CP Scoop - March 21st, 2024

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MUNICIPAL NEWS

Carleton Place Public Library – Seed Library

Spring is here, and that means it's time to open the Carleton Place Public Library Seed Library!

What is a Seed Library? The Seed Library is a free community resource offering vegetable, herb, and flower seeds. “Borrow” seeds from the library in the Spring, plant and grow them, and then return the seeds from your harvest to the library in the Fall.

How to use the Seed Library

1. Visit the library and browse the available seeds. You can find out what seed varieties are available through the library catalogue.

2. Select your seeds and bring them to our Circulation Desk. No library card required! We recommend a maximum of ten seed packs.

3. Plant, grow, and harvest! Browse our catalogue for information and inspiration on different types of gardening.

4. Save your seeds and donate them back to the library.

5. Tell a friend! The more people donating seeds to the library, the more robust this community resource will be.

Seeds are limited, so please only take what you need.

Council and Committee of the Whole Meetings

The Town of Carleton Place Council will hold its Council and Committee of the Whole meetings in-person at the Carleton Place Town Hall (175 Bridge Street) and via live stream, on Tuesday, March 26th, 2024, starting at 6:00 p.m. The agenda and associated documents for the meetings are available on the Town’s website. Members of the public can view the meeting online via Zoom or a live stream on the Town Hall Facebook page.

Carleton Place FoodCycler Spring Promotion

Purchase a highly subsidized FoodCycler between now and March 31st, 2024, and receive a free refill of carbon filters!

The Town of Carleton Place has partnered with Food Cycle Science to implement a waste diversion Pilot Program by offering a FoodCycler™ at a reduced rate to interested residents. The FoodCycler™ is an electric appliance that offers in-home, countertop processing of food waste.  

We are offering two (2) different model options: the FC-30 model and the Eco 5 model. There is a chart on our website at www.carletonplace.ca/foodcycler which can help you decide which model would be better for your household. The cost to the resident for the FC-30 model is $150 plus HST and the cost for the Eco 5 model is $255.56 plus HST. 

If you would like to purchase a FoodCycler as part of the Town’s Pilot Program, please visit the FoodCycler page on the Town’s website at www.carletonplace.ca/foodcycler and submit the application form. Once your registration has been received, the Program Administrator will contact you via email to go over details on ordering and receiving the unit. The units will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

 

PROVINCIAL NEWS

Ontario Investing Over $1.8 Billion to Build More Homes - New housing-enabling infrastructure funding will help municipalities get shovels in the ground

The Ontario government is investing more than $1.8 billion in housing-enabling infrastructure funding to help build at least 1.5 million homes by 2031. This funding includes $1 billion for the new Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program and $625 million more for the Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund, bringing its total funding to $825 million. This new funding complements existing and ongoing provincial investments in housing- and community-enabling infrastructure, including the $1.2 billion Building Faster Fund, the original $200 million investment in the Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund and the investment of nearly $2 billion for the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund since 2021–22.

 

OTHER NEWS

Carleton Place vs. Arnprior - Face Off in March Madness of Small Towns on Chez 106! 

Carleton Place Tourism would like to thank everyone who answered the call and voted in the last bracket of the Biggs & Barr Show's March Madness of Small Towns on Chez 106. Carleton Place made it through the top 16 and is now fighting it out in the top 8 bracket of small towns. We kindly ask that you take two (2) minutes to vote for Carleton Place again, as we face the Town of Arnprior! You have until midnight tonight to vote! Remind your neighbours! 

Click here to vote: https://contests.chez106.com/p/973666

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