The Collingwood – Blue Mountain Real Estate Blog

Our Collingwood and Blue Mountains region woke up to a smattering of snow this week, on more than one occasion.  This picture of a gigantic snowball was taken two days ago, right in the middle of Collingwood!   We’ve had another sprinkling of ‘white gold’ this morning as well, although the warmer temperature today has already melted [...]

I often get enquiries about the proposed Terrasan Craigleith Village Development planned along Highway 26 in Blue Mountain just west of Collingwood.  The developer is proposing to build a large Village Community which includes a combination of commercial, retail, recreational, institutional and natural and open spaces.  The zoning by-law has been approved. The 63.75 acre site [...]

When you drive from Collingwood west up Mountain Road to Blue, you pass some older homes, the Mair Mills subdivison and lots of open farmland.  Did you know that most of that farm land is sold and planned for future development?  As the area continues to grow in leaps and bounds, change is the only [...]

For many reasons, I like to eat locally grown foods when possible and in particular, organic fruits and vegetables.  The taste of grass fed and pastured meat is also incomparably good versus the stuff we buy in the grocery store.  Just try a grass-fed, free-range, roasted chicken from Blue Ridge Meats  in Collingwood or from [...]

If all the new restaurants popping up in the Collingwood area are not enough to keep you busy, here’s another fantastic idea for a great night out. Recently, I was looking for a special idea to help celebrate a friend’s 50th birthday.  I called upon another friend, Julie Card at mycollingwood who is akin to being [...]

Communities should not happen by accident although they often seem to. The environment that we live in, our built environment of roads and buildings and houses and poles all impact the natural environment around us. A couple of years ago, Collingwood embarked on a special project to develop urban design standards. The idea is that [...]

Collingwood is not just a modern and growing town.  It is also a community that is filled with living examples of our history.  From our downtown Heritage District to our magnificent century homes, Collingwood offers many visual and tangible reminders of where we have been. I’ve often mentioned Rick Lex here on this blog as [...]

In one of it’s final acts before their term expired, Collingwood’s last council gave approval to a Draft Plan of Subdivision, subject to appeal, of a long proposed development on the south end of town. The new Eden Oak development is proposing a subdivision of 243 new homes located just east of Hurontario Street at [...]

Not just Collingwood, but perhaps, anywhere in the country. Did you know that that approximately 18% of Canadians live in housing they cannot afford or in substandard accommodation?  It’s a disheartening statistic and even more so when you consider that many of these people are seniors, people with disabilities or people leaving abusive situations.  Most [...]