We all know the market is hot but did you know it was this hot? Average sale price from March 2020 to March 2021 has gone up $115,182 in ward 3 and 4 and $180,685 in ward 1 and 2! To read the full report being presented to council click… Read More »Real Estate Sales in the Town of Essex
Monday, April 19, 2021 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Purpose of Closed Meeting: For the purpose of discussing personnel matters, as permissible pursuant to Section 239 (2) (b) of the Municipal Act For the purpose of discussing the proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or… Read More »Notice of Closed Meeting Monday April 19th
A report on offering free menstrual products that council gave direction for earlier this term is coming to Council on Monday. I wanted to highlight some of the report for you in advance of the meeting because I am excited to discuss this with fellow councillors. I hope council supports… Read More »Free Menstrual Products at 2 Recreational Facilities
Please join us this year. Working as a team, we can make the world a much cleaner place. I can not wait to see what we can do together! Share pictures of your ‘pitch in’ and enter to win a gift card from a local business! This year add the… Read More »Pitch In! #pitchin2022earthday
Are you ready to get it started? JCS construction is and I would like to give them a big Harrow Welcome. Let’s continue to support our businesses who are impacted by the construction, they need us now more than ever! Today they were working on Queen Street. I got a… Read More »Welcome JCS Construction to Harrow
This is my personal statement and not that on behalf of council. I did release this on Saturday afternoon on my social media but I also wanted record of it here on my website. This is in response to recent tweets and interviews by a fellow Essex Councillor – Chris… Read More »Hate Has NO Home Here
A special council meeting has been called for a more informal discussion with council- similar to what we recently did Tuesday March 9th with Infrastructure Services. You can follow along on our You Tube Channel- Essex Ontario. Committee of the Whole Items for DiscussionTo facilitate the discussion the Presiding Officer… Read More »Notice of Special Council Meeting: Community Services Roundtable Monday, April 12, 2021 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
It has been confirmed that Cogeco’s Essex 3 project with SWIFT is on schedule with a completion date of September 30th 2022. Surveys and design are complete and permit submissions are underway with both the Town and the County. As you may know, Cogeco was also successful in obtaining funding… Read More »Let’s Chat Internet: Arner, Ambassador, Gesto, Pleasant Valley, Levergood, Belcreft, Seymour, Lypps and More!
Here is the link to our website with all the approved information from council: https://www.essex.ca/en/build/second-dwelling-units.aspx Affordable housing has reached a crisis level in our region. Council has discussed “nanny suites” several times and I am happy to announce that the report on Secondary Dwelling Units is here! The results of… Read More »Update: Zoning Bylaw Amendment for Second Dwelling Units in Detached Structures passes
Happy Easter Weekend! Council has a whooper Tuesday, the agenda is 509 pages of action. I pulled out a few highlights. See the full agenda by clicking the link below. Public Presentations Ken Knapp Ford 24: Requesting the use of Spitfire Park to host EventMoved by ____Seconded by ____That the… Read More »Agenda Tee-Up: April 6th 2021 6:00, Regular Council Meeting
Crushing news came Thursday April 1st, for our restaurants, salons and gyms. After a year of being locked down and restricted again and again- tonight they are headed into a third lockdown. Is a lockdown needed and if so why are students still going to school? Are local restaurants, gyms… Read More »The Era of Small Business Devastation
Sold by Casey! This local woman is on fire and such an inspiration to see in action. I was lucky to get the chance to have a few minutes of her time today to chat about real estate which is such a hot topic right now. I remember seeing her… Read More »Casey Harnadek- The New Agent on the Block