When: 9:00 am, Sunday July 7th, 2019

Where: Muskoka Discovery Centre, Main Floor Presentation Room – 275 Steamship Bay Rd

Come one, come all to the GSLRA 2019 AGM! We will be gathering at 9:00am for coffee and snacks to meet and chat with friends and neighbours. The formal meeting will start promptly at 9:30am. 

Join us to hear about and discuss:

• The environment and water quality of our lakes
• Local Development News
• News from Around Muskoka
• Dialogue with our Councillors – Meet Mayor Kelly!
• The Election/Re-election of the Board of Directors and President

Members and non-members alike are all are invited to attend! It’s a great chance to find out what’s going on and meet your neighbours!

Check out the following article Battle between commercial vs. residential land use continues in Muskoka discussing the future of developments in Muskoka.

https://www.muskokaregion.com/news-story/9063964-battle-between-commercial-vs-residential-land-use-continues-in-muskoka/

As you may be aware in our previous post and email communications, in collaboration with 10 other lake/residents associations we participated in an interview process and review of all municipal election candidates. After due consideration, we published a list of ‘Aligned Candidates’ which we made available to our members, both active and inactive. 

Despite a voting system malfunction on election night, the results were eventually made available for Gravenhurst. Six of the candidates marked with an * below were on the list of Aligned Candidates – 86%:

• Mayor –Paul Kelly (acclaimed)
• District Councillors:
  • John Gordon*
  • Heidi Lorenz*
  • Sandy Cairns*
• Ward 1 Councillor – Penny Varney*
• Ward 2 Councillor – Joanne Morphy*
• Ward 3 Councillor – Steven Klinck (acclaimed)
• Ward 4 Councillor – Terry Pilger*
• Ward 5 Councillor – Graeme Murray