YMCA to have $5 million funding gap even if city council approves requested $2.5 million
YMCA is already getting $2.5 million from Simcoe County, a part of that is funded by Barrie taxpayers, and around $30 million from the provincial government.
YMCA is already getting $2.5 million from Simcoe County, a part of that is funded by Barrie taxpayers, and around $30 million from the provincial government.
It is just half of the total payment. The other half of the payment will come from Tourism Barrie. The motion was passed by the divided council by six to five votes.
Before colonization, Indigenous people prospered near Lake Simcoe. 1909 book A history of Simcoe County details their forceful removal to unproductive land.