Posted by Greg Locke for Ward 4 in Get Engaged!, Press | 0 comments
The next ten years in King are critical to whether or not our unique Central Park of the GTA will survive or be compromised through ineffective leadership with little or no vision.
We can accommodate the demands of our growing urban metropolis and thrive with a generous dose of Positive Leadership.
I welcome you to join me, my wife Tracy and many of your neighbours at this fundraising event to support my candidacy for Ward 4.
It will be held at the Pottageville Pavilion on Thursday, September 16th at 6:00 p.m.
You will have read some of my thoughts here on my website blog. I will provide you with more of my thoughts on the future of Ward 4 and King in person. Bring your questions and concerns!
I invite you to hear what other select King community leaders have to say about my desire to be a voice for our community.
Enjoy an excellent array of hot and cold hors d’oeuvres prepared by local food aficionados.
I thank you for your support!
Please RRSP via email to greg@greglocke.ca or telephone me at 905-939-7147.
Please forward this email to your neighbours and friends in Ward 4 (including, but not limited to, Lloydtown, Schomberg, Pottageville, and Carrying Place).
I promise you an informative, stimulating experience!
Sincerely,
GREG
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Posted by Greg Locke for Ward 4 in Press | 1 comment
I have been honoured by WebFuel as part of their “Canada Month” as a Canadian who has effectively and successfully used Social Media to engage my community.
Read why here.
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Posted by Greg Locke for Ward 4 in Get Engaged! | 1 comment
I’m pleased to inform you all that the incumbent Councillor in Ward 4, Bill Cober, filed his nomination papers yesterday to seek re-election.
Bill is a two-term Councillor who has witnessed some key successes while serving our community, most notably the new Schomberg Arena and Curling Facility, and our upgraded local water treatment and waste facilities. These are positive steps forward for Schomberg, and Bill has participated significantly in them, in making our local community a better place.
I encourage you to look at his website, and the King Sentinel has published a story on his nomination.
You won’t be able to leave any comments or questions on Bill’s website unfortunately, so do email or call him directly. I say this tongue-in-cheek, but feel free to leave them here (see “Leave a Reply” at the bottom of this article) and I’ll be sure to forward them onto him.
I even welcome some discussion with Bill on this blog – I’ve made my concerns with his track record quite clear.
You can reach Bill at 905-939-0600 or via email.
Good Luck Bill!
I look forward to providing you all with a reason to pause, think and consider your next 4 years in King and Ward 4. I know Bill does too.
[Image courtesy billcober.ca]
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Posted by Greg Locke for Ward 4 in Get Engaged! | 1 comment
“We have decided that technology really is the way for the economy to go forward … We don’t want to become like every other community that has a long strip of stores followed by a downtown that is somewhat vacant because it’s just not our brand.”
That’s Dan Mathieson, Mayor of Stratford, commenting in the Toronto Star about the town’s ambitious strategy to diversify it’s well-known and thriving arts community with a high tech hub based on public-private partnerships and key infrastructure investments. (See full article reprint below.)
I must admit I was a bit envious reading about this in Saturday’s Star. That emotion quickly turned to excitement as I realized that this kind of reinvention IS possible in a community that takes it upon itself to do it. This is Positive Leadership personified.
You see, in my Platform component STIMULATE: Economic Development, I used this industrial strategy as one example of what King and specifically our Schomberg area can do to diversify our economies.
Schomberg has the single largest concentration of undeveloped ZONED industrial land in King. Yet from my research, only sporadic market forces are determining its current fate.
Is a high-tech hub the right strategy? Maybe. What about the focused approach of Stratford to its economic dilemma? Absolutely.
King has no discernible industrial strategy or plan that I can find.
And it’s about time we developed one.
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This article and graphic is courtesy The Aurora Banner.
Greg Locke was interviewed for this article (excerpt below with full article following).
In King Township, blogging is also poised to be a big deal in the fall election; just ask Ward 4 council candidate Greg Locke.
His greglocke.ca website boasts a blog, contact information as well as links to his Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn pages.
Social media is a useful tool, he said, and one that allows him to keep the public informed about his stance on various matters.
“I’m fortunate, as a municipal candidate, to have a new media background on top of my career marketing experience,” Mr. Locke said.
“(It has) allowed me to construct my own campaign blog, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn tools, but, most importantly, it’s really me talking and writing, not a back-room campaign team that is massaging every message. I want to come across as ‘the real deal’ and I mean this quite honestly and frankly. Social media helps me do this very effectively.”
And such tools aren’t merely a campaign vehicle, Mr. Locke insists, noting he plans to keep the conversation going if he’s elected to ensure his constituents continue to get the open and transparent representation for which they voted.
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