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:
Dog walkers meet up outside the town hall:
The Federal Building is one of the most impressive on the street:
When Loblaws built a few years ago, the building was designed to fit in with the street's ambiance:
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.
posted: 2010-07-02 02:07:30