RESOURCES

Website Links

FoTTSA

Tiny Township Residents Alliance

Tiny Township –

County of Simcoe

Severn Sound Environmental Association

Midland Public Library

Penetanguishene Public Library

Springwater Library

Wasaga Beach Library

 

PARTNER ASSOCIATIONS

Tiny Township Residents Alliance (TTRA)

TTRA is a persuasive member group with the ability to successfully guide municipal public policy and calls to action through community involvement. LASHA members are encouraged to visit their site and see the benefits of signing up for membership.

FoTTSA

LASHA is a member of the Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Homeowners Association (FoTTSA). You are encouraged to visit the Tiny Cottager website and sign up to their e-mail list.

All LASHA members have access to their activities which have been organized into five areas.

1. Communications

Publishing The Tiny Cottager print newspaper spring and fall and distributing it to ALL residents of Tiny.

Publish Reports on Council throughout the year so that residents have easy

access to Council deputations, discussions and decisions.

Send out monthly e-newsletter FoTTSA Flash

Maintain the Tinycottager.org website, which provides information on all

township-related topics of interest. For example:

  • Reports on Council
  • spongy moths (or as we used to know them, LDD moths and gyspy moths
  • road safety
  • short term rentals
  • water testing results
  • invasive species

Keep people informed through social media accounts on Facebook,

Instagram and Twitter.

2. Protecting residents’ health, safety and well-being.

  • Coordinate a bi-annual volunteer-led Recreational Water Sampling Program. Public Health tests the water for e-Coli in 5 locations in Tiny. FoTTSA conducts almost 50 additional tests, with the support of participating beach associations.
  • Conduct a bi-annual Well Testing Program for Nitrates. Since 2010 we have conducted well testing 4 times.
  • Support the works of local charities.

3. Advocating on municipal issues important to Tiny residents

  • Monitored and commented on Zoning By-law discussions, the Transportation Master Plan. In recent years, conducted surveys and made deputations on speeding and safety on Tiny Beaches Road, Short-Term Rentals, Stop the Build and the Dynamic Beach By-law.

4. Advocating on environmental issues.

Most importantly, protecting what has been tested to be the world’s purest water through the Save Our Water Tiny (SWOT) campaign. To this end:

  • Continued working with the Canadian Environmental Law Association to mount a legal opposition to threats from two gravel mining operations in Tiny. It’s worth saying that we’re not opposed to gravel mining, just to operations that could permanently harm Tiny’s groundwater.
  • Organized a successful SOWT protest rally at Queen’s Park.
  • Joined as a partner in a proposed 5-year research study of the worlds’ purest

water. It’s the first study of its kind in the world, and it will be led by internationally recognized Canadian scientists.

  • Continue to maintain the SaveOurWaterTiny.com website – plus social media platform
  • Continue to manage donations to SOWT legal fund and SOWT sign sales and distribution.
  • Participated in demonstrations in support of SOWT at the Elmvale Flow and the Teedon Pit.
  • Took part in a virtual rally organized by the province-wide Reform Gravel Mining Coalition in support of SOWT.

Also support, through memberships, a number of organizations with overlapping interests, including Simcoe County Greenbelt, Gravel Watch, Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Association, AWARE Simcoe, and the Georgian Bay Great Lakes Foundation, which has a keen interest in water levels.

5. FoTTSA Retail Discount Program

FoTTSA’s Local Retail Discount Program is available to all LASHA members as our association is a member of FoTTSA.