Posts by City of Pickering

January 10, 2024: There are some falsehoods circulating on the Internet about 15-minute cities, including claims of government restrictions and limitations placed on resident movement, travel, activity and more. For planning and developing new communities, 15-minute cities simply means being able to access many of the essential services one might need, all within a 15-minute commute of home. Think pharmacy, grocery, retail, transit, and other basic services.

January 10, 2024: Staff work to seek out additional funding opportunities to help relieve the residential tax load - the Casino is one of them! Since opening in July 2021, Ontario Lottery Gaming Corporation (OLG) has issued non-tax gaming revenue payments, totaling $42,429,023, to the City of Pickering for hosting the facility, as part of its Municipal Contribution Agreement with OLG. Pickering also shares a portion of this revenue with the Region of Durham.

On exhibit in the Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Complex is "Look Up!", a temporary art installation by artist Casey Watson, courtesy of the Experience Ontario Grant.

The City is pleased to share that the artist exhibiting their work during Winter Nights, City Lights this year is Nate Nettleton and his work Epiphany. The work will be exhibited from now until January 31, 2024 in Esplanade Park, Pickering.

• Council endorses City’s first Corporate Strategic Plan
• Council receives AMO’s correspondence regarding Social and Economic Prosperity Review
• Council to introduce motion requesting amendments to Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act
• Council approves 2024 User Fees, effective January 1, 2024
• Council approves $8,753.52 grant for St. Paul’s On-The-Hill Food Bank
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• Council unanimously passes motion calling for Peace and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza
• Council endorses OPG's request to support the refurbishment of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station units 5 to 8
• City strengthens fire protection services with Automatic Aid Agreement
• Council approves 2024 Schedule of Community Festivals and Events in Esplanade Par
• Council approves consulting services for creation of Highway Access Management Plan for Highway 7
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November 14, 2023 - The City of Pickering had recently submitted two proposals to purchase Frenchman’s Bay and related land holdings from the Pickering Harbour Company, which were ultimately rejected by the seller.

With the hope of returning Frenchman’s Bay to the public realm, the City attempted to purchase 174.7 acres of Pickering Harbour Company’s water and land holdings at the foot of Liverpool Road.  When this was rejected, the City submitted a second unsuccessful proposal to acquire only the Bay itself (the submerged real estate).

The City of Pickering is celebrating frontline workers and first responders through two new murals currently installed at Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Complex (CHDRC). Artists connected with first-responders and sought out feedback from the community for their artworks.

The public art piece named “You Can Never Close Nature” by Artist FATSPATROL (Fathima Mohiuddin) in partnership with Mural Routes, and is located at the exterior wall of West Shore Community Centre, 1011-1015 Bayly Street, Pickering and on a couple of the concrete walls at the West Shore Skate Spot. FATSPATROL’s final design was created with the help of the West Shore community and is reflective of the neighborhood and the recreational activities that take place in this location. The mural includes themes and images of the diverse natural environment that coexist in the West Shore community.

The City of Pickering is celebrating the iconic Canadian Author Lucy Maud Montgomery and her many connections to the Durham Region. Two original murals have been created by artist Meegan Lim thanks to a Government of Canada investment through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) as part of the Tourism Relief Fund.