The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-04-18, Page 11In Huron county Lucknow Seutlnel, Wednesday, April 18
1979 ,Page 11
Industry shouldn't disrupt agriculture
If Huron county has to
have industrial expansion .
that expansion should be in
light, non -pollutant industry
that is not disruptive tothel
rural atmosphere of the
county.
That was the general con-
sensus of an economic
development • seminar held
recently in Goderich.. The
seminar was organized by
county development officer
Spence Cummings and
brought farm organizations,
politicans, businessmen and
merchants together to try to
determine how the county
could be developed in-
dustrially.
The seminar was designed
to try to outline the economic
strategy the county should be
plotting toincorporate future
industrial expansion into the
present economic base of
Huron County. Several
speakers highlighted the day
long event which brought
spokesmen from a variety .of
economic .concerns together
in a workshop format to try to
determine how agriculture,
industry and urban growth
could be best handled.
Cummings was looking for
some direction from "those
invited to attend the session
and asked that the group.
workshops attempt .to form-
ulate a recommendation on
economic development
strategies county council
could ask t he development
officer to work on. Five
workshops were, organized,
each with a chairman. At the,
end of the sessions the
chairmen sat together and
prepared a recommendation
forcounty council that
hopefully would offer
Cummings the direction to
promote industrial and
economic growth here.
The resolution prepared
for county council's action
outlined the concerns,
farmers and businessmen
had for the future of the
county. The resolution was
very descriptive and clearly
indicated what those people
would like to see happen in
Huron. The document in-
dicated the groups
— wanted the county's
development committee's
budget increased to permit
greater promotion of the
county in areas of tourism
and industry.
— wanted light nonpol-.
lutant industries to be en-
couraged to establish near
urban centres in the county.
wanted tourism en-
couraged provided that
tourism does not disrupt the
community life in the. county.
— wanted the develop-
ment office to be maintained
and the development officer
to promote industry keeping
in mind that the mainstay of
the county economy is agri-
culture.
— wanted land use in the
county closely guarded to
•prevenit confrontations
between agriculture, urban
expansion and industrial
development.
- wanted industrial ex-
pansion to be concentrated in
areas such as Huron Park
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and Goderich's Industrial
Park so that present sites are
taken full advantages of.
—wanted the development
officer, and other agencies
propatiting the county to con-
sider that prime agriclutural
land is very valuable and
only marginal land should be
developed.
wanted municipalities
to co-operate rather than
compete for expansion.
—wanted the county to
consider • developing a land
ban} to determine how much
land is being used and
should be preserved for agri-
culture and 'flow much is
available for industrial and
urban growth.
The resolution represented
• as close a saw -off as possible
between industrial concerns
and agriculture. Farmers in-
dicated right from the outset
of the meeting that they were
not enthused about the pro-
spects of industrial develop-
ment. Many claimed any
time industry has been al-
lowed to invad9 agricultural
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areas the invasion seems to
continue unchecked until the
agricultural areas are
severely restricted or gone.
Adrian Vos, a farmer from
Blyth, told the group he
objected to the assumption of
many people that farmers
wanted industry in Huron
County, He said he under-
stoed the purpose of the
session was to review what
the county already had and
what it wanted. He said not
all the people at the meeting
wanted industry.
Merle Gunby, president of
the • Huron . Federation of
Agriculture, told the group
industry and agriculture
can't survive side by side. He
warned that the "farming
community breaks down in
the face of urban expansion"
citing the Niagara fruit belt
as an example. He said any
relationship farming . and
industry had when an area
first began to be. developed
"simply breaks down with
time."
Bill Jongejan, president of
the Christian Farmers
Association, told the group
that the greatest natural
resource Huron County had
was its land. He said com-
petition municipalities had
for industial growth quite
often created more problems
for communities than any
expansion was worth.
Jongejan said municipalities
in the province should co-
operate to best take
advantage of their resource
to guard against their mis-
use. He suggested that a
province wide plan be
developed so that agri-;
culture is promoted in agri-
cultural areas and industry in
industrial areas.
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