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Active Transportation and Sustainability Advisory Committee – Thursday, May 1, 2025, 5:30pm
Presentation on Solar Mapping, work plan review, updates from working groups Minutes: not yet available Agenda: ...
Accountability Team
13 minutes ago1 min read
CANCELLED: Active Transportation and Sustainability Advisory Committee – Thursday, April 3, 2025, 5:30pm
presentation on solar mapping, work plan review, working group updates Minutes: not yet available Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com...
Accountability Team
Mar 291 min read
Active Transportation and Sustainability Advisory Committee – Thursday, March 6, 2025, 5:30pm
presentation on sustainability initiatives, work plan review, updates from working groups Minutes: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ash...
Accountability Team
Mar 31 min read
Active Transportation and Sustainability Advisory Committee – Thursday, February 6, 2025, 5:30pm
future of the committee, vice-chair selection, updates from working groups Minutes: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=127680...
Accountability Team
Feb 11 min read
CANCELLED: Active Transportation and Sustainability Advisory Committee – Thursday, December 5, 2024, 5:30pm
CANCELLED - no explanation made public Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1211199&GUID=8E0A0B5E-703F-4C12-8618-7F7797...
Accountability Team
Nov 29, 20241 min read
Active Transportation and Sustainability Advisory Committee – Thursday, August 1, 2024, 5:30pm
This meeting was CANCELLED, no explanation made public Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1211354&GUID=CCE5C2BA-EE25-...
Accountability Team
Jul 26, 20241 min read
Household Food Insecurity "Lunch & Learn", January 23
Posting on behalf of our partners at the Simcoe County Food Council Household Food Insecurity in Simcoe County / Muskoka January 23, 12...
Engage Barrie
Jan 10, 20241 min read
Circulation List for December 13, 2023
A new "food forest" has been planted, there's a public meeting on the City's proposal to allow up to four units on a residential...
Accountability Team
Dec 9, 20232 min read
Community Safety Committee – Tuesday, September 19, 2023, 6pm - Public Meeting: HOMELESSNESS
This is "The Biggie" – the Public Meeting to discuss the anti-homeless motion and bills brought forward this spring. Please consider...
Accountability Team
Sep 14, 20232 min read
Fact-Checking City & Council Communications re: "Homelessness" Motion & Bills
We made note of some incorrect information stated in the June 21 Council meeting, at which the controversial Bills 67 & 68 (the...
Engage Barrie
Jul 7, 202316 min read
JHSSM Response to Bills 67 & 68
Our colleagues at the John Howard Society of Simcoe & Muskoka has released a statement of their opposition to the Bylaw amendments. ...
Engage Barrie
Jun 20, 20232 min read
City Council - Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 7:30pm – ACTION REQUESTED
The "homelessness" bylaws are being pushed through at this meeting. Visit https://www.engagebarrie.org/post/concerned-about-new-homeless...
Accountability Team
Jun 18, 202316 min read
Concerned about the new homelessness bylaws? Contact your Councillor here
We've made it easy for you, with an email template you can customize and send! The bylaws directed by City Council's controversial Motion...
Engage Barrie
Jun 16, 20231 min read
EBO Response to Direct Motion Without Notice addressing Homelessness
Open Letter to Barrie City Council Mayor Nuttall, Councillors, CAO Prowse, We are writing in response to last Wednesday’s Direct Motion...
Engage Barrie
May 26, 20239 min read
Ryan's Hope Breakfast-To-Go – response to today's Press Release
Editor's Note – for background, please visit last week's post regarding the Ryan's Hope Breakfast-To-Go program moving to an indoor...
Engage Barrie
Jan 23, 20233 min read
Ryan's Hope Breakfast-To-Go Moves Indoors!
submitted by Christine Nayler: We have an exciting announcement to make- Our Breakfast-To-Go program is moving inside as of January 23rd!...
Engage Barrie
Jan 20, 20231 min read
Celebration of Simcoe County Resistance to Bill 23 & Greenbelt Land Grabs
Virtual event hosted by Just Recovery Simcoe There’s been a lot of local action in Simcoe on Bill 23, protesting the threats to the...
Engage Barrie
Nov 24, 20221 min read
Fighting Bill 23 – Let's Unite to Rally for Change and Action!
Pop-up rallies to fight Bill 23 have been put together all across Simcoe County, including two in Barrie – November 19 (Barrie North) and...
Engage Barrie
Nov 16, 20221 min read
Simcoe County Food Council's "2002 Municipal Election Toolkit"
Engage Barrie is proud to have been one of the Simcoe County Food Council's community partners in helping to create this toolkit, along...
Engage Barrie
Oct 2, 20222 min read
Finance and Corporate Services Committee – Monday, June 20, 2022, 6:15pm
This is a specially-called meeting, tucked in just before the regularly-scheduled City Council meeting – presumably, in order to bring...
Accountability Team
Jun 16, 20221 min read
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