NEWS RELEASE
TOWN OF COLLINGWOOD
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The town is pleased to offer some exciting engagement opportunities for community members, including a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enter for a chance to tour the Collingwood Grain Terminals with Mayor Hamlin and for the creative minds, you could caption the tagline on the next Collingwood Museum terminals-themed T-shirt.
Engagement opportunities
- Come chat with members of council, project staff, and representatives from Streetcar/Dream this Saturday, Aug. 17 at the Collingwood Downtown Farmers’ Market and learn more about the project, including the public engagement process overview. The public engagement process overview includes what the project is about, how, when, and who will be consulted, a project timeline, and how the project is being funded.
- Collingwood Grain Terminals tour with the mayor: Enter for a chance to tour the Collingwood Grain Terminals with Mayor Hamlin. Experience the facility from the inside and learn about its historic operation.
How to enter: Submit your entry and answer a skill-testing question in one of three ways:
- In person at the Aug. 17 farmers’ market between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m.
- In person at town hall between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday until noon, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024
- Online at Engage Collingwood — Terminals Point page until noon, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024
The tour will be on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, during one of three time periods filled on a first-confirmed basis. (10 a.m. to 11 a.m., 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.)
Ten entries of individuals who accurately answered the skill-testing question on the entry form will be selected at random live on the radio on The Peak FM on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. by Mayor Hamlin.
View the full terms and conditions of this opportunity.
- Caption this T-shirt: The Collingwood Museum is designing a new terminals-themed T-shirt, following the success of the Get Your Ship Together shirt. For the new terminals-themed T-shirt, museum staff are looking for a caption.
How to submit your caption idea:
- In person at the Aug. 17 farmers’ market between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m.
- In person at town hall between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday until 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9, 2024
- Online at Engage Collingwood — Terminals Point page until 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9, 2024
The winner will receive a free T-shirt with the new design and their slogan.
About the project
The Collingwood Grain Terminals have a long history in our community. They are highly prominent and iconic. They have been unused since 1993, and for years, many have been wondering about their future.
Since 2019, town council has been taking action to consider the options to revitalize the terminals. The costs for the town to revitalize the terminals are more than taxpayers can afford. As such, council approved entering a private-sector partnership, which opens the door for the town to do more for the community. It achieves three critical goals:
- It ensures the town maintains ownership of most of the lands.
- It gives the town authority to set expectations and hold private partners to account.
- It brings greater value for taxpayers’ dollars because it leverages private investment to upgrade and enhance public spaces and meet community needs.
Based on community input, council approved a set of 16 guiding principles to form the basis of a partnership. In 2021, town staff went to tender to find a potential partner to work with the town on the revitalization project.
In August 2022, Streetcar and Dream was chosen as the successful company for this partnership because their proposed vision had the greatest alignment with the guiding principles.
For more information on this project learn more and subscribe for project updates at engage.collingwood.ca/collingwood-grain-terminals.
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