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n En M fmfaifriat art where if Mill wotting for turn ixdrutrim flood In No boom maybe no bust either Whitchurch Township which pays tho provincial in warfare is saaking a boom but knows its years away Regional government promises a way out SAUSAGE MEATY PORK SIDE ft SPARE RIBS 69 FRESH GROUND CHUCK STEAK 69 By DAVE WHITCHURCH is a distressed township Distressed was the word used by several experts to describe the economic condition of Whitchurch a huge tract of farms and scattered lakes stretching from the side road to Davis Drive to Highway In recently published statistics by the provin cial department of Social and Family Services Whit church ranks third highest In Ontario In per capita for qualify for provincial grants and usually requires greater servicing Except for an area around Oak Ridges Whit church water is supplied by private wells There are no sanitary sewers Industry has to provide these ser vices for itself The main theme of the official plan is to estab- control the extent of nonfarm develop- if they are required in the long- term future can be economically provided The anticipated growth of the township is based on the premise that the municipality will permit development according to Its ability to service it Impetus to the industrial development of percentage people varies from two tc the provincial average Theres neither public transport nor commerdal- inoustrial opportunities you find in builtup areas said WitherfleM Township Planning Officer Taxes from scarce industry and commerce in Whitchurch now amount to about per cent of all taxes collected the remaining per cent from private farm and residential property owners Planners and eco nomists suggest the ratio of assessment should be per cent to per cent residential This makes for an equitable distribution of the tax load The provincial government has tagged Whit church as a slow growth area where new or expanding industries can obtain a grant The grant is per cent of the first of the approved capital cost of new buildings and equipment and 25 per cent of the balance of the approved cost the maximum grant 4 million The total loan will be forgiven if the industry remains in the area for seven years As a result of these generous grants and a lively advertising policy newlyformed Whitchurch Industrial Commission hopes to attract industry Whitchurch council last week passed a township- for industrial I mile north irea northeast strips In the Valley and wide official plan It designates four a use the Gormley Industrial Park acre of Gormley on Don Mills Road a larger of on the Aurora and ti If the anticipated increase in residential non- farm development is not accompanied by a correspond ing increase in industrial and commercial development the implications for the future arc obvious a deteriorat ing assessment balance and a sharply rising tax rate Whitchurch councillor Norman Barnard who also sits on the Industrial commission says he doesnt believe that bringing industry to Whitchurch will i policy church will be provided by the proposed the Don Valley Parkway Highway Whitchurch isnt far from Metro and there is a good labor pool here About per cent of the work force commutes to Metro a to 50 minute driV down St Don Mills Rd or Highway And theres low taxes decent surroundings and fresh air to breathe says Hagell commission chairman And fresh air Is Important Industrial land prices are reasonable to per acre If Whitchurch is such an ideal industrial sett ing why hasnt more development taken place When I worked In the city last year said I made it a point to ask people if they knew where Whitchurch township was Not one person could tell me Not one could tell me One man guessed it was around Parry Sound Anyway thats the main reason we havent had industry here NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT US Whether your selling roofing tile or cement Industrial sites or sausage youve got to advertise The commission is currently putting together a pamphlet about industrial possibilities in It should be published early next year Even without a publicity program end tea parties for big Whitchurch development Is no more than a decade or two away from rapid improve ment Metro is moving north and Whitchurch is on the Its probably that many municipal governments will be abolished when the province decrees regional government in York County in the next few years Then planning will be on a regional baits region which will approximately correspond to the pre sent county borders Under regional government the chore of attract ing industry to Whitchurch wont be as important as it is now says Kim Rogers one of the commission mem bers and also an employee of one of the few Whitchurch industries Erie Manufacturing Under countywide assessment It wont matter where industry locates said Rogers Its a common pot of lessening of the that reduction which are horrible says Ibis retired industrialist He also suggested that a assessment ratio is out of reach because the township will remain mostly ax burden under the equalized assessment of the County school board When regional government arrives a paid regional Industrial committee will likely be established the meantime the Whitchurch official plan needed to avert possible problems Our commission is made up of people with FESTIVE SAVINGS FRUIT COCKTAIL 3 100 FRUIT PUNCH 3 100 OCEAN SPRAYJELLED or SKOAL CRANBERRY SAUCE 2 49 GINGER ALE 5 PLUS DEPOSIT J POTATO CHIPS SPECIAL SAVE 104 i 59 ENJOY FRESH PRODUCE FROM DOMINION CALIFORNIA GROWNTENDER GREEN BRUSSELS SPROUTS BC EXTRA FANCY GRADERED APPLES