On June 18th, Owen Sound will discover just how much more "Awesome" it can be!
Owen Sound's recently founded Awesome Foundation is excited to announce that it received 15 eligible awesome proposals sent in from a variety of people who all have one thing in common – a desire to make their community a more awesome place, one great idea and one cash‐filled brown paper bag at a time. A 16th proposal was received, but was ineligible because it came from outside of Owen Sound.
Recently, the twelve Awesome Trustees met to determine the three people who will be invited to do a live pitch of their proposal for a chance to win $1,000 to help bring their awesome idea to life. The proposals submitted were very diverse, from literary projects to health wellness initiatives, animal welfare to arts and culture strategies, plus ideas benefiting youth, people at risk and/or senior citizens.
City officials report that Phase 2 of the 3rd Avenue East (Grey Road 15) reconstruction project will commence May 25, 2015.
The City anticipates that Phase 2 of this extensive project will be completed by the end of November, 2015. 3rd Avenue East will be closed to through traffic between 18th Street East and East Bayshore Road. This area is only accessible to local traffic and emergency services during the closure and will be signed accordingly.
South bound traffic entering the City on East Bayshore Road will be diverted to 9th Avenue East via Detour 4 (D4). D4 will direct traffic back to 3rd Avenue East at 15th Street East. North bound traffic on 3rd Avenue East will be diverted at 15th Street East to 9th Avenue East via Detour 3 (D3). D3 will direct traffic to East Bayshore Road via 28th Street East.
The Grey Bruce Health Unit is seeking assistance from the public in finding the owners of two dogs involved in two separate incidents over the long weekend in Owen Sound.
The first incident occurred in Harrison Park on Saturday May 16 between 3:00 & 4:00 p.m. A Man was walking in Harrison Park near the seniors building and basketball courts. He came upon a woman and her young (red) boxer which is believed to be about 9 Months old, the dog was on its lead. When he petted the dog its claw caught his arm and scratched him breaking the skin.
The second incident occurred on the Rail Trail near 28th Street West just outside Owen Sound on Sunday May 17 around 11 a.m. A lady was bitten while riding her bike on the Rail Trail. A lady with a school aged child was walking with her 2 dogs, off leash. The medium sized multi-coloured dog (white, black and brown) bit the cyclist. The second dog was larger and bronze in colour but was not involved in the incident.
Staff of the Grey Bruce Health Unit need to confirm the dogs are ...
by Anne Finlay-Stewart
If you read our Facebook post last week and guessed "the city is selling the old Courthouse to Southbridge Care Homes", you would already be a winner.
Mayor Ian Boddy announced the conditional sale as an "ideal repurposing" of a heritage building that the city "had not maintained as it might have" over the years, and an opportunity to rejuvenate a "neat neighbourhood". He spoke of the well-paying health care jobs that would be created in the
long-term, and the design, engineering and construction jobs on the estimated $10 million-plus renovation and building project.
Southbridge's President, Keith McIntosh, said the plan is to create their first "community care hub" model on the site, with administrative offices in the court building, maintaining the facade and roofline, and a long-term care home with "related services" in an addition to the rear. Approval of various permits from ...
Mayor Ian Boddy announced today the appointment of the City of Owen Sound's new City Manager, Wayne Ritchie, CPA, CGA.
Ritchie is a lifelong resident of Owen Sound. He worked as the Manager of Accounting for 11 years for Georgian Bay Energy, once known as the PUC (Owen Sound Public Utilities Commission), prior to joining the city in 2001 as Director of Financial Services.
"I am pleased to have this opportunity, and I look forward to working with members of Council, citizens, and all City staff," said City Manager Wayne Ritchie.
Mayor Ian Boddy stated, "Mr. Ritchie is an excellent choice to move into the role of City Manager. He brings to this position administrative experience and knowledge in the City of Owen Sound's operations and he has already established a great relationship with staff."
The Mayor and Council look forward to working with Mr. Ritchie in his new role.
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