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Please let us know as soon as possible if you will have an accessibility or accommodation need at a Halton Region hosted event or meeting. 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 Dial 311 or 905-825-6000 Toll Free 1-866-442-5866 TTY 905-827-9833 www.halton.ca The Regional Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca 25 /26 08 11 Beginning the st week of September, randomly selected households in Halton will be contacted by letter and telephone and asked to participate in the 2011 Transportation Tomorrow Survey. For the past 25 years, the Transportation Tomorrow Survey has been undertaken every ve years, surveying residents in municipalities across southern Ontario about their travel choices and patterns. The information gathered from the survey plays a vital role in assisting municipalities plan for future transportation services. If your household is contacted, please take the time to participate in the survey over the telephone or online at www.tts2011.ca. Your involvement is critical in assisting Halton Region to plan and keep pace with changing transportation needs. For more information about the survey visit our website at www.halton.ca/transportationtomorrow. SURVEY 2011 City of Hamilton City of Toronto Metrolinx/GO Transit Regional Municipality of Durham Regional Municipality of Halton Regional Municipality of Peel Regional Municipality of York Toronto Transit Commission Ministry of Transportation Ontario 5 Friday, A ugust 26, 2011 O A K V ILLE B EA V ER w w w .in sid eH A LTO N .co m Its all natural and oxygenated water (and) we also water our plants from the pond. You can water any of your plants quite easily from the pond. The pond refills itself every time it rains, said Poland. The idea is to keep as much water that falls here on the property rather than going all into the sewer system and overflowing the lines. The front also has a pond a flood pond where rainstorm water fills it up to the top and then seeps back into the ground and holds water for trees and plants, said Poland. There are also several fruit and nut trees, along with a Kentucky coffee tree to make their own coffee on site. They even have medicinal plants Echinacea and jewelweed, which is good for mosquito bites, Poland said. Poland plans to build a greenhouse on the back of the house with reclaimed windows, so he can start his seedlings in March and will be ready to go into the ground when the frost is over, he said. Im going to be growing stuff in the green- house year-round because I can crack the win- dow open a bit in the rec room and use the geo- thermal heating to heat the greenhouse and they're all gas-filled and insulated windows, said Poland. Poland didnt disclose how much everything cost, but did say, It does add up. The property was a recent winner of the Halton Climate Champions contest, and he has received grants from Transition Oakville and the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The latter is for a garden-sharing program to pair people with gardens up with people in apartments or condo- miniums who dont have a garden. Everyday, we enjoy it and take a little walk out and see how things are doing, but also its a different way of doing social change, said Poland. Were just trying to lead by example and our main thing is we wanted to show what is possible to do with a typical 1950s bungalow in subur- bia. Climate champion home MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVER Continued from page 4 WATER POND: Blake Poland scoops some water from his rainwater-fed pond. SPRING SALE ON NOW! SOFA & CHAISE SOLID WOOD TABLE & 6 CHAIRS SOLID BIRCH QUEEN BEDS COMPLETE BEDROOM SUITES FROM $2998 MADE IN CANADA LAMPS BAR STOOLSOCCASIONAL $898 $949 $1398 PRINGSTORE WIDE SALESPRING SPRING SPRING 1029 speers rd., oakville (speers & 4th line) 905.842.3739 Best Furniture Store Best Interior Design/Furnishings www.joshuacreekfurniture.com Hours: Monday to Wednesday 10-6 Thursday & Friday 10-8 Saturday 10-6 Sunday Closed