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LETTER: Don't like downtown window display? Keep walking

LETTER: Don't like downtown window display? Keep walking

'Are we that delicate that we can’t stand to look at ourselves?' reader asks
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LETTER: Downtown patio program, Art Walks 'a real joy'

LETTER: Downtown patio program, Art Walks 'a real joy'

Downtown artists benefited from street closures that 'livened up the street and gave people something special to do,' reader says
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LETTER: A solution to the short-term rental problem already exists

LETTER: A solution to the short-term rental problem already exists

Solution is already in place; 'We just need Council with the decency and the courage to ensure that our existing zoning bylaw is enforced,' says letter writer
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LETTER: Resident says no need for patio program now that restrictions are lifted

LETTER: Resident says no need for patio program now that restrictions are lifted

Issue is not about eating outside as most people enjoy that, but it's about whether it's beneficial to city, as a whole, to block off the main street, says letter writer
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LETTER: Plan for return of passenger rail not running on time

LETTER: Plan for return of passenger rail not running on time

The alternate railway connecting North Bay to Toronto - by way of Orillia and Barrie - was abandoned in the mid 1990s, meaning train service to GTA is off the rails
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LETTER: Downtown tenant says patio program 'terrible' for family

LETTER: Downtown tenant says patio program 'terrible' for family

Resident said she was 'disappointed' to see program scaled back, but 'with no security ... and little accountability ... maybe it's time to reassess the program'
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LETTERS: DOMB 'shooting themselves in their collective feet'

LETTERS: DOMB 'shooting themselves in their collective feet'

OrilliaMatters has received a flood of letters — including from these seven citizens — expressing disappointment over downtown patio decision
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LETTER: Former DOMB chair 'disturbed by negative responses' about patio decision

LETTER: Former DOMB chair 'disturbed by negative responses' about patio decision

'Maybe with more support from the citizens of Orillia the DOMB would be able to please even more people,' says past board chair
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LETTER: Short-term rentals posing long-term problems

LETTER: Short-term rentals posing long-term problems

'Short-term rentals are the single biggest threat that our residential neighbourhoods have ever faced,' says frustrated Oro-Medonte resident
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LETTERS: Downtown's 'See You on the Patio' decision sparks outrage

LETTERS: Downtown's 'See You on the Patio' decision sparks outrage

These four letter writers express anger and frustration over DOMB's move to dramatically scale back popular See You on the Patio program
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