HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-02-12, Page 24Huron East council was lukewarm
to the idea of municipal entrance
signs when it was brought up at the
Feb. 3 meeting.
The idea was initially floated at
council’s Jan. 20 meeting
concerning a possible program
through Huron County where
municipalities could enter into an
agreement and have uniform signs
constructed at county entry points.
For Huron East, this would mean six
points along the east side of the
municipality with five of the six
being at Hwy. 8 or further north.
The proposed signs would feature
the name of the town or hamlet
prominently above writing detailing
the municipality above a bar with the
Ontario’s West Coast logo across the
bottom.
The signs, at the Huron County
level, however, are still subject to
final budget approval.
Councillor Bill Siemon, however,
was still enthusiastic about the
proposal.
“If we want to get in on this, it’ll
never be cheaper than it is now,”
Siemon said. “It’s only going to get
more expensive and if we do it on
[Huron County’s] time, it’s going to
get a lot more expensive.”
Clerk-administrator Jack
McLachlan, who prepared the report
for council, has been directed to look
further into the proposal and bring
his findings back to council.
Preliminary estimates for the cost
of the signs are $50,000.
PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009.
With ratepayers worried about the
future of fire service in Morris-
Turnberry because of North Huron’s
withdrawal from Wingham and
Blyth fire area boards, council has
decided to hold a public meeting to
answer questions.
The meeting, Feb. 19 at Bluevale
Hall at 7:30 p.m. will bring
ratepayers up to date on the current
situation, though councillors said
they didn’t have many answers to
give as they wait for the next
development.
For instance they have no idea of
how much fire service will cost or
how much Morris-Turnberry’s share
of the capital assets will be on
dissolution of the fire area
boards.
Deputy mayor Jim Nelemans
supported the idea of the meeting if
ratepayers were given a handout as
they arrived, to show people the
chain of events leading up to the
current situation.
“We need to point out we’ve had a
gun put to our heads,” he said of
North Huron’s decision. “We need
to point out we didn’t press the
issue. It was North Huron that
pressed the issue.”
Councillors asked that Howick
and North Huron councils also be
invited.
HE lukewarm on signs
M-T public meeting
looks at fire service
Huron gets economic development awards
The County of Huron was
nominated for three Ontario
Economic Development Awards and
took top honours in all three last
Thursday evening at the Toronto
Mariott Eaton Centre Hotel.
In the tourism category Huron
received the top awards for the
special event with Doors Open
Haunted Huron and also received an
award of merit for the restyled
Ontario’s West Coast Brand. The
Huron Economic Development
Matters (HEDM) partnership
between Huron Business
Development Corporation (HBDC)
and The County of Huron received
the award for best strategic plan in
the business development category.
The ceremony honours winners
and honourable mentions for their
efforts in promoting their
communities for location andtourism opportunities.Economic Development initiativesare also judged as part of theprocess.This year, over 150 entries were
judged, stated 2009 EDCO president
Aileen Murray, Ec.DF., The
competition allows local
communities to see just how they
stack up against other municipalities
when it comes to promoting
location, investment and tourism
opportunities.
Expert judges reviewed all of the
entries that covered everything from
promotional brochures to
infrastructure development projects.
There are judges from specialized
areas of expertise assigned to judge
specific categories.
Rick Sickinger and Jenna Ujiye
were on hand to accept the tourism
awards and Pam Stanley and warden
Ken Oke accepted the HEDM award
during the annual conference of the
Economic Developers Council of
Ontario.
“It is an honour to receive this
award as the competition is very
stiff,” stated Paul Nichol, economic
development manager for HBDC.
“This competition result
demonstrates our effectiveness in
our economic development efforts”
“It is nice to get recognition for
the event, the major significance
being that six of the county’s
municipalities worked together” said
Sickinger, heritage and culturalpartnership co-ordinator. “The eventand now this award are testimony ofwhat we can accomplish when wework together.”The Ontario’s West coast brand
has been around for more than 15
years and went through a re-styling
process during 2008.
“The Ontario’s West Coast Brand
is the image for our County and the
Huron Tourism Association,” stated
Ujiye, tourism marketer for the
county. “The recognition of
Ontario’s West Coast brand will help
to build great tourism profile for the
community.”
EDCO is the country’s largest
provincial economic development
association that offers this program
as well as professional development
opportunities throughout the year.
Membership is close to 600 that
come from the private and public
sector.
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Huron County took top honours in three Ontario economic development awards, for tourism,
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