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2000 York Region assumes management responsibility for York Regional Forest
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2000 York Regional Council adopts a Human Services Strategy
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2000 The Province downloads Ambulance Services to York Region
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2000 York Regional Council passes the No-Smoking bylaw
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2000 York Regional Forest is the first public forest in Canada to be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council
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2001 - Launch of a Regional transit system York Region Transit and York Region Transit Mobility Plus
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2001 York Region Greening Strategy approved by Council
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2001 York Region launches the All Our Kids program
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2002 York Regional Council adopts Vision 2026
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2002 Peel Region and York Region sign the Water Supply agreement
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2002 York Region recognized as a Character Community
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2002 York Regional Council appoints Michael Garrett as the new CAO for York Region (2002-2007) and Alan Wells retires as CAO (1995-2002)
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2003 York Region creates Housing York Inc.
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2003 York Regional Council appoints members to its first Accessibility Advisory Committee
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2004 Opening ceremony of Armitage Gardens in the Town of Newmarket
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2004 Official opening of the Georgina Water Treatment Facility in the Town of Georgina
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2004 Vaughan Mills opens in the City of Vaughan
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2004 York Region launches a Litter Prevention Strategy
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2005 New Material Recovery Facility opens in East Gwillimbury
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2005 York Region launches Viva Rapid Transit Services
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2006 York Region's First 4-year Council
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2007 York Regional Council appoints Bruce Macgregor as the new Chief Administrative Officer for York Region (2007 to present)
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2008 York Region's three-stream waste management program is fully implemented
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2009 York Region opens its first Community Environmental Centre, McCleary Court, in the City of Vaughan
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2009 York Region's first family shelter, Leeder Place opens in the Town of East Gwillimbury