Prioritizing our Strategic Plan

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July 28, 2011 On August 15, Council will spend the morning in its first budget-related workshop towards the 2012-2014 City of Waterloo Operating and Capital budgets. Earlier this summer, we adopted our 2011-2014 Strategic Plan. Under the six pillars of “Sustainability and Our Living Environment”, “Public Engagement”, “Healthy & Safe Community”, “Vibrant Neighbourhoods”, “Getting Around”, […]

Walking on the West Side

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July 28, 2011 Accepting an invitation from Kevin Thomason, earlier this week I headed out with my spouse, Kate Daley, to the west side of Waterloo to get local perspective on the developments of late and over the last several years. It was a perfect evening for a walk through the Schneider and McNally lands. […]

KW Turkish Festival

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July 10, 2011 I was pleased to have the opportunity to tour the displays, try some of theĀ delicacies, and attemptĀ an Ebru under the guide of Shuhrat Ochilov, a University of Waterloo PhD student. I learned about the art of Ebru – water colour marbling – from Feyza Baykan, who, after two years of practice in […]

Official Plan Open House and More

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July 6, 2011 How the City of Waterloo changes over time is substantially guided by its Official Plan. Council has now received the second draft of this plan, and anticipates considering it in the fall. But before then, it is back out for public consultation. There is an Open House scheduled for Wednesday, July 20th […]