm (Presentation at 7:00 pm) Milton Centre for the Arts 1010 Main St. E. Campbellville Park (Old) – RedevelopmentThursday, March 22 6:00 – 8:00 pm (Presentation at 7:00 pm) Nassagaweya Tennis Centre & Community Hall 9267 Guelph Line Campbellville Scott Neighbourhood Park North Tuesday, March 27, 6:00 – 8:00 pm (Presentation at 7:00 pm) ...
Read MoreCouncil to debate the parking bylaw (3 hours or 5 hours)
On March 26th the Council will consider whether to change the parking bylaw to allow five hours of on-street parking, instead of three. Currently the parking bylaw allows residents and their guests to park on the street for up to three hours. Beyond this they need a parking consideration (they’re allowed up to 18 parking considerations per plate per year). Residents on a street can also petition to increase the limit on their section of the street to up to 15 hours (a few streets in Milton allow 15 hour parking due to this). One thing to note is that in order to make sure...
Read MoreLetter to My Old Master: Black History Month
(A group of escaped slaves in VA in 1862) The 1865 edition of New York Daily Tribune ran a copy of this acid-tongue message from an ex-slave Jourdon Anderson, in which he responds to a missive from his old owner, Colonel P.H. Anderson, to return to work for him in Tennessee following his emancipation. Jourdon Anderson was a slave, his father was a slave, one of his forefathers were likely kidnapped from some village in Africa and brought to America to be sold into slavery. Yet this is the best rebuttal from a slave to his old master. Excerpts have been making rounds on the interweb, I...
Read MoreMotion on opening municipal data
This Monday’s council meeting has a motion jointly requested by both Councillor Di Lorenzo and myself in regards to “Open Data”. Before I explain, let me thank Councillor Di Lorenzo for doing all the leg work in drafting and scoping this motion. He really is a true asset for us in Milton. Basically we’re asking the town to :-freely share as much data as it can after satisfying privacy and security concerns move as quickly as possible to adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, maps and other formats of media use Open Data Principles to operate an open...
Read MoreSavoline / Main intersection open (pictures inside)
This should take some traffic off Scott and make it easier for people on Savoline. Main Street will turn into a beautiful street once these trees mature.I’ll even take a picture at this intersection for today’s entry of my Z365 “A Picture A Day”...
Read MoreChina and transportation
China is unveiling the world’s first 300 passenger bus :Many cities in China already significantly restrict car ownership. New bus will have a dedicated lane in local highways, and has five doors for easy entrance and exit. China also just unveiled a 500 km / hr train :-That’s not it, China is also committed to adding 16,000 kms of new high speed rail by 2020 (are you listening metrolinx and Via Rail?) The problem with North America is that people are expected to make sacrifices for public transit. Make public transit a better alternative to drive and watch people leave their...
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