Downtown Core
18777 
YMCA asks county to ante up $5M to help build new 'regional hub'
OrilliaMatters
21I am not interested in any of my Orillia tax dollars supporting the YMCA until they reconcile with our community after they walked away from the millions of dollars raised and decades of volunteerism. Unacceptable.
- Downtown Core
'Huge issue': Councillors pitch city-wide 40 km/h pilot project
OrilliaMatters 13I live on a locally designated road near downtown and have seen a dramatic increase in speed and volume. Traffic calming is about reducing speeds and short cutting on local and collector roads. Reduced limits is an inexpensive and effective measure. You could keep the higher limits on the arterial routes.
8- Downtown Core
Open your wallets: City looking at potential 6.94% tax hike
OrilliaMatters 19I think council and staff need to go back to the County and the OPP and bring them back to reality. On top of all of this, we are now spending our own dollars to augment social services when it is supposed to be managed by the county. This is totally out of control. There is zero chance that the electorate will accept this. We are now at the half way point in this term of council FYI...
- Downtown Core
GUEST COLUMN: West Orillia is not right place for the new hospital
OrilliaMatters 11100% agree West Street Makes Sense!! For all the same reasons we fought for the Rec centre. Too many to list here. Thanks for letting us know that we have an opportunity to influence the decision!!!
6- Downtown Core
Paid waterfront parking, businesses in public facilities on horizon?
OrilliaMatters 16These parks are great assets but also expensive to build and maintain. I think it is fair to ask non residents to help pay for the waterfront facilities through user/ parking fees.
- Downtown Core
Ontario projecting $6.6B deficit, including $3B in ‘rebate’ cheques
OrilliaMatters 9I generally like Doug but I am a little offended that he would position this as a offset to the carbon tax. Maybe for the 1 percenters who are not receiving the rebates. I hate it when they insult our intelligence for cheap political points. 3 billion dollars is an absurd amount of money.
6- Downtown Core
Heading north? EV charging stations now live in several towns
OrilliaMatters 9A few little known facts about ev's. They are one third heavier than icev's resulting in accelerated road wear and associated costs and they do not contribute to gas tax. Gas tax goes to maintaining roads. When is that shoe going to fall?
5- Downtown Core
New OPP contract comes with a 'significant' price tag for Orillia
OrilliaMatters 10Just say no.
3- Downtown Core
Growing encampments prompt Ontario mayors to call for forced treatment
OrilliaMatters 9Time to open up the HRC. It is purpose built and if managed effectively could be a great sulution.
4- Downtown Core
Trustee accuses province of favouring Catholic boards with capital funding
OrilliaMatters 11I have often questioned why we have two boards to begin with. Seems like a duplication of time and effort.
1- Downtown Core
'Pivotal moment': Possible boundary expansion on table at forum
OrilliaMatters 7Deal with the browfields in town. Possibly locate the new hospital on West Street. There is a large site accross from the rec centre for sale.
4- Downtown Core
City to consider three permanent all-way stops at busy intersections
OrilliaMatters 2It is a local road... that's the problem. Non-local traffic use Peter as a shortcut which is wrong.
7- Downtown Core
Open your wallets: City looking at potential 6.94% tax hike
OrilliaMatters 9As far as engaging the electorate goes the other reality is that people are too busy and distracted with every day life to attend meetings and read agendas. Some councilors don't even read the agendas LOL. Thank-you to Orillia Matters for providing this forum. We can only hope that Council is paying attention as well.
- Downtown Core
Local landlord calls for greater support in housing vulnerable people
OrilliaMatters 1Why not reopen the hrc and provide tailored wrap around support either voluntary or unvoluntary if necessary.
7- Downtown Core
Town committee member booted for cussing, 'antagonistic' attitude
OrilliaMatters 7It is annoying to me when "Orillia" Matters publishes stories unrelated to Orillia with headlines like "local man" or like this article. Feels like click bait. Its annoying.
- Downtown Core
Council shoots down plea for permanent all-way stops in Ward
OrilliaMatters 1Ok. So what else can they suggest to calm traffic?
5- Downtown Core
'Frustrating experience': Special council meeting on strong mayor powers cut short
OrilliaMatters 5Could you imagine if Orsi had strong mayor power?
1- Downtown Core
Price tag of new Orillia hospital could top $1 billion, council hears
OrilliaMatters 3West Street South makes sense.
2- Downtown Core
County peels back proposed program aimed at increasing organics 'capture'
OrilliaMatters 2When Orillia introduced clear bags and changed their rules my waste reduced 80% by weight.
3- Downtown Core
Addictions Minister: Ontario needs capacity, not forced treatment
OrilliaMatters 3I was in NYC this summer. Rode transit. Walked 70km and never once felt uncomfortable or unsafe. As it is now I would not walk alone anywhere in Downtown Orillia or Barrie after dark. My son lives in Downtown Toronto and it is worse. Something has to give here.
2- Downtown Core
