Windsor is current reviewing it's Community Improvement Plans (CIPs) and it has a bunch of them! A full list of all of the city's development incentives are available and to provide extra context the following are summaries of the existing CIPs created by the City: Brownfield Redevelopment CIP Downtown CIP Economic Revitalization CIP Ford City … Continue reading A Few Thoughts on Community Improvement Plans
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A Few Thoughts on Outdoor Pools
As readers know, Izzy gets lots of walk. This week we were walking West Windsor as we do, past Mic Mac Park and we saw this: It can be hard to see but there are 6 or 7 teenagers in the outdoor pool at Mic Mac Park. Outdoor pools in Windsor don't open until Saturday … Continue reading A Few Thoughts on Outdoor Pools
Episode 8.04 – Deputy Mayor Joe Bachetti – Town of Tecumseh
Joe Bachetti is Tecumseh's Deputy Mayor and Deputy Warden for the County of Essex. He first entered municipal politics at the age of 28 and has been elected or acclaimed the past ten terms totalling over three decades. He has served as a municipal councillor for 20 years 1994-2014, and now as Deputy Mayor 2014 … Continue reading Episode 8.04 – Deputy Mayor Joe Bachetti – Town of Tecumseh
Few Thoughts: Income Data from 2022
This morning Statistics Canada released preliminarily income data from the 2022 tax year. This data is outside of the Census so isn't as comprehensive and only those who file taxes are accounted for. We also have to remember that tax filers are individuals so often family units contain multiple tax filers. The data is for … Continue reading Few Thoughts: Income Data from 2022
Episode 7:01 – Friends of Ojibway Prairie
You can find Council Conversations on all major podcasting apps! If you like the show please like, subscribe and leave a comment! You can support the show and this blog on Patreon! The Friends of Ojibway Prairie is a registered charity and volunteer organization dedicated to promoting public awareness of the Ojibway Prairie Complex and … Continue reading Episode 7:01 – Friends of Ojibway Prairie
2024 City of Windsor Budget
If you like this blog you can subscribe on the sidebar or at the bottom of the page on your mobile device. If you want hear things that relate to this blog, the Council Conversation Podcast (link in the top bar, here and on all major podcast platforms) zooms out and looks at SW Ontario more … Continue reading 2024 City of Windsor Budget
Housing Stock – Lets get depressing :P
In my previous post I took my dog for a walk and we had a wonderful time wandering my neighbourhood and seeing looking the state of house. At this point, we have to take a step back and look at the City as a whole. On Saturday night I tweeted out the first piece of … Continue reading Housing Stock – Lets get depressing 😛
So I Took My Dog for a Walk
So summer is here and for me that means taking Lucy on lots of walks. Being a 8 lb chihuahua, the cool temperatures of the late fall through early spring drains her interest in going outside and walking the neighbourhood. But now that summer has arrived several walks per day are the norm, which has … Continue reading So I Took My Dog for a Walk
How an Astronaut Made it More Expensive to Fly from #YQG
Porter Airlines plan was to expand Billy Bishop Airport by extending the runway into Lake Ontario. By doing so it could then fly Bombardier CS 100 Jets out of the airport and reach destinations like Las Vegas, Vancouver, Miami, Calgary and LA to name a few. Although the CS 100 series has suffered from a … Continue reading How an Astronaut Made it More Expensive to Fly from #YQG
A response to @WindsorCAMPP #YQG #megahospital
Phillippa from CAMPP posted some comment yesterday in response to my post and I tried to post this in the comments of my last post "What's Wrong with these Graphs" but it wouldn't work (to long). So I gave it its own post. I apologize for poor writing as I wanted to get this posted … Continue reading A response to @WindsorCAMPP #YQG #megahospital