Donald McArthur

The Town is seeking input from residents as it develops a new Community Strategic Plan – a document that will articulate an overarching vision for the Town to help inform day-to-day operations and the decision-making of Council.

Local cycling enthusiasts have received a conditional greenlight from Council to transform a portion of the Libro Centre property into a mountain bike course that will cater to amateur and expert cyclists alike, providing residents and visitors another fantastic amenity at the Town’s ever-improving recreation centre.

Amherstburg residents hit hard by the recent ice storm are being encouraged to register their property so that crews can pick up tree branches and other debris from the curb.

Amherstburg attractions, experiences and businesses have been nominated 31 times in 25 categories in the 8^th Annual Best of Windsor-Essex awards. 

Paved shoulders on a reconstructed Concession Road 2 North, improvements to multiple recreational assets, engineering work for a multi-use pathway on Middle Side Road in McGregor and more than $10 million to upgrade Amherstburg’s water treatment plant are among the projects identified in the proposed 2023 Budget.

A team of volunteers is planning an art sale and silent auction in late February to raise money to improve Amherstburg parks.

Beautiful new signs installed at Amherstburg’s gateways were funded by federal grant money and will also include storyboards in King’s Navy Yard Park and along the Big Creek Trail at the Libro Centre.

The Town’s active transportation network will grow yet again with the conversion to wetlands of the decommissioned Edgewater lagoons in the Golfview subdivision and the construction around them of a two-metre granular pathway.

The Town of Amherstburg honoured the veterans memorialized at the Cenotaph in King's Navy Yard Park by sharing their profiles on social media this week.

The Town of Amherstburg is seeking input from residents as it works with the Town of Essex to develop a Master Plan for Co-An park, an underutilized jewel in McGregor jointly owned and managed by the two municipalities.