Each year, our local Georgian Triangle Association of REALTORS®, (GTAR) invite a panel of our local municipality’s planners to update our members about current events in their geographic areas. Over the next few weeks, The Collingwood Blue Mountain Real Estate Blog will post summaries from these discussions. Planners Part 3 – Town of Collingwood – [...]
There was lots of news this past week to get the juices churning. Here’s a quick round up with my own take added. Collingwood Connection: Mushroom Farm Proposed for the Collingwood Grain Elevators On the surface, this one really caught my attention. Innovative! Toronto Star: Neighbours Suing Neighbours: Potentially Precedent Setting Lawsuit Regarding Wind [...]
From a media release today: Think of the Chelsea Market in New York City or the Distillery District in Toronto and you can imagine the vision for an exciting cultural corridor which is evolving in the heart of downtown Collingwood. Theatre Collingwood announces it will be creating a new home base on March 1st at [...]
One of the really nice things about living in Collingwood is that there is always something new to see or do and this holiday is no exception. For the first time this year, the folks at Downtown Collingwood are hosting an Ice Sculpture Festival that runs now through to New Year’s Eve. The work is [...]
Are you looking for some great ways to spend some down time with the family or friends this holiday season? Here are some ideas: • Check out the Ice Sculpture Festival from December 27 – 31 in Downtown Collingwood PS. There is free parking Downtown now until January 1st, 2012 • Go Bowling in Collingwood or Meaford [...]
I love any excuse to head over to the Meaford area because there are so many great places to visit. There is the Factory Outlet, there’s Grandma Lambs and the Coffin Ridge Winery is nearby. One of my favourite places is EcoInhabit located in an old barn on the south side of Highway 26 just east of town. [...]
Emotions are running high in Collingwood, AGAIN, in regard to the Admiral Collingwood Place development slated for the corner of Hurontario and St. Marie Streets in the downtown core. The site is located at the southern gateway into the Heritage Conservation District. (Patience, we’re getting to some pictures in a sec.) This contentious site was [...]
My clients are so nice. Almost all of them keep in touch and share their stories with me as the years go by and I LOVE getting those emails! This fall, a family from east of here purchased a condo in Craigleith and spent their first week-end their over Thanksgiving. Here is what they said [...]
One of the big questions I hear from people relocating to our area is, will I be able to find a family doctor? Well there is some good news on this front. In 2007, a group of community minded citizens formed a non-profit corporation called North East Grey Health Clinics Inc with a goal to [...]
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