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North Huron approves BIAMembers of the Blyth Business
Association (BBA), the Blyth Idea
Group and Blyth’s commercial
sector presented their vision of the
Blyth Business Improvement Area
(BIA) to North Huron Township
Council, which approved it.
The proposal was presented by
Deb Sholdice of the Blyth Festival,
Rick Elliott of Elliott-Nixon
Insurance and the Blyth Idea Group
and Ken Warwick of The Citizen
during a special council meeting on
Monday, June 13.
Elliott said the presentation was
brief and met with unanimous
support from council.
Stating that all businesses in Blyth
would be included in the BIA, the
proposal also dictated that the board
of the BIA would determine the cost
of membership.
Members of a BIA pay their
membership fees through their tax
bill, while organizations like the
Blyth Business Association are
voluntary and only members pay
dues.
The proposal cites the
participation of the BBA in
advertising and special events as a
reason the BIA can succeed, but
states that the BBA faces limited
membership opportunities.
Referencing locations like the
Blyth Festival, Memorial Hall, the
Emergency Services Training
Centre and the Blyth Campground,
as well as events, including the
Bluewater Kennel Club Dog Show,the Barndance Jamboree, the annualreunion of the Huron PioneerThresher and Hobby Association
and the Walton Motocross pre-event
party, the Ontario Firefighter
Association’s Convention which
make use of the locations,
the proposal succeeded in
convincing councillors that
the BIA was a worthwhile
venture.
The creation of the BIA included
a budget that would see members
charged, through a levy, between
$95 and $250 a year, as well as 10
BIA associates, at $75 per year.
BIA associates, according to
Elliott, are members of the BIA
from outside the area and can
include groups like the Stratford
Festival or other BIAs as a means of
networking.
Included in the projects for the
BIA are brand development and
strategic planning, the creation of an
online presence through a website
and social media, new banners for
Blyth’s main street and Blyth BIA
brand advertising.
The group also proposed to set
aside $1,000 for a future
streetscaping project.
Elliott explained that the next step
in the creation of the BIA is to have
a notice sent out to property owners
and tenants within Blyth, a job that
is handled by the township.
“A notice will be sent out to
property owners and tenants
informing them of open meetings to
be held,” Elliott said. “They will be
held in the Elliott-Nixon boardroom.”The open meetings will be held toanswer any questions that business
owners have and are tentatively set
for July 26, August 2 and August 9.
Pondering his future
Chad Simpson of Clinton seems pretty comfortable holding
that fire hose, perhaps the Brussels Fire Department could
be in his future. Simpson was one of many children out with
their parents on Sunday at the department’s annual
Father’s Day breakfast. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Continued from page 17
they consider creating a bylaw to not
allow smoking nearby the school
property, saying that the smoking
ban should extend from the school to
the surrounding blocks.
“This is a concern not just because
of health but because the impression
these smokers will leave on the
public school students,” he said.
“[My neighbours and I] have dealt
with this for years, we can’t have the
children dealing with and suffering
due to second-hand smoke.”
Pike said that one neighbour can’t
go on her front lawn anymore and
has routinely cleaned more than half
a bushel of cigarette butts of her
property.
“The kind of extreme peer
pressure this creates will lead to an
unhealthy environment for the
public school,” Pike said.
He suggested that, by
implementing the bylaw, the
municipality would be falling in line
with the province of Ontario’s plan
to create a smoke-free Ontario and it
would place the responsibility for
the problem, created by the school
board, back in the board’s court.
“We need to send the issue back to
the school board by implementing a
no-smoking bylaw around the
school[s],” he said. “I’m asking you
to stand up and do the right thing for
our communities and children.”
Pike said he understands that the
rights of the smokers may be
discussed but he feels that their
rights should not trump the rights of
the public school students.
Councillor Bernie Bailey stated
that he agrees with Pike’s idea and
said he would pursue it without
pause.
“We will do everything we can to
make this happen,” he said.
“We will push it to the limit and
maybe past it
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