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Bridges to
begin
recreation
centre soon
With its recreation
centre planned to
begin construction this
spring, the Bridges
subdivision is asking
Huron East if a golf
cart path will be built
this year by the
municipality.
But, the town says
that until it receives
word from a provincial
grant application
asking for funding for
the project,
construction on the
path will not begin.
"It's going to happen
one way or another
with government
funding or not. It's
definitely something
we and the town want
- it's just a matter of
when," says developer
Bill MacLean.
MacLean says the
recreation centre at
Bridges is now in the
final engineering
stages.
"We'll be breaking
ground as soon as we
can. We've been
working on the final
drawings for the past
six weeks," he says.
By Susan
Hundertmark
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Three-year-old Kurtis McBride, of Zurich, takes a big bite of sausage at the annual Maple Syrup Festival in Staffa on Saturday.
Maplewood Manor could become
new home of Seaforth FHT
Susan H u n d c r t m a r k
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Maplewood Manor might end up
being the new home of the Huron
family health team (FHT) in Seaforth.
Members of the municipality, the
FHT board, the Huron East economic
development committee and the
Seaforth Community Development
Trust toured through the retirement
home building Friday, looking at
whether or not the facility - which
closes at the end of the month - could
remain open both as a retirement
residence and the FHT's new home.
"You're homeless and we're homeless.
We're not here to create any
expectations but we want to create a
win-win situation for us all," FHT
hoard member Gwen Devereaux told
the remaining eight MAplewood
residents, their family and the staff.
While the FHT is looking to rent
space, Mayor Joe Seili said it's possible
a group of private investors could be
found to buy the Maplewood Manor
building, which is currently up for sale.
"We probably can't do this fast
enough to save the current residents. If
we could, it'd be a miracle. But, they'd
have the first chance to come back,"
said Seili.
Twenty-one Seaforth seniors started
looking for a new home two weeks ago
when Maplewood's manager announced
the retirement home would be closing
at the end of March. Fourteen were
able to find room' at the Seaforth Manor
nearby.
Seili said that while the municipality
and the development trust are still
See FHT, Page 3