Dear Members,

 

It has been an interesting winter for us in our cottage country. We had an early freeze up in December and then almost lost the ice over the New Year. January has been a good month for sledding and the recent snowfalls should be good for the spring run-off.  We hope you have faired well, and are beginning to think of another summer in Cottage Country.

 

Last year was an important time for us in Honey Harbour, the pre-election canvassing brought together residents and cottagers to focus on the deficiencies of the retiring Council and to back candidates likely to promote our vision of the future for Honey Harbour. The resulting election has put in place a strong Council who we are confident will respect the wishes of the electorate and will run the Township in a more transparent and accountable manner.  We do need to continue to maintain the visibility, input and support that we have over the past several months.  This council welcome this involvement and we owe it to ourselves to put this effort forward.  Volunteers are most welcome.

 

Over the past year several public meetings were held to provide input to a “Master Plan and Guidelines” for the future development of the Hamlet of Honey Harbour. As you know, we already have a ”Honey Harbour Neighbourhood Plan” which defines the planning policies for development and use of the  larger geography of Honey Harbour.  The meetings were well attended, with good opportunities to make our voices heard, and this lay to rest many concepts that seemed to come out of “left field” and that we found disturbing.  The proposal stage reports have been reasonably encouraging, we await the final report for our final comments.  Detail of the Master Plan for Honey Harbour can be found on the township web site.

 

There is always much work to be done. We are a volunteer organization, we need your active participation in these and other initiatives. We would be pleased to hear from anyone with a love for Honey Harbour who would like to assist us in any way. We would be even more pleased to have you join us on the Board.

 

We hope to see you for the AGM at the Schoolhouse, or at one of our social events or just round and about. We wish you a safe and enjoyable “Cottage” season.

 

Best wishes,

 

Al