All Posts Tagged With: "sustainability plan"
City To Assess Walkability With Walk Friendly Ontario
Kingston will assess its walkability this fall as a pilot city with the Walk Friendly Ontario initiative. The City, prompted by KFL&A Public Health, is one of five Ontario municipalities to have signed on for the WALK Friendly pilot project. “As a council, we passed a resolution that strives to make Kingston Canada’s most sustainable [...]
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Weekly Poll: Achieving One-Bag Per Household
Starting the week of September 10th, local households will only be permitted to place one bag of garbage out for curbside pickup (exceptionally two bags are allowed immediately following New Year’s Day, Victoria Day and Labour Day). Each additional bag will require a $2 bag tag, which you can conveniently purchase online via the City [...]
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Kingstonist’s Challenge #43: 100 Mile Diet
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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Rain Barrels To Be Home-delivered – While They Last
Starting today, Utilities Kingston will once again offer 1000 rain barrels for sale to its customers (Utilities Kingston account holders only) – while quantities last. Rain barrels can be ordered by calling 613-546-0000. The barrels will be delivered to customers’ homes. No delivery appointment is required, and customers do not need to be home to [...]
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Kingstonist’s Challenge # 25: Hold the Meat
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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Kingstonist’s Challenge # 24: Waste Management
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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Hall Monitor: Making Room on the Patio
Once again, our elected officials took to the halls of city hall for meeting 12-2012 of Kingston City Council. You can find the agenda and addeds from last night on the city’s website. Ah, spring. The season of birds, the season of flowers, and the time of the year when people begin looking forward to summer [...]
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Kingstonist’s Challenge # 23: Tune-Up Your Bicycle
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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Hall Monitor: Goes To School
Our elected officials took to the halls of city hall again last night for meeting 08-2012 of Kingston City Council. You can also find the agenda and addeds from last night on the city’s website. In short, our council did a lot of spending, and a lot of deferring and referring. We kicked the night [...]
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Public Input Wanted On Breakwater Park Design
Breakwater Park – the park that runs along the waterfront between Beverley and Barrie streets – will be the focus of an upcoming public meeting on how to enhance this great public space to further encourage active living. The workshop-style meeting, to be run by active transportation expert Gil Penalosa of 8-80 Cities, is set [...]
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