1) City Recognizes October As Circular Economy Month And October 16 To 22 As Waste Reduction Week. [*Note from Patricia: Unfortunately this notice came out last Sunday… after the announcements were published Friday evening]
2) City Of Barrie Conducts Phone Survey As Part Of 2024 Budget Campaign
1) City Recognizes October As Circular Economy Month And October 16 To 22 As Waste Reduction Week. [*Note from Patricia: Unfortunately this notice came out last Sunday… after the announcements were published Friday evening]
News ReleasePublished: Oct 17th, 2023
News release – the City of Barrie
The City of Barrie is working with Oraclepoll Research to conduct a statistically valid phone survey of residents to gather feedback on key questions related to the 2024 Business Plan & Budget.
The phone survey will start this week and include 1,000 Barrie residents from all 10 Wards (both cellular and landlines). The survey will take an estimated 5 – 7 minutes to complete and if residents receive a call, they are encouraged to take the time to provide feedback. Results will be shared with Council as part of the 2024 Business Plan & Budget deliberations. All individual responses will be kept confidential, and respondents won’t be asked to give any personal information including payment or banking information.
In addition to the phone survey, residents can share their priorities through the City’s 2024 Budget online surveys, which opened on September 25. The online surveys ask residents to provide feedback on major services included in the City’s annual operating budget and the Service Partner budgets. Feedback provided through the online surveys must be received by Friday, October 20 to be shared with City Council during the 2024 Business Plan and Budget deliberations.
Subject to Council’s discussions, the City Services portion of the 2024 Business Plan & Budget is scheduled to be approved on December 6, 2023. Service Partner 2024 budgets are scheduled to be approved February 14, 2024.
To learn more and share your feedback through the online surveys, visit www.buildingbarrie.ca/2024budget.
2) City Of Barrie Conducts Phone Survey As Part Of 2024 Budget Campaign
News Release Courtesy of Barrie360.com: Published: Oct 15th, 2023
News release – the City of Barrie
The City of Barrie is recognizing circular economy month in October, and October 16 to 22 as Waste Reduction Week with events happening in the Barrie community throughout the week, hosted in partnership with the Barrie Public Library.
The City of Barrie supports a circular economy: a system where the life cycles of products and items are extended and kept in circulation longer through activities such as reusing, repairing, refurbishing, repurposing or recycling. With this approach, waste is minimized; resources are maximized. One way the City supports a circular economy is by educating residents around decision-making with regard to waste.
The following events are happening in the Barrie community as part of Waste Reduction Week:
October 16: “Circular Economy Monday”
- Check out a display with books all about the circular economy and reducing waste at the Barrie Public Library Downtown Branch (60 Worsley St.); all day during operating hours.
October 17: “Textiles Tuesday”
- “Learn How to Mend by Hand” at the Barrie Public Library Downtown Branch (60 Worsley St.); from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn how to sew on a button, hem a pair of pants, repair a ripped seam or even make a quilt block all by hand.
October 18: “E-Waste Wednesday”
- Experts from the City’s Environmental Sustainability team will be attending Family Fright Fest to demonstrate composting with worms. The event takes place at Sadlon Arena (555 Bayview Drive) from 4 to 8 p.m.
October 19: “Plastics Thursday”
- Learn about how we can replace single-use plastics at home, school and work. Experts from the City’s Environmental Sustainability team will demonstrate items you can use. Let’s rethink and reduce our plastics use! Held at the Barrie Public Library Downtown Branch (60 Worsley St.) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Learn more about how the City is supporting a circular economy at barrie.ca/CircularEconomy. Visit barrie.ca/RethinkWaste for information and tips on how you can play a role in the circular economy.
Key facts:
- Like many other municipalities, Barrie continues to generate more waste every year. The more waste generated means the more the City must manage, which impacts the natural environment, increases costs and fills up the landfill.
- Fostering a circular economy means finding creative ways to make items, using things in new ways, or returning items for reuse. Examples include repairing or sharing things instead of throwing them out.
- The annual campaign for Waste Reduction Week in Canada began in 2001 by the Circular Innovation Council, a national, not-for-profit. In 2022, building on twenty years of success delivering Waste Reduction Week in Canada, the Circular Innovation Council launched Circular Economy Month, an expanded program to amplify Canada’s knowledge of the circular economy.
Patricia is the Business Mentor and owner of Grow Vantage and a Past President of the Barrie Chamber of Commerce. She applies over 30 years of business experience (from start-up to corporate) to mentor entrepreneurs. Since 2011, she has held over 6,500 coaching and training sessions in-person and online. Through Ask For Directions Training, her entrepreneurial training program (and parent company Grow Vantage), and as a business coach, she works with start-ups who are new (or who have lost traction) to design, launch and grow their businesses. Along with 20 other expert instructors she teaches strategies in marketing, sales, communications, and finance, as well as practical techniques to increase productivity, and manage their businesses. In other words, everything entrepreneurs need to learn to grow and run their businesses successfully, and avoid the costly mistakes they can't even see coming - that lead to delays in growth and getting stuck.
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