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he 2024 Home and Cottage Expo will be held at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre and JD McArthur Arena on Saturday, May 11, and Sunday, May 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Arbor Day Foundation and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations have recognized Owen Sound as a Tree City of the World for 2023.

Annual Emergency Preparedness Week takes place May 5 - 11 and aims to increase awareness of individual and family preparedness across Canada.

The City of Owen Sound will be performing annual fire hydrant flushing between now and September. 

The City of Owen Sound is pleased to announce its support for the transformative initiative to develop the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin into a leading example of a blue-green economic corridor. 

The City of Owen Sound will be performing sidewalk pressure washing and street sweeping operations in the River District on Thursday, May 2, and Friday, May 3 starting at 4 a.m. each day. 

Council has given the green light to a pilot project fostering collaboration between the City of Owen Sound and the Township of Georgian Bluffs, enabling us to jointly manage Building Services.

On Saturday, May 4, the River District will host the inaugural Brightshores Ball Hockey “Cellybration,” a 3-on-3 Ball Hockey Tournament in support of local healthcare.

Construction on the 900 block of 1st Avenue East (from the north entrance at 10th Street East to the north side of The Sydenham Condominium building) as part of the Downtown River Precinct (DRP) Phase 2 is set to begin this week and is scheduled to end in September 2024.