Port investment
Picton Terminals eyes government support for expansion The Doornekamp family bets big. They saw the rusted skeleton of the longdormant docks in Picton Bay as an opportunity. Over the past couple of years, they have invested $10 million in the property, navigating regulatory waters and building a larger scale docking facility from the remnants of the […]
Selling Ontario wine
OMAFRA commits $2.25 million to marketing VQA Ontario wines Wine is serious business in Ontario. Since 2009, sales of Ontario’s world-class Vintner’s Quality Alliance wines have increased from $170 million to $230 million last year. But that is only part of the story. Ontario wines are also driving tourism and investment and creating jobs. Since […]
Port investment
Picton Terminals eyes government support for expansion The Doornekamp family bets big. They saw the rusted skeleton of the longdormant docks in Picton Bay as an opportunity. Over the past couple of years, they have invested $10 million in the property, navigating regulatory waters and building a larger scale docking facility from the remnants of the […]
Selling Ontario wine
OMAFRA commits $2.25 million to marketing VQA Ontario wines Wine is serious business in Ontario. Since 2009, sales of Ontario’s world-class Vintner’s Quality Alliance wines have increased from $170 million to $230 million last year. But that is only part of the story. Ontario wines are also driving tourism and investment and creating jobs. […]
Hitting the brakes
Councillor proposes across-the-board budget cut The numbers tell a grim story. The County’s tax levy has increased, on average, 11.5 per cent every year since it was amalgamated. (Remember that the chief selling point of amalgamation was that it would produce efficiencies and reduce costs.) User fees—the amount raised for municipal services such as garbage and […]
Tight fit
Council allows plan to increase density for affordable units Anew housing development is one step closer to being created as a planning committee of council has approved the developer’s application to nearly double the density on an acre of land-locked property in Wellington. The application for an exemption from the zoning bylaw, which currently permits 25 […]
Not competing
Council keeps discount on development charges A discount of development charges will remain in place until March 2018 or until Shire Hall conducts a full study of these rates and their impact. In the meantime, there will be an intense examination and consideration of residential building in Prince Edward County. Is it good? Is it bad? […]
Big picture
Official plan re-write enters final stretch What is Prince Edward County? What has it been? What will it become? It is likely these questions will elicit as varied answers as the number of respondents. It is the function of the Official Plan (OP) to attempt to put the history, achievements, unique characteristics, goals and aspirations into […]
Water, water everywhere
Bulk water price hike threatens to send business to a watery grave Prince Edward County is virtually an island, with its only natural connection to the mainland severed by the Murray Canal. But as summer heats up the limestone and the water recedes from the shoreline, the County can become a very dry place. When they […]
Down to work
Developers and Shire Hall work at re-igniting residential building sector An assembly of builders, developers and investors, along with council members and County staff, will sit down soon to chart the way forward for residential development. It is the next step in a process, which began last fall to address the decline in new home building in […]