Wed. May 2, 2018
7 PM
Horning's Mills Community Centre

The Greenbelt or development?

Join us to understand how the Greenbelt Plan impacts development. 

During the consulation process for the proposed study areas to expand the Greenbelt to include a numbe rof heqadwater and source water areas, NDACT delegated to a number of North Dufferin municipal governments; many hesitated to support the proposed expansion, and the implication for future tax base.

NDACT has invited expert guests to provide their prospective:

• Mr. Victor Doyle, former Manager, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Planning Policy Branch and chief architect of Ontario's farmland-protecting Greenbelt.

Mr. Doyle will rebut developers claims that the Growth Plan and Greenbelt Plan have constrained the supply of land for and/or the supply of ground related housing and talk about growth planning in Dufferin County.

• Mayor Darren White, Melancthon Mayor and former Reeve of Dufferin County.

Mayor White will provide his personal insights as to why municipalities tend to be pro-development.

Free admission and refreshments. Everyone welcome.

Drop in and visit us the Plowing Match!

Click on the image for full details.

Food & Water First’s Carl Cosack – a veteran of the Stop the Mega Quarry movement – will speak at a special gathering in Toronto on April 27th: “To Sprawl or Not To Sprawl. Saving Ontario’s Greenbelt.”

This information session will encourage Torontonians to get involved in the campaign to strengthen and expand the Greenbelt as its farmland, water and forests face pressure from developers. Carl joins speakers from Environmental Defence, Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust and Ontario Nature.

The event is FREE. Click to register.

Date: Wednesday, April 27

Time: 7pm-9pm

Place: St. Colomba Church, 2723 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto

Our Partner MC2 Presents....

As you know there is a coordinated land-use review underway until the end of May. NDACT was invited to a stakeholders’ meeting earlier in the process. We feel that it would be an important supplemental action to send a formal letter outlining our recommendations for this review. As well, this allows our supporters to better understand our position, and give you an opportunity to stand with us.

Please scroll down and see the letter for details.

Full details of review.

The Mega Quarry campaign demonstrated that there are many in Ontario who are concerned about the future of our land and water ,and that many voices together can evoke meaningful change. This is a key opportunity to work together.

Many thanks for your support.

Shirley Boxem  Chair NDACT
www.foodandwaterfirst.com

a healthy food future is possible

Annual General Meeting for NDACT Members

Date: July 9, 2015

Time: 7:00 PM

Location: Hornings Mills Community Hall, 14 Mill St., Hornings Mills

If you are not a paid member for 2015, and would like to attend and have voting privileges, you may come to the meeting and pay your $30.00 membership at the meeting.

Membership forms.

WRITTEN NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF NORTH DUFFERIN AGRICULTURAL AND COMMUNITY TASKFORCE, INC.

(the “Corporation”)

Date of this notice: April 24, 2015

Attention: All Members of North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Taskforce, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting will be held as follows:

To be held on Thursday July 9, 2015, 7:00 pm

Location: Horning’s Mills Community Centre

This meeting will be held for the following business purposes:

1. To elect Directors;

2. To receive and consider the financial statements of the Corporation; and

3. Transact any and all such business that may lawfully come before such meeting.

Persons who are entitled to vote comprise the Corporation’s Directors, and those Members in good standing that have paid their annual Membership dues in respect of the calendar year 2015, either prior to this date or at any time up to the commencement of this Annual Meeting, and who have been accepted as Members by the Corporation.

Any Member who will be unable to attend has the right to vote by proxy.

___________________________________

Shirley Boxem, Chair

Pegram Picnics Presents

All proceeds go to Food & Water First.

Join them for a fun day in the country and celebrate with farmers, artisans and artists, musicians, food producers and food lovers.

Date: Sunday June 14, 2015

Time: 11 AM - 4 PM

Where: Pegram Farms, Mulmur ON

Tickets: Adults $15.00, Children $8.00, Family $40.00

Purchase Tickets.

Full details.

Our Partners at Green Connections  are hosting a special airing of “Symphony of the Soil” on Friday, April 10! Filmed on four continents, the movie explores the role soil plays in our lives and on this fragile planet. It is the “living skin of the Earth.”

Join Green Connections at Sharon Hope United Church (18648 Leslie St., Sharon ON). Doors open at 7pm. No reservations required. Admission by donation. There will be door prizes and a discussion following this important film.

Watch the Symphony of the Soil trailer and make plans to see it April 10th!

Ontario Co-ordinated Review for Growth Plan and Greenbelt

Deadline for comments: May 28, 2015

Four Ontario Growth Plans are under review.

These plans include:The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, The Greenbelt Plan, The Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan and the Niagara Escarpment Plan

Documents are found at:

http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=10759

Schedule of Town Hall Meetings to get more information.

Our prime objectives: 

• Class 1 farmland be preserved and not rezoned
• Moratorium on rezoning of Class 1 farmland be put in place
• Our source waters be protected

Have your say

Sample letter.

There are several ways to participate:

• Email a submission to landuseplanningreview@ontario.ca
• Write to :
  Land Use Planning Review
  Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
  Ontario Growth Secretariat
  777 Bay Street, Suite 425 (4th Floor)
  Toronto, ON M5G 2E5

Deadline for comments: May 28, 2015

If you have any questions regarding how to participate in the review, please call 1-800-665-1120 or email landuseplanningreview@ontario.ca.

Present a Townhall Meeting

Date and Time: May 3, 2014 - 10am to Noon (coffee at 9:30am)

Location: Rosemont Hall

(across from the Globe Restaurant - HW 89 in Rosemont)

An opportunity to catch up and be fully informed on key

issues in our community