Along with Collingwood's waterfront area getting a makeover with The Shipyards, the town's main street, the north end of Hurontario Street, is also seeing a $7 million facelift come to fruition currently. The last plantings are going in and the last pavers are being laid in a project funded with $2 million of infrastructure stimulus funding from the federal government, $2 million from the provincial government, $2 million from the Town of Collingwood, and $1 million from the Collingwood Downtown Business Improvement Area itself. This is a main street that every town in Ontario would like to have; one with a thriving retail and restaurant scene, one with lots of heritage architecture, and one with an active BIA.

Check out what they've managed to do with it in the last year:

Collingwood's Main Street, redone last year

Construction on Collingwood's Hurontario Street

Construction on Collingwood's Hurontario Street

Collingwood's Main Street, redone last year

Collingwood's Hurontario Street

Restaurants on Hurontario Street in Collingwood

Panorama of Hurontario St in Collingwood

Dog walkers meet up outside the town hall:

Dogwalkers on the street in Collingwood

The Federal Building is one of the most impressive on the street:

The Federal Building in Collingwood

Interior of Collingwood's Federal Building

When Loblaws built a few years ago, the building was designed to fit in with the street's ambiance:

The Loblaws in Collingwood

One block to the east is the town's new offices and library. The building by WGD Architects is the first LEED Gold certified library in Ontario.

The Collingwood Library

posted: 2010-07-02 02:07:30