<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Good Day,<div><br></div><div>Two things:</div><div><br></div><div><b>1) Countryside Line Designation -</b> Below is an e-mail from the folks at Hold The Line regarding the proposal coming before Waterloo Regional Council tomorrow from Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe to protect an equivalent amount of land within the Countryside Line that the Provincial Government has forced to be removed and developed. Hopefully you can use Hold The Line's automatic e-mail form to send an e-mail to Regional Councillors and Mayors to support this initiative to reinforce our Countryside Line. Further details are below and you can use the following link to send your supportive e-mail:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://petition.town/?campaign=uphold-the-countryside-line">https://petition.town/?campaign=uphold-the-countryside-line</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>2) Today! - GREN & Waterloo Region Environmental Groups Summer BBQ and Potluck at Sunfish Lake - </b>A reminder that tonight at 5pm is a short GREN Meeting in-person (outdoors) at Sunfish Lake followed by a potluck supper and campfire at 6pm with other environmental organizations from around our Grand River watershed.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Kyra from Climate Action WR has set-up a Perfect Potluck website where you can sign up for a variety of dishes or list what you would like to bring - <a href="https://www.perfectpotluck.com/TBCH3949">https://www.perfectpotluck.com/TBCH3949</a></div><div><br></div><div>Details are as follows:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Time & Date: </b>Tuesday, August 29th - GREN meeting at starting at 5 PM, Social event and potluck dinner at 6 PM</div><div><br></div><div><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Location:</b> Thomason Residence Sunfish lake - 1115 Cedar Grove Road, Waterloo (map attached below). Call for directions at 519-888-0519 if needed.</div><div><br></div><div><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Details: </b>Go for a swim or canoeing, we will have a campfire as it gets into the evening and we can make it fun with a potluck where everyone brings some sort of food to share. </div><div><br></div><div>If you are able to drive people or interested in joining a carpool please let me know.</div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Please bring a jacket and lawn chair if you have one. Please also RSVP if you can join us. Hope to see you soon!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Kevin.</div><div>
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<div><br></div><div><b>1) Hold The Line E-mail - Speak Up for The Countryside Line:</b></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hold the Line <connect@holdthelinewr.org><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>🚨 Today: Stand up for the Countryside Line</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">August 28, 2023 at 12:08:29 PM EDT</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hold the Line <connect@holdthelinewr.org><br></span></div><br><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><center style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); 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direction: ltr;">Tell Regional Council: Don’t give up on the Countryside Line</h1><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;">We’ll get right to the point: the Countryside Line was breached when the Ontario government forced an urban expansion into a farm in southwest Kitchener. But there’s something we can do about it. We’re asking Regional Council to re-designate an equivalent amount of land — 70 hectares — from urban to rural.</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;">The province’s decision was done with no consultation, and against the wishes of Waterloo Region residents and council. We had just affirmed the importance of the Countryside Line in our new official plan. This is the first time the countryside line has been breached, without protecting an equivalent amount of new rural land.</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;"><strong>Waterloo Region Council is meeting on Wednesday, August 30th</strong> to discuss protecting an equivalent amount of land, and continuing to uphold our Countryside Line. <a href="https://holdthelinewr.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7aeade313098fa5153a8070fd&id=ea1f1d187f&e=5e4001baf9" target="_blank" style="word-break: break-word; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; 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