Month: November 2019

Orangeville Council Meeting – Nov 26

Posted on by Thomas Wilson

Orangeville Council Meeting – Nov 26

A bit of notice may go a long way…

Hello, all my friends and neighbours.

This is just a quick update that we, the Rolling Hills neighbourhood, have been mentioned in Tuesday night’s Town Council budget meeting. We have to thank our Deputy Mayor, Andy Macintosh for bringing up our corner of Orangeville.

Part of the meeting was a discussion on how basketball was becoming a higher interest within our town. Mr. Macintosh took the opportunity to bring up the Rolling Hills neighbourhood.

Following that, Mr. Osmond (GM of Community Services) clarified it was about Rebecca Hills Park. Then stated that “the neighbours are interested in getting involved” and corroborated that they are looking at an asphalting project in our area. 

Mayor Brown did also mention that this would be part of the Parks and Rec Master Plan, but more in the form of a confirmation question.

A direct link to the mention is here: https://youtu.be/XvXDZ_W0YA4?t=3856

I am really interested to hear more of course. I hope you are as well.

The Orangeville Council YouTube channel should be subscribed to by anyone interested in getting involved with our town. Previous meetings are available for later viewing if you cannot watch live. Hit Subscribe and click the bell notification.

 

Chilly, but worth it

Posted on by Thomas Wilson

Chilly, but worth it

Most of Saturday and part of Sunday were touring through Jordan Dr, Joshua St, and Murray Cres for Christina and me. She was cold going door to door but was determined to help do her part too.

There is a lot of interest in getting Rebecca Hills park updated. Everyone we spoke with was friendly, upbeat, and appreciative of the efforts we are putting forth.

It isn’t just us though! There are other parents and kids in Rolling Hills working with us. Everyone is working hard. Janice, Cindy G, Mia, and Amanda were all over Jay Cres and Perry Rd today. Cindy A was covering Howard Cres all weekend as well. 

Don’t think we forgot about all of you on Marshall. Sarah is going to be calling on you soon enough.

From our perspective, not a lot of people knew about the Recreation and Parks survey that is due on November 29th. The more people that speak up about our park, the more of a chance we will have to get some real work done there in the future. Remember to talk about Rebecca Hills specifically.

So far we have collected 57 signatures from visiting 101 homes. We are always willing to come back to visit anyone who was not home at the time we came by originally.

Just let us know.

This is all just the beginning. 

 

Petition Time

Posted on by Thomas Wilson

Petition Time

I know this is a bit unexpected, but everyone who signs helps a little bit.

Starting Saturday, November 23, we will be canvassing the Rolling Hills neighbourhood in the hope that everyone will be willing to sign up to our petition.

The details will not be shared with anyone but the Town of Orangeville and the Recreation and Parks Department. 

We hope that our combined voices will convince the Town that we want to see improvements to our corner. The more people that commit, the more of a voice that we will have.

I (Thomas) will be covering Jordan Dr, part of Joshua Rd and Murray Ct.

Janice and Cynthia will be covering Perry Rd and Jay Cres.

Cindy will be covering Howard Cres and the other part of Joshua Rd.

Sarah will be covering Marshall Crescent.

If we do miss you, we will be leaving a calling card at your door with information about our project and how to contact us. One of our representatives can arrange a contact time to sign if any are willing. We also will be providing an easy link to the town survey to allow you to fill out what we want improved.

We are hoping for:

  1. Splash pad
  2. Full Court Basketball (modified to a rink in winter – volunteers needed to maintain)
  3. Improve the current playground equipment and make it capable for the usage of those with gross motor coordination issues
  4. Either repair the baseball cage to make it a full proper functioning baseball diamond or make it a multiple sport capable field (ie soccer also)
  5. Fix and add benches
  6. Add and actually maintain the garbage cans

We will not get everything, but if we do not ask, it will be another 5 years before we can try again.

Our kids and neighbourhood deserve a bit more.