2018 promises to be an exciting year for Grey Highlands!  According to”Business Outlook 2018″, a special publication of the Owen Sound Sun Times, and Mayor Paul McQueen, Grey Highlands residents can expect some significant and positive changes in the coming years.  Among the community building projects residents can look forward to:

• an increase in construction due to a higher number of building permits being granted

• the replacement of the aging Beavercrest Community School building and create 2 new childcare spaces

• new roofs for the Markdale library, Rocklyn arena and Flesherton Pond pavilion

• a new rugged terrain vehicle for Fire and Emergency Services and expansion of Fire Station 1, Flesherton

• new trucks and equipment for use by the municipality’s Transportation Dept.

• replacing the Markdale water tower

• water and sewer work on County Road 12

• plans for more than 1,000 newly developed homes

• plans for a Tim Horton’s and a Sobey’s Superstore

• $44,000 in funding grants from the province to be put towards the revitalization of downtown Markdale

• plans for development of hazardous waste collection system and options for handling kitchen/garden waste