Community Updates

I’m incredibly excited to be hosting nine teams of post-secondary students here at City Hall tomorrow to pitch their innovative ideas on how to improve Kingston. This year we saw a surge in applications and lots of tremendous ideas come forward. These nine teams are the finalists from our post-secondary institutions who have competed to…
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Miss Council last night Kingston? Check out the latest version of From the Mayor’s Chair where I break down the decisions of Council in 2 minutes! Additional links:  Council Agenda Bill 66 7 Wright Crescent  

After several nights of budget meetings, City Council formally approved the budget for the coming year. There are a number of important investments in this year’s budget, such as improvements to Richardson Beach, advancing a new downtown parking garage at Queen and Montreal St, and more investment in affordable housing. The budget also maintains important…
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As we look forward to a new year and a new City Council term, it’s clear that housing is the number one priority around the Council table. Kingston has the lowest rental vacancy rate in the province, so it is imperative that more housing be built in our community in the years ahead. That way…
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Earlier this month, U-Haul released its annual report on migration patterns in communities across Canada. Using data from moving truck rentals, the company compared the number of one-way trips into a community versus the number of one-way trips out of a community. What they found was particularly striking for Kingston. In 2018, our city jumped…
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Miss Council last night Kingston? Check out the latest version of From the Mayor’s Chair where I break down the decisions of Council in 2 minutes! Additional links:  Council Agenda Kingston Community Brand Position  223 Princess Street  Update on Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

As we kick off a new year and a new council term, I’m very excited to launch a new and improved website where you can find more information about what’s going on in our city, and engage with me about the issues that matter to you. We have an ambitious vision to build Kingston into…
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Miss Council last night Kingston? Check out the latest version of From the Mayor’s Chair where I break down the decisions of Council in 2 minutes! Additional links:  Council Agenda Cannabis Retail Stores in Kingston  Council Strategic Planning/Priorities Setting Process  

Miss Council last night Kingston? Check out the latest version of From the Mayor’s Chair where I break down the decisionsof Council in 2 minutes! Watch it HERE Additional links:  Council agenda Ranked Ballots (New Motion 1, pg. 18) Consumption and Treatment Services – Street Health Centre