Back to SearchHALTON HILLS, ON – Originally published in Halton Hills Today.
What a sizzling start to summer! I hope everyone is managing to stay cool as the summer season is here. Outdoor relief can be felt on our shady, forested areas in Hungry Hollow, around Fairy Lake and conservation parks.
In town, residents can seek heat relief from 11am- 4pm at the Acton or Georgetown Libraries, the Acton Arena & Community Centre and Mold-Masters SportsPlex or Gellert Community Centre in Georgetown.
Georgetown branch library visitors can check out a very “cool” interactive exhibition- Space to Spoon. Created by Canada’s museums of science and innovation, it explores the role that space technology has on farmers, sustainable agriculture and our food. It’s a free and fun experience for all ages. Check it out in the lobby of the Library and Cultural Centre, now until September 2. Thank you to the Friends of the Library for sponsoring this very special program.
Canada Day is coming up on July 1 and Halton Hills residents always celebrate with pride! Glen Williams streets will be festooned in red and white, showcasing the parade, activities in the park, and the duck race down the Credit. You can always count on great burgers and ice cream, too. Take a bit of a rest late in the afternoon and then head to Acton for the annual fireworks sponsored by the Acton Firefighters. You’ll have a front row seat for the best display in the county!
Fireworks has been on the council agenda a few times in the past year- and we are considering a restriction on the sale and lighting of personal fireworks. Council will take a community poll to discover how residents feel about the activity. In the meantime, the current bylaw requires that fireworks be set only on private property and before 11pm on selected days- Canada Day being one. Fireworks may not be set off on streets, parks or other public property. And please consider whether neighbours are being disturbed.
Over the next few months, Council and Town staff will be reaching out to the public for more feedback, this time regarding how we plan our land uses – through an Official Plan Review. This review is a big undertaking, involving an analysis of where future residential, industrial, commercial and institutional properties should be located. The timeline is to 2051 and we will be planning for a population of about 120,000 residents (Doubling our current size over the next 25 years.). We will consider questions such as: What land uses should surround the new hospital? Where should parks go? Where should higher density development occur? Would neighbourhoods be more interesting and livable if a mix of uses – residential, commercial and institutional – was allowed?
Stay tuned over the next several months for opportunities to share your ideas about how the Town will be shaped in the future!
Time to bust out all your Canadian flags. Remember in 2017 we were named Canada’s most patriotic town!
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