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County receives $270,000 to invest in revitalization
Agriculture Minister Steve Peters cuts the cake after announcing the provincial government will invest
$270,000 in Middlesex County for downtown revitalization. Also at the announcement in Lucan were
Middlesex County Community Futures Development Corporation president Dave McDonald, Middlesex
County Warden Ian Brebner, Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Maria VanBommel, Middlesex CFDC general
manager Cara Finn and Perth -Middlesex MPP John Wilkinson. (photo/Mary Simmons)
By Mary Simmons
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
LUCAN — Middlesex
County's main streets just
got a boost.
An empty building on
Lucan's Main Street was
the appropriate site for an
announcement Friday that
the provincial government
will invest $270,000 in a
downtown revitalization
project in Middlesex
County.
"This is a positive
announcement," Warden
Ian Brebner said. "It will
lead to the improvement
of many of the main
streets in Middlesex."
"The McGuinty govern-
ment is partnering with
Middlesex County to
strengthen this communi-
ty's downtown core and
create new economic
opportunities," Agriculture
Minister Steve Peters
announced.
He said citizens of
Middlesex should be
aware they have strong
advocates for rural
Ontario representing them
in caucus.
Peters said Lambton-
Kent-Middlesex MPP
Maria VanBommel, who is
also parliamentary assis-
tant to Municipal Affairs
Minister John Gerretsen
and chairperson of the
rural caucus, has worked
tirelessly to remove the
kinks from the Rural
Economic Development
program.
He added Perth -
Middlesex MPP John
Wilkinson is a strong voice
on rural issues.
"We have a great team
at Queen's Park,"
Wilkinson said. "It keeps
rural issues at the top of
the agenda."
The project is a partner-
ship between the province,
the county, Middlesex
County Community
Futures Development
Corporation (CFDC) and
Fanshawe College.
"These initiatives will
help encourage young
people to stay here,"
Peters said.
Six student positions will
be created through the
project.
The investment will go
towards building a strate-
gic, long-term approach to
downtown revitalization in
the county.
"The support of the
provincial government
ensures this project will
have a great foundation on
which to achieve our
goals," CFDC general
manager Cara Finn said.
"As the first certified prac-
titioner of the main street
approach in Ontario, we
seek to revitalize historic
downtown areas creating
commercial centres that
invoke community pride
and enhance where we
work, live and play."
Finn said the project will
be rolled out over the next
three years, bringing
together business associa-
Former Exeter residents win $12.5 million
ETOBICOKE — After
winning $12 5 million in
the Oct. 22 Super 7 draw,
former Exeter residents
Doug and Phyllis Johnson
went to a dealer and
ordered their dream
power boat, a 50 -foot Sea
Ray ringing in at more
than $1 million.
According to a Toronto
Star article, Doug, 62, a
building superintendent
and Phyllis, 64, a national
director of broker services
for Home Life Realty, also
quit their jobs after col-
lecting their cheque from
the jackpot.
Most of the couple's five
children and eight grand-
children were at the
Ontario Lottery and
Correction
In a cutline that
appeared in last weeks
edition of the Times
Advocate, it was stated
the donation made by the
Zurich Quilters Guild was
to Zurich Minor Hockey.
The story should have
said the donation was to
the Community
Development Fund.
The Times -Advocate
apologizes for the error.
Gaming Corporation
offices on Bloor Street East
to see them get the
cheque, before taking off
by limousine — courtesy of
the lottery people — for
photos with a look-alike of
their new boat.
The big win was a last
laugh for Doug, who spent
more than 35 years in
construction before
becoming a building
superintendent at an
Etobicoke condominium.
He spends an average of
$30 a week on lottery tick-
ets and has no plans to
stop, despite his big victo-
ry. Prior to this win, his
largest prize was $2,300.
The new boat will be
delivered in April, to
replace the 32 -foot Maxim
on which they now spend
their summers. The
Johnsons are also plan-
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tions and chambers of
commerce throughout the
county.
CFDC will make a pre-
sentation at county council
this month.
The next step will be to
form a committee and
hand out tasks to staff.
VanBommel acknowl-
edged the hard work of
Finn and her colleagues at
CFDC who put together
the application for fund-
ing.
She said of 56 projects,
only 13 were approved,
adding while the govern-
ment supports economic
development in rural
areas, it wants to support
sustainable projects by
providing them with seed
money.
"We want to be sure
there will be results," she
said.
"We have a unique com-
munity here," Wilkinson
said. "It's important the
government recognizes
that."
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