Community Open House 2024

Thank you to those who took the time to stop by, ask questions and chat with City and Community Service staff at our first Community Open House!

Discover Your City: Service, Community and Conversation

Date & Time: Thursday, November 7, 2024 | 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Location: Shore Rooms in the Bayshore Community Centre (1900 3rd Avenue East, Owen Sound)

Join us at this in-person event to meet your City Council representatives and staff to discuss city services. Get your questions answered directly by City staff and learn about services offered by the City. Take this chance to better understand how your city operates and access information about the services available to you.

In addition to City staff, local organizations will be on-site to share their involvement in essential services offered in our area. See the full list of participating groups below.

This event is free to attend for all ages and interests. Light refreshments will be available. The Bayshore Community Centre is an accessible building.

City Divisions & Community Organizations attending:

Community Foundation Grey Bruce
Grey Bruce Public Health
Grey County - Housing and Social Services
Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library
Owen Sound Police Services
United Way of Bruce Grey
CMHA Grey Bruce Mental Health and Addictions Services
YMCA - Settlement & Language Programs, Youth & Justice Programs, Employment Programs
City of Owen Sound
- Communications
- Community Services
  - Arena Operations
  - Building
  - Community Development & River District
  - Events/Tourism/Tom Thomson Art Gallery
  - Facility Booking and Community Programs
  - Parks and Open Space
  - Planning & Heritage
- Corporate Services
  - Clerks (Including By-law and Committees)
  - Finance
  - Human Resources
  - Purchasing
- Fire Services
- Public Works & Engineering
  - Engineering
  - Environmental Services (including Transit and Waste Services)
  - Public Works
  - Water Treatment and Distribution
  - Wastewater Treatment

Parking:
The Bayshore offers plenty of free parking on both the North and South ends of the building.

Transit:
Owen Sound Transit will be operating regular hours during the night of this event, with the last bus leaving the terminal at 6 p.m. The East Bayshore Route goes right past the Bayshore Community Centre. Please see all transit details, including the real-time tracking Transit app, on the Transit website.

Questions:
If you're unable to attend the event in person but would like to have questions answered by appropriate City staff, please email communications@owensound.ca or submit through the Questions tool below.

Thank you to those who took the time to stop by, ask questions and chat with City and Community Service staff at our first Community Open House!

Discover Your City: Service, Community and Conversation

Date & Time: Thursday, November 7, 2024 | 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Location: Shore Rooms in the Bayshore Community Centre (1900 3rd Avenue East, Owen Sound)

In addition to City staff, local organizations will be on-site to share their involvement in essential services offered in our area. See the full list of participating groups below.

This event is free to attend for all ages and interests. Light refreshments will be available. The Bayshore Community Centre is an accessible building.

City Divisions & Community Organizations attending:

Community Foundation Grey Bruce
Grey Bruce Public Health
Grey County - Housing and Social Services
Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library
Owen Sound Police Services
United Way of Bruce Grey
CMHA Grey Bruce Mental Health and Addictions Services
YMCA - Settlement & Language Programs, Youth & Justice Programs, Employment Programs
City of Owen Sound
- Communications
- Community Services
  - Arena Operations
  - Building
  - Community Development & River District
  - Events/Tourism/Tom Thomson Art Gallery
  - Facility Booking and Community Programs
  - Parks and Open Space
  - Planning & Heritage
- Corporate Services
  - Clerks (Including By-law and Committees)
  - Finance
  - Human Resources
  - Purchasing
- Fire Services
- Public Works & Engineering
  - Engineering
  - Environmental Services (including Transit and Waste Services)
  - Public Works
  - Water Treatment and Distribution
  - Wastewater Treatment

Parking:
The Bayshore offers plenty of free parking on both the North and South ends of the building.

Questions

Questions about City Services or Projects:

Get your questions answered directly by City staff and learn about current projects in Owen Sound. Take this chance to better understand how your city operates and access information about the services available to you.

Share I spoke to quite a few folk who make our city work this afternoon. It came up several times that you don’t get much positive feedback from us. I am thinking some allowance for leaving bouquets rather than complaints might be part of the website and emails? I for one am most delighted with our city, so consider yourselves praised! Sheila Barta on Facebook Share I spoke to quite a few folk who make our city work this afternoon. It came up several times that you don’t get much positive feedback from us. I am thinking some allowance for leaving bouquets rather than complaints might be part of the website and emails? I for one am most delighted with our city, so consider yourselves praised! Sheila Barta on Twitter Share I spoke to quite a few folk who make our city work this afternoon. It came up several times that you don’t get much positive feedback from us. I am thinking some allowance for leaving bouquets rather than complaints might be part of the website and emails? I for one am most delighted with our city, so consider yourselves praised! Sheila Barta on Linkedin Email I spoke to quite a few folk who make our city work this afternoon. It came up several times that you don’t get much positive feedback from us. I am thinking some allowance for leaving bouquets rather than complaints might be part of the website and emails? I for one am most delighted with our city, so consider yourselves praised! Sheila Barta link

I spoke to quite a few folk who make our city work this afternoon. It came up several times that you don’t get much positive feedback from us. I am thinking some allowance for leaving bouquets rather than complaints might be part of the website and emails? I for one am most delighted with our city, so consider yourselves praised! Sheila Barta

Sheila Barta asked 15 days ago

Thank you Sheila for the kind words and great suggestion! We'll look into this further :)
Share Since transit only runs until 6:p.m. and some who (like myself) might wish to attend but work later, how do you propose to accommodate this in future? I might be able to get there by transit if I work until 5;00. But there is no guarantee I could get home again. The transit app only allows me to use three of the routes without a subscription. I believe this is by proximity, but I'm not sure. East Bayshore I have to subscribe, so I cannot even access the info here. I'm sure there are some who would like to come, but are excluded due to lack of adequate transit service. How will you address this issue? on Facebook Share Since transit only runs until 6:p.m. and some who (like myself) might wish to attend but work later, how do you propose to accommodate this in future? I might be able to get there by transit if I work until 5;00. But there is no guarantee I could get home again. The transit app only allows me to use three of the routes without a subscription. I believe this is by proximity, but I'm not sure. East Bayshore I have to subscribe, so I cannot even access the info here. I'm sure there are some who would like to come, but are excluded due to lack of adequate transit service. How will you address this issue? on Twitter Share Since transit only runs until 6:p.m. and some who (like myself) might wish to attend but work later, how do you propose to accommodate this in future? I might be able to get there by transit if I work until 5;00. But there is no guarantee I could get home again. The transit app only allows me to use three of the routes without a subscription. I believe this is by proximity, but I'm not sure. East Bayshore I have to subscribe, so I cannot even access the info here. I'm sure there are some who would like to come, but are excluded due to lack of adequate transit service. How will you address this issue? on Linkedin Email Since transit only runs until 6:p.m. and some who (like myself) might wish to attend but work later, how do you propose to accommodate this in future? I might be able to get there by transit if I work until 5;00. But there is no guarantee I could get home again. The transit app only allows me to use three of the routes without a subscription. I believe this is by proximity, but I'm not sure. East Bayshore I have to subscribe, so I cannot even access the info here. I'm sure there are some who would like to come, but are excluded due to lack of adequate transit service. How will you address this issue? link

Since transit only runs until 6:p.m. and some who (like myself) might wish to attend but work later, how do you propose to accommodate this in future? I might be able to get there by transit if I work until 5;00. But there is no guarantee I could get home again. The transit app only allows me to use three of the routes without a subscription. I believe this is by proximity, but I'm not sure. East Bayshore I have to subscribe, so I cannot even access the info here. I'm sure there are some who would like to come, but are excluded due to lack of adequate transit service. How will you address this issue?

Wanda Fitzgerald asked 16 days ago

Thank you for your question.
We have passed along your issues with the Transit App and will follow up when we have more info (you should be able to see all four Owen Sound Transit routes without subscribing to anything in the app).
We will do our best to set up after-transit hours accommodations or options for future events.
Share I live at 142 13th Street West. I was wondering about the use of a portion of the road allowance (former Willow Street) as a parking location next to the house. on Facebook Share I live at 142 13th Street West. I was wondering about the use of a portion of the road allowance (former Willow Street) as a parking location next to the house. on Twitter Share I live at 142 13th Street West. I was wondering about the use of a portion of the road allowance (former Willow Street) as a parking location next to the house. on Linkedin Email I live at 142 13th Street West. I was wondering about the use of a portion of the road allowance (former Willow Street) as a parking location next to the house. link

I live at 142 13th Street West. I was wondering about the use of a portion of the road allowance (former Willow Street) as a parking location next to the house.

David McIntyre asked 29 days ago

Thank you for your inquiry - staff are following up on this and will get back to you soon!

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