• Share Your Ideas

    Please submit your ideas below. They will be included as part of the consultation process and reviewed as we develop our recovery plan.

    You can also email your ideas to invest@barrie.ca.


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    Nathan1

    5 years ago

    FREE downtown and beach parking. This will help with local business and help with food couriers like skip

    Free Parking for downtown and beaches

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    Beth M

    5 years ago

    A facebook page devoted to local businesses by category. Something along the lines of a digital yellow pages.

    Most people don't look at the yellow pages anymore so having a guide to local businesses at your fingertips could help.

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    Geri

    5 years ago

    Policies and bylaws that promote residential sustainability

    1. Review zoning bylaws and Official Plan that allows more options for home offices and businesses. 2. Review or create bylaws that allow and promote small-scale food production like front yard vegetable gardens, greenhouses larger than 100 sq.ft and backyard hens. 3. More community allotment gardens 4. Enact a stormwater surcharge that rewards greenspace and permeable infiltration areas and rainwater collection.

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    robertinbarrie2020

    5 years ago

    Start educating people more on social media or anywhere about wearing a mask cause this is what stops the spread. Everyone needs to do this

    Everyone wearing a mask in malls and businesses.

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    robertinbarrie2020

    5 years ago

    For hair salons may be good idea for them to require customer to wear mask and to go making appointments and only so many appts per day.

    Hair cutting salons