Info about holiday programming (including New Year's Eve), ice rinks, and winter maintenance. Plus updates on the transit hubs, and student field trip transit passes, and encouraging people to use the Sadlon Arena parking lot.
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Staff Memos
🎅🕓 Holiday Programming and Facility Hours
Staff memo from D. Bell, Director of Recreation and Culture Services
Activities for residents over the holidays, throughout the City's recreational and cultural facilities, plus holiday hours from December 24 - January 1
❄️🚜 Sand and Salt Optimization for Winter Maintenance Operations
Staff memo from D. Friary, Director of Operations, regarding the sand and salt optimization for winter maintenance operations for the 2022-23 season
⛸🏒 Outdoor Artificial Ice Surface Season Openings
Staff memo from K. Datema, manager of Recreation and Culture Facilities
Pleasure skating at City Hall opens December 10, weather permitting, 10am-10pm daily
Hockey skating at Will Dwyer Park (formerly Centennial Park South) will be open the week of December 12, 10am-10pm daily
Natural ice rinks will open as weather permits
🚍🚏 Allandale and Downtown Transit Mobility Hubs
Staff memo from N. Calder, Facilities Project Manager
An update on the progress of building an inter-regional transit hub within the Allandale area and a downtown Mini Hub to host transit services and connections
🥳🎆 New Years Eve Programming
Staff memo from S. Lee Young, Manager of Recreation and Culture Programming and Special Events
The Downtown Countdown will be a free evening of fun and entertainment, starting at 6pm outside City Hall
There will be two fireworks displays over Kempenfelt Bay
🚌🧑🏫 Barrie Transit and Local School Board Programs Update
Staff memo from T. Green, Supervisor of Compliance and Customer Service
Barrie Transit and the Simcoe County Student Transportation Consortium (SCSTC) are working to reinstate both the Barrie Transit Field Trip Pass program and the Secondary School Field Trip Pass pilot.
Correspondence
🚗🚙 Parking for Sadlon Arena
City encourages visitors to Sadlon Arena to use the north parking lot, when possible
⛸🏊 Recreation and Culture Activities Over the Holiday Season
City offers recreation and culture activities over the holiday season – activities include free skates and swims, and events for seniors and youth
🥳🎆 Barrie Ringing in 2023
Barrie will ring in 2023 with Sloan as a headliner and Splash 'n' Boots as children's performer
