BARRIE, ONT. Demolition crews are dismantling the former YMCA in Barrie to make room for a proposed development. We ve seen affordability and vacancy at all-time lows across Ontario, and Barrie in particular, is in desperate need of new housing supply, and we re answering that, says Greg Jones, SkyDev president. SkyDev purchased the land on Grove Street in February to construct residential rental units. It will be three buildings. The height limit in the zoning is about 25 storeys with bottom interconnected podiums between the buildings, Jones explains. Jones expects to submit a site plan application by September. He hopes to have shovels in the ground in one year.
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BARRIE, ONT. He s been known as Lucky Tuckey after winning more than half a million dollars in lottery prizes, but after recently surviving a brain aneurysm, Todd Tuckey feels luckier than ever. The well-known Barrie businessman was getting ready for his step-daughter s 15th birthday party when he says he suddenly felt a pain in his neck. I just finished vacuuming the pool, and I was standing there looking, going I better get the lawn cut, and it was just Bam! It was like somebody just hit me in the back of the neck with a baseball bat, he says.
Emergency services personnel, along with neighbours, rush to help people as a torrential downpour hits again shortly after a tornado ripped through the south end of Barrie on Thursday, July 15 in this file photo.Kevin Lamb for BarrieToday
Barrie could know by week’s end if it qualifies for disaster relief from the July 15 tornado.
Provincial representatives toured the affected area around Mapleview Drive East and Prince William Way on Wednesday to determine if the city qualifies for Disaster Recovery Assistance for Ontarians (DRAO).
It’s a program that can help residents recover costs after a natural disaster. The province may activate DRAO for damage to private property if there’s a sudden, unexpected natural event