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CTV News
4 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Name chosen for new Oro-Medonte public school set to open this fall
Horseshoe Heights PS is located at 739 Horseshoe Valley Road, next to Horseshoe Valley Memorial Park on Line 4 North in Oro-Medonte. A new elementary school in Oro-Medonte officially has a name: Horseshoe Heights Public School. The Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) approved the name during a Board of Trustees meeting earlier this week. According to SCDSB, naming the new school involved extensive community consultation, with families, students and residents invited to suggest names to reflect the surrounding environment, the area's history, and the diversity of the future school community. 'One hundred unique name submissions were received,' the board noted. Horseshoe Heights is located at 739 Horseshoe Valley Road beside Horseshoe Valley Memorial Park, and is set to open in the fall.
BBC News
20-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Center Parcs reveals flythrough of Scottish site near Hawick
A computer-generated flythrough video of plans for the first Center Parcs holiday village in Scotland has gone on show in the company is holding its fourth and final community consultation in Hawick, ahead of submitting a formal planning application for the £400m Parcs wants to build 700 lodges and accompanying tourist facilities on a site to the north of the town - creating about 1,200 jobs.A two-day open event to see the latest on its plans - including a 3D model - is being held at Hawick Rugby Club. An updated masterplan of the proposed village is being presented along with the flythrough were also set be present on both days to discuss the planning application in the planning application is submitted it will be advertised and comments can be made directly to the council as part of the decision-making process. Plans for the park were first revealed in November last year and there have been a string of public consultation events since have been voiced about the loss of usable farmland and also that visitors to the village might not venture into surrounding has prompted questions about the wider economic benefits for the Borders as a the company has said that many people who book three or four-night stays with them at other sites then go on to "explore the area as well". Colin McKinlay, chief executive of Center Parcs, said it was "fantastic" to share their vision for the site in a new way."The flythrough video and 3D model really help bring the plans to life and add to the real sense of anticipation that has been evident at recent consultation events," he said."It's one thing to describe what we're hoping to build, but seeing it laid out visually captures the ambition of what we're planning."He said the company had worked hard to ensure its proposals reflected the feedback it had received from the community.
