The Town of The Blue Mountains would like to inform the public that trees slated for removal within the boundaries of the Thornbury West Phase 1B Reconstruction project are scheduled to be marked this week.
The Town of The Blue Mountains is pleased to announce that the municipality has received $10,000 through Tree Canada’s “Treemendous Communities” grant. The funds have been awarded to support a tree planting project at Nipissing Ridge Park in Craigleith.
The Town of The Blue Mountains is pleased to announce that 60 new trees will be planted along Victoria Street South, Louisa Street West and in the new Beaver Street Parkette as part of the Thornbury West Phase 1A Reconstruction Project. The plantings include 15 different species specifically chosen
The Town of The Blue Mountains would like to advise the public that the Town will be providing relief from the provisions of the Town’s Long Grass and Noxious Weeds By-law for the month of May 2023 (“No Mow May”).
The Town of The Blue Mountains would like to provide notice to rural residents of changes to the Town’s annual Wild Chervil Management Strategy.
The Town of The Blue Mountains encourages members of the community to participate in Pitch-In Canada Week, taking place from April 16 to April 22, 2023.
Pitch-In Canada Week encourages participants to pick up litter from parks, trails, shorelines and public spaces throughout their community during the week leading up to Earth Day on Saturday, April 22, 2023.
The Town of The Blue Mountains would like to invite residents to attend a celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new fish culvert that has been installed in the Little Beaver River by the Beaver River Watershed Initiative.
The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 22, 2023, on the Georgian Trail west of Lansdowne Street N in Thornbury. The rain date for the event is Sunday, April 23, 2023, at 11:00 a.m.
The Town of The Blue Mountains would like to advise the public that a pre-recorded video presentation regarding the Town-wide Drainage Master Plan Environmental Assessment is now available on the Town's project page. A comment sheet has also been posted for the public to share their feedback and comments.
The Town of The Blue Mountains is partnering with TreeTrust TBM and the Thornbury-Clarksburg Rotary Club to hold two tree planting events on Saturday, September 24, 2022. All members of the public are invited to attend or volunteer at the events.
The event will see more than twenty-five large, eight-foot-tall trees planted at two locations in the Town. The first tree planting will take place at Heritage Park at 118 Kandahar Lane beginning at 10 a.m. The second tree planting will start at 2 p.m. at Delphi Point Park located at 209233 Highway 26.
The Town of The Blue Mountains would like to advise community organizations that the Town’s Environmental Sustainability Fund is now accepting applications.
This fund has an allocation of $5,000 that will be split between the successful applications which demonstrate a clear goal of advancing environmental sustainability within the Town.