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The District Municipality of Muskoka (the District) has launched an online Market Rent Survey for landlords and tenants in Muskoka. The District is looking to better understand current market rental rates in Muskoka to help inform rental levels for affordable housing programs available through the District.

The Market Rent Survey is open until Friday, April 23, 2021, and is available at the following link:
https://Online-forms.muskoka.on.ca/Housing/Affordable-Housing/Rent-Market-Survey

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The District Municipality of Muskoka (the District) has initiated five new causation studies of lakes across Muskoka.  The lakes being studied are:

1. Bass Lake – Town of Gravenhurst
2. Echo Lake – Township of Lake of Bays
3. Leonard Lake – Township of Muskoka Lakes
4. Stewart Lake – Townships of Georgian Bay and Muskoka Lakes
5. Three Mile Lake – Township of Muskoka Lakes

The District has retained environmental sciences consultants and experts in community consultation to undertake the studies. In partnership...

The District of Muskoka, in partnership with the Muskoka Economic Recovery Task Force (MERTF) and the Muskoka Employment Partnership, will be hosting a virtual job fair on Thursday April 22, 2021 from 3-6 p.m.   This free event will help connect employers with job seekers ahead of the busy summer season in Muskoka.   The fair will be hosted virtually using the online events platform Hopin, which has been funded through a sponsorship from the Parry-Sound Muskoka Community Network.

“The...

The Muskoka Emergency Response Committee (MERC) is excited to launch #AlertMuskoka, an important new notification tool powered by the Voyent Alert! System.  This free community alerting app will make it easy for residents and communities across Muskoka to quickly receive important information during critical incidents and emergency situations.

By downloading the Voyent Alert! app and registering, residents and visitors can select to receive notifications from a wide variety of communication...

Recycling collection for Muskoka residents continues as normal, please continue to sort recyclables and set out on your normal collection day. 

A Request for Proposal (RFP) was recently issued for Recycling Processing and Hauling contracted services.  The deadline for submission of proposals is Monday, March 29, 2021 and the results will be considered at the Engineering and Public Works Committee on April 12, 2021.  

The RFP was developed to prepare for province-wide blue box...