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Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Independent Page 3 Kids stick around in Brooke-Alvinston
Heather Wright
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Marion Price says Brooke-Alvinston is “sticky” and she means it in a very good way.
Getting The Word Out To Active Seniors and Their Families
The representative of Play Works was in Brooke-Alvinston to give the mayor and council its second Youth Friendly Award. It’s the smallest community in the province to be recognized by the organization which encourages com- munities to provide programs and ser- vices to keep young people engaged.
Price says if children are active in the community at a young age, they’ll come back home to live.
Marion Price presents Brooke-Alvinston Administrator Janet Denkers, Youth Representa ve Connor Cummings and Mayor Don McGugan with the Youth Friendly Award.
est. “You can be small but be big in youth friendliness... It doesn’t matter the size of your community, it matters the heart of your community and you have heart.”
“I call it sticky,” she says. “Kids say ‘I grew up here, felt valuable and I want to come back’ and this is a real sticky group.”
which keep children active in Brooke- Alvinston.
Price listed a number of programs - everything from sports to arts to youth camps and junior re ghter programs -
“There are 47 youth-friendly com- munities across Ontario,” Price added noting Brooke-Alvinston is the small-
Must homeowners have wheelie bins asks Dawn-Euphemia
Heather Wright
time but those in Dawn have taken their garbage to the dump and the recyclables to a depot in Rutherford.
and recycling it should “jump in with both feet.
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“I’m thinking about the future of the township and what happens when the dump closes,” says Myers.
It’s not clear if all Dawn-Euphemia residents will have to use a new roadside garbage and recycling system if it moves ahead.
The township is considering ex- panding garbage collection across
the community but has faced some opposition. About 75 people turned up at two public meetings recently to talk about the issue. A number were vocally opposed to the idea.
And he says it could attract new residents.
The municipality is investigating offering roadside collection of both garbage and recycling through the entire municipality using ‘Wheelie Bins.’ The rolling garbage containers are used by Bluewater Recycling’s automated trucks and are shown to dramatically increase the amount of recycling in the communities which use them.
“Based on texts and emails I got, east of (former Highway) 21 seemed to be very favourable, but it sure wasn’t west of 21... which makes sense because they’re right beside the dump,” says Mayor Al Broad.
“If I’m from town and I’m sick of my neighbours, it sure would be nice to have all the amenities here including garbage and recycling.”
Residents of the former Euphemia Township have had their waste
and recyclables collected for some
Broad has said the system, if it is implemented, wouldn’t be mandatory but Councillor Jason Myers thinks if the township plans roadside garbage
Council has asked for a meeting with Bluewater Recycling to nd out if all residents would have to be involved in the system before moving ahead.
Warwick looks at options to improve downtown Watford
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But Broad says council never discussed making curbside collection mandatory for everyone and if that’s what council is thinking, the public should be informed.
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Warwick Township may take an in-depth look at ways to improve Watford’s downtown.
downtown back to life.
Luke says typically when people
and different groups... so you have the information to make your own decisions.”
Vicki Luke, an agriculture and rural economic development advisor with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, recently talked to councillors about a Downtown Revitalization Program.
think of improving the downtown of a community, they think of physical improvements “but that’s just one piece.”
Information such as how many restaurants does the community need or what services would be helpful.
Luke says the ministry helps small communities take a look at what they have available in the community, what the members of the community need and what opportunities are available to build a plan to help bring the
Luke says it is important for the municipality to put together a group from both public and private sectors to rst spend several months studying the community and then to come up with a plan.
“Once you have your information, you develop goals and action plans,” Luke says “What do you want people to think of when you think of this municipality?”
She added OMAFRA works closely with the group and recommends a local coordinator be hired. “There are manuals for the community to work from, including surveys of people
Luke says implementing the plan takes a lot of time. The ministry does have grants available to help rural communities improve their downtown.
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