News & Notices

<p>On Tuesday, February 18, Town of Collingwood Council approved the new Urban Forest Management Plan. The Collingwood Urban Forest Management Plan articulates urban forest management goals within the vision of Collingwood’s urban forest as expressed by the community while reflecting Collingwood’s biophysical and land use context. The 10 year Plan provides key recommendations to plan, preserve, and protect our Urban Forest through a comprehensive tree inventory and canopy cover analysis. Recommendations for policies and procedures will ensure that proper arboreal practices strengthen the life and quality of the urban forest as well as improve green infrastructure that will reduce the impact of storm water effects.</p>

<p>In the Town of Collingwood, snowmobiles are permitted on specific identified trails expressly for the purpose of accessing Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) trails out of town under Bylaw 2015-095. Trails not identified for snowmobile use under the Bylaw are prohibited from use by snowmobile drivers. The OPP will enforce the Town Bylaw with substantial fines for offenders.</p>

<p>Winter happens in Collingwood and embracing it is a Collingwood art form. Join friends and family at Central from Friday, January 24 to Sunday, January 26 when Collingwood turns into a snowy canvas for creativity, activity and connectivity. Central Park and the Collingwood Trails Network play host to daytime fun and nighttime magic including professional snow carving, children’s games, snowshoe treks, Rock the Rink moonlit skate, and Watchful Eyes flashlight-powered scavenger hunt.</p>

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<p> Collingwood’s cluster of tech companies are piloting a unique approach to stormwater management using an interconnected set of devices.  Known as the Stormwater Collingwood Pilot Project, a group of companies specializing in water related technologies came together several years ago to solve a problem…reducing the amount of water that comes off houses during major storm events, and then spills into stormwater systems.  They hypothesized that if water could be better managed at the house ‘lot’ level, there could be a significant decrease in spikes the Town’s stormwater systems experience.  And there could be additional spinoff benefits, including lowering the risk of flooded basements.</p>

<p><span style="font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">Back to Business Schedule features more than 10 business events!</span></p>

<p>Collingwood Elvis Festival was filled with thrilling events and Elvis Tribute Artists from around the globe. See the full competition results.</p>

<p>With the high temperatures forecast for the next few days, the following sites in Collingwood are available to the public as cooling centres during regular hours of operation.</p>

<p>Excessive noise can cause disruptions and impact the peace and quiet of residents and visitors within the Town of Collingwood.</p>

<p>In the Spring of 2019, Collingwood once again won the distinction as one of the top places for Entrepreneurship in Canada.</p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(39, 39, 39); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">The Tourism Labour Task Force commissioned a study to examine tourism workforce housing issues in South Georgian Bay with a view to defining key issues and identifying ways that the private and public sectors can collaborate across the region on innovative approaches to improve the supply of attainable housing. The report has been released.</span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(39, 39, 39); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">Simcoe County Economic Development just provided an Economic Overview of key indicators for Collingwood.  This includes population, jobs, employers, building permits, industries and labour force.</span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(39, 39, 39); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">Andrew Siegwart, President of the Blue Mountain Village Foundation, presented the following presentation to Collingwood Council on January 15, 2018 on behalf of the regional Labour Task Force. </span></p>

<p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(50, 48, 49); font-family: &quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">The 2018 Entrepreneurial Communities rankings came out again in April 2019.  Collingwood place #1 in all of Ontario small and large communities and top 10 in Canada.  This is tribute to the strong entrepreneurial spirit in Collingwood and South Georgian Bay that has ranked the community top 10 in Canada for the last 10 years. </p>