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The 'Beach Bite' crew created a fun & festive theme at the Beach Bar, to welcome the hundreds who attended the 'Christmas in July' fundraising event.

It was a beautiful, sunny & warm Thursday when the fun started at the Beach Bar, overlooking the world's longest freshwater beach. The volunteers and members of the Beach Bite team had worked all day to decorate with a fun, summer look Christmas theme. A huge inflatable Snow Man stood at the front “waving” to the beach goers on the sand. The fun kicked of early evening with live music from The Beach One Band, plus the talented performer and DJ Johnny McGlone.

The band and DJ donated their time and talents for this fundraising event, and a large table piled high with give-aways and prizes that were donated from local businesses was set up. Santa of course dropped by, accompanied by some elves, and was busy greeting as many cheerful folks as he could.

Wasaga Beach residents arrived for the fun, as the Beach Bite ladies at the gate were also welcoming many tourists from out of town who just had to come and enjoy the unique atmosphere of “Christmas in July”. All were wowed by the view, overlooking the beach, the bay and of course none were disappointed with another amazing Wasaga Beach sunset. The great entertainment kept people dancing all evening long.

It truly was a great evening of fun for all who attended, and was a great success as a fundraiser for the Wasaga Beach Ministerial Food Bank. Over $4,500.00 was raised by this fun loving, dedicated and hard working Beach Bite crew, and we thank them and all who volunteered their time, effort and services to make this happen, perhaps the biggest party of the summer!

Joe Bickerstaff

Cruisin' On Down The Road

There's never enough time to do all the events our Event Coordinator has for us.

Started the season off with Lilac tour with lunch in Primrose Corners in June. The club had a couple of seniors' home tours and although The Fun Run was a little damp, the day turned out to be a great success.

July was a great month for the car show crowd. Our Monday night show at The Cruisers Corner in Stonebridge Town Centre have been over the top every week. Right from the start of the season, Sherri's crew have been keeping the 200 plus vehicles & owners happy with prizes, music and with the help of our Gate Keeper of the week and his volunteers. It's been a blast so far.

CouncilAwardsRFPto Re-ImagineandRe-Develop WasagaBeach's IconicBeachfrontto FRAMBuildingGroup

Project expected to transform beachfront commercial area, advance sustainable, mixed-use urban planning approach and breathe new life into Town's tourism sector

The Town of Wasaga Beach is taking the next step to re-imagine its iconic beachfront and breathe new life into its community and economy. Today Council voted in support of a staff recommendation to award an RFP to redevelop its beachfront commercial area to multi-award-winning development firm, FRAM Building Group.

The project is expected to introduce innovative, mixed-use planning approaches to the community, contribute significantly to the transformation of Wasaga Beach's local economy and change the landscape of the beachfront commercial area for generations to come.

Now that the RFP has been awarded, a second public meeting will be organized in the fall, where FRAM will be introduced to residents, present initial design concepts and begin to engage the community in a collaborative design process.

Gathering of the Classics

We are only mid season with The Gathering of The Classics August 12 , wow what a day at the Edanvalle Areodrome. Our Classic Vehicles make a great a complement to the classic aircraft. The Edanvale Classic Aircraft Foundation had asked The Wasaga Beach Cruisers to host the car show portion of the show. It was our pleasure to help out the museum. A fantastic job done by members & volunteers. We will be back next year.

Many car shows where attended this past month by our members. Saturday July 15 at Lindsay Airport show Club member Louise Johnson's 1937 Plymouth, aka “Blue Thunder”, won Top Pick of the Day and on Sunday July16 at Lindsay Classic on Kent for top car of the day pre-1960. Nice going Louise.

The Cruisers had two senior home visits and a Mystery Tour Dinner in the space of 6 days. Very busy week.

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What great feeling you get when the Club visits seniors! August 2 , the cruisers gathered at Cruisers Corner in Stonebridge and set off for Villa Care Center in Midland. The day was perfect. Hot dogs and drinks were supplied by the staff. Some seniors coming out to the parking lot actually had tears of the memories of past. This is one of the things that makes this club unique. Always a pleasure to do. Afterwards the members shuffled off to Mom's Restaurant for some amazing food and service.

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Norm and Brian held a Mystery Tour Dinner on August 3 . The cruise over to Ramara was a real pleasurable drive, taking about an hour or so to Rama resort for a short rest stop and the next set of directions. From there we set off up the road a couple of miles to Tail Winds restaurant. The service, the food and venue was wonderful. We left the restaurant and made it home before the skies opened up and poured more rain again.

The Grey Hair Tour

By the time you read this article The Cruiser's Grey Hair Tour will be over. It's a two day tour at Port Elgin area this year with two stops for garage tours on the way. Arriving in Port Elgin and getting settled in, dinner is out at one of the local golf courses. Special guest was be Steve Plunkett who has brought along his V12 Cadillac Phaeton. Yes, that is a bit of awesome. (Pictures next month.)

Second day cruising to some area sites and dinner in Chatsworth where Charlie “The Wolfman” has his trailer for dinner supplied by the Campground owners. What a great night. Then back to our motels with a night cruise. Friday brings us to saddle up and head home. I will be including pictures on our web page and Facebook soon.

Have a great and safe summer cruisin' on down the road. Lots more fun to come this season, so come and join the Wasaga Beach Cruisers, meet and make new friends.

Till next time, enjoy the ride while you can.

“ Keep your hands on the wheel and rubber on the road”

The project will focus on the beachfront commercial area around Beach Area 1, but the economic spin-offs will benefit the entire community.

"Ultimately, this project is about building a brighter future for our community and a stronger, more resilient Wasaga Beach for our full-time residents," said Mayor Brian Smith. "It's about more than transforming our beachfront - it's about transforming our community and tax base in the long term, which will benefit our citizens for generations to come. This Council understands that if we build a well-designed, sustainable community where our full-time residents want to live, work and play - together with our magnificent beachfront, we will also build a stronger, more vibrant and more resilient Wasaga Beach that tourists will want to experience."

The project will be guided by public input and the Town's existing, approved Downtown Development Master Plan, which outlines the following metrics that will be used to measure its positive impact on the Town:

• direct jobs created

• new visitors annually

• % increase in overnight stays

• increase in spending

• increase in provincial taxes

The Town will keep the public informed and communicate next steps, including the date of the next public meeting, through public notices on the Town's public engagement site (letstalkwasagabeach.ca) and the Town's corporate Twitter and Facebook channels.

Quotes

Mayor Brian Smith: "We're taking action to build a brighter future for Wasaga Beach. From urban revitalization projects to award-winning, waterfront communities, FRAM has consistently demonstrated a commitment to innovation, design excellence, and environmental stewardship. FRAM's projects are built on a commitment to community well-being, public engagement and collaborative design processes - and Council agrees this award-winning experience and collaborative approach is the right fit for Wasaga Beach."

Andrew McNeill, CAO, Town of Wasaga Beach: “It's about more than simply protecting our full- time residents, lessening the burden of infrastructure investments on property owners and ensuring the financial sustainability of our community. We need to build something here that is worthy of all our amazing memories of Wasaga Beach - that will stand the test of time. We need to create and leave behind something more sustainable, inclusive and vibrant - where future generations can visit or live and work and make their own memories."

Frank Giannone, President, FRAM Building Group: "FRAM is proud to have been selected as the Town's partner of choice and to be entrusted with the privilege of re-imagining and re-building Wasaga Beach's iconic beachfront. Wasaga Beach has made a transformative decision, one that will shape the future of the community and it's beachfront. This is an exciting journey that we will take together with the Town and its citizens, and we are ready to get started."