What's New at Jones Consulting
We are Pleased to Announce A New Planner has Joined our Team. Lorelie Spencer, MCIP, RPP, joined our firm on January 17th as a Senior Planner. Lorelie previously worked for the Municipality of Grey Highlands and prior to that, The Town of The Blue Mountains.
 Community Involvement. In December the Jones Consulting Engineering Department were proud to participated in the CPR Holiday Train event in Vaughan and the local fund raiser for their Food Bank.
Client Survey
In December we sent out our semi-annual client survey as part of our commitment to quality assurance and continual improvement. The Jones Consulting Group values the comments from our clients and we want to thank everyone who returned their survey. Each client who returned their survey with a business card was entered into a draw and we were pleased to provide the winner, Brian Lynch of Lynch Homes with a $50.00 Keg gift certificate.
Seasons Greetings and Thanks for a Great Year
 On December 1, 2011 The Jones Consulting Group held a cocktail Party to thank our many clients for a great year. The event was held at the Flying Monkey Brewery in Barrie and we were very pleased with the turnout. A good time was had by all.
Hosted Open House
In December we hosted an Open House for a proposed residential development located at 10 & 20 Little Lake Drive, Barrie.
Preparation for the Metis, Leamington and Kingsville
In November, The Jones Consulting Group prepared a land use training module for the Metis Nation of Ontario, prepared the first draft of the Leamington Community Improvement Plan and prepared an analysis of Industrial / Commercial Zones for the Town of Kingsville.
Fall Prevention Training
Two of our field staff have been trained in Fall Prevention as required under Section 26, Ontario Regulation 213/91.
Potentially Barrie's first Suburban mixed use development
In August, The Jones Consulting Group submitted an application on behalf of Fernbrook Developments proposing Barrie's first suburban mixed use development. The project includes ground floor commercial and two storeys of residences above.
2011 Planning Excellence Award
Brandi L. Clement, Partner has won a member service award for the 2011 Planning Excellence service awards through the Ontario Professional Planners Institute.
September 2011
Little Lake Seniors Community
The Jones Consulting Group is working on the Little Lake Seniors Community as a proposed multi-faceted development offering our aging population state of the art living environments focused on healthy, active lifestyles. The completed development will offer Seniors completely independent living in both ownership and rental housing tenure, as well as varying levels of supervised living. The development will feature common space areas for activities and entertainment, as well as medical offices and associated services offering residents specialized care and healthy living assistance. Through a future association with the Local Hospital, the Little Lake Seniors Community will provide care and accommodation for those convalescing or recuperating from illness or procedure. For further information, please feel free to contact info@littlelakeseniorscommunity.com
August 2011
We have provided a planning opinion to the Town of Kingsville regarding zoning conformity for an energy from waste facility.
We completed a consolidation of the Municipality of Grey Highlands Comprehensive Zoning By-law.
June 2011
The West Lakefront Hotel and Residence
We have been retained to provide planning services for The West lakefront hotel and residences on Dunlop Street East.
March 2011
Municipality of Leamington
We have been retained by the Municipality of Leamington to prepare a Community Improvement Plan.
February 2011
Township of West Lincoln / Township of Wainfleet
We have been retained by the Township of West Lincoln and Township of Wainfleet to undertake a review of two large scale wind energy projects. |
