by Jordan Richards | Jun 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Township of Muskoka Lakes Council voted this morning to uphold their May 18th decision to ‘pause’ development in Minett through an interim control by-law while studies are done to determine what development is appropriate in this small bay. The meeting was moved...
by Jordan Richards | Jun 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Friends of Muskoka are continuing to raise awareness of the issues facing Muskoka. Read the whole article here.
by Jordan Richards | May 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Agatha Farmer / Bracebridge Examiner coverage of the historic May 18, 2018 Township of Muskoka 8 – 2 vote to implement an interim control bylaw to freeze development in Minett until proper impact studies have been completed. Read the full article here....
by Jordan Richards | May 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
MuskokaRegion.com reports on major increase in boat related fatalities in the past several years. More evidence why Muskoka must move cautiously when considering major residential expansion on already crowded lakes.
by Jordan Richards | May 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Incredibly good news from Friday’s (05/18/18) Township of Muskoka Lakes council meeting. The Township of Muskoka Lakes voted 8-2 to pass resolutions to require additional studies of the Resort Village of Minett and to institute an interim control by-law (ICBL)...
by Jordan Richards | May 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Housing trailers have been dropped off at the Bala Bay Inn to be used as accommodation for 80 – 100 staff of the JW Marriott hotel. See Muskoka411 news story here. Not only were Bala residents kept in the dark on this plan, but even the Ward A councillors were...
by Jordan Richards | May 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Jordan Richards | Apr 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Paul explains the “switcheroo” to the District PEDC: “Let’s look at the switcheroo. Legacy applied for a site plan approval. It was applied for in September 2017 and granted. Let me read you one of the clauses that they agreed to in writing and...
by Jordan Richards | Apr 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
We reported in Waves III that Friends of Muskoka and other concerned residents were successful at convincing the Township of Muskoka Lakes (TMO) Committee of the Whole to ask District to include the Resort Village of Minett in their comprehensive Official Plan (OP)...
by Jordan Richards | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Here is the Legacy Cottages waterfront on Lake Rosseau as it was in the summer of 2017 (notice the water depth in the foreground). Unfortunately, you can’t see the weasel running back and forth across the shore, the many families of ducks nesting in this bay, or...
