This is the last DME for a bit and I hope you have found these weekly reports full of useful and timely information. The DME will return in the Fall or if there is something of significance to report before then.
Markham Council continues to meet -
upcoming meeting on Tuesday. Council currently is discussing a 25% reduction in development charges for developers. It is also considering allowing a change in designation of lands from agricultural to rural. As innocent as this seems, it has positive implications for developers and their parkland dedication requirements and negative implications to our future parkland quantity and location. As always, I'm acting in your best interests on these two issues.
The number of people using the COVID-19 mass vaccination clinics offered by York Region has been declining, so YR is switching to a "no appointment needed" format although you still can book an appointment if you prefer. They are hitting the malls, parking lots, school sites and events attended by young people in order to try and get as many people vaccinated as possible. Of the new cases that they are seeing, almost 75% have had no vaccination at all. There remains an underlying fear of new variants here and globally.
Thanks to Shanta Sundarason for organizing the Hand in Hand Indigenous event at the Unionville Bandstand this weekend. See below for photos and details.
Get on the GO. Wouldn't it be a great family adventure to take the GO train to Niagara Falls? Check it out below.
Have a great rest of the summer.
