Stop the presses – Admiral Collingwood Place developer, Steve Assaff, announced last night that he is shelving the controversial project in its current form. Since 2007, the project has been approved, changed, changed again and has been divisive in the community. At issue was the proposed height of the commercial-residential development as it was not [...]
Someone once said to me that everything she knew about the South Georgian Bay area, she knew from my blog. Actually, I’ve had a number of people say that which gives me a little Dopamine thrill every time. People also say that they seek to validate their idea of moving to the area through what [...]
On January 30th, 2013, The Blue Mountains’ town council decided to proceed with finalizing a Draft Short-term Accommodation Licensing By-law. At that meeting, several components of the STA Licensing Draft By-law were either amended, added, withdrawn or perhaps temporarily set aside, for the purpose of having a draft version that would be the basis for [...]
The Fraser Institute School rankings have become the “Go to” source for many parents in the Collingwood, Thornbury (Blue Mountains), Meaford, Stayner (Clearview), and Wasaga Beach areas. While I am not completely confident in the outcomes, they do offer insight. The charts below shows how schools in the Georgian Triangle fared and for full details [...]
The last couple of months have been surprising many people in the Collingwood and Blue Mountain area as real estate sales outpace all expectations. It seems that almost anything that is newish with a basement and double car garage priced under $375,000 is likely to see multiple offers and a quick sale. Yes, the move-up [...]
Last month, I had the pleasure of guesting on the Bayshore Radio Real Estate shows discussing the market as it was in 2012 and what I see ahead for 2013. In case you missed it, you can hear the podcast by clicking here. Related Post Collingwood Blue Mountain Real Estate Predictions for 2013 If [...]
This morning, Blue Mountain announced that they are going to be investing $10-million to expand their ski and snowboard terrain by 21% and will also add new trails for next winter. This expansion will add an additional 64 acres of terrain, a new high-speed, six-person chairlift and six new trails in the south, Orchard area [...]
Gees, they’ve only been open about six weeks and they already have over 300 “Likes” on Facebook and already have reviews on Yelp, Trip Advisor and FourSquare. It seems that The Smoke has captured some attention around town. The Smoke is an eat-in and take-out eatery located on the south side of First Street between [...]
February 18th and is Family Day and there are all kinds of events planned for that week-end in this area. Blue Mountain Village as always offers plenty of family-friendly activities from ice skating and swimming to horse wagon rides and a visit from the Birds of Flight. Blue has also recently released a great little [...]
For over 100 years, Collingwood’s historic downtown ended at First Street. Often, a large ship could be seen in the launch basin as the shipyards actively built freighters on the site. For over a century, the shipyards and nearby massive grain elevators defined Collingwood’s identify and sense of place on the Great Lakes. In 1986, [...]
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