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Port Rowan groups receive $80,000 from Amplify Norfolk
The Long Point area will be the big winner for Amplify Norfolk grants next year. Norfolk County councillors on Dec. 10 voted to give Long Point Country Chamber of Commerce $40,000 to continue Sandpines Campfire Concert Series on June 28. And Long Point Country Bayfest will get $40,000 to create an annual community concert in […]
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Norfolk’s property taxes up 4.3%
By Jacob Fehr Norfolk’s Budget Committee reviewed the Proposed 2025 Levy Operating Budget and, after some amendments, recommended its adoption. The budget sees a 6.1 per cent levy increase over 2024, which will mean an average residential property tax increase of 4.3 per cent. This increase amounts to an additional $155.48 in property tax […]
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Norfolk’s marinas stay public, keep revenue
By Jacob Fehr Norfolk councillors voted to end the county’s practice of subsidizing its tax levy with surplus funds generated by Norfolk’s public marinas in Port Rowan and Port Dover. Surplus revenue will now go to the county’s marinas reserve fund with the goal of making the facilities financially self-sustaining. The marinas’ finances have […]