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WHITBY FREE PRESS' WEDNESDAY APRIL 28, 1982e PAGE 3 We're second iargest growmg community i regio-n Whltby's industrial base grew substantially in the first quarter of 1982 when compared to the same perlod last year. According. to figures released by Mayor Bob Attersley last Friday, the value of building permita issued for ail types of development during the first quarter was $5,187,270. This la a slight drop over the first quarter.0f 1981 when permits totailing . 5,234,650 in value were issued. The big loser in this quarter's permit sweep- stakes- was residential development with $1,988,270 worth of per- mita being issued to con- struet 48 new units. During the first quar- ter -of, 1981, residential permits were worth *4,039,340, bringing ~about the construction of 95 umts. Attersley attributed the drop in residential devefopment to the current, state of the' economy. Commercial develop- ment also dropped sllghtly in the first quar- ter of 1982 with $150,600 worth of building per- mita being issued. Last year at the same time, *222,500 worth had been given out. A slight drop was also seen in the agricultural sector of Whitby 'with $136,500 worth of development taking place between January 1 and March 31.' Last year, $228,890 in permits were issued. Gains were made, however, in institutional building permits. with. $11,000 worth issued, to date this year. The first quarter of 1981 only had $900 worth of permit s.- But the big winner was industrial develop- ment. In the- first quarter of. 1981, the Town of Whitby issued-*743,112 worth of buligpermits for in- dutilpurposes. 110w- ever, in 1982,.$2,910,800 worth of -permits1 were $200,OOO firom province tohIelp 'Ru 1ddy Hospital' The provincial gov- ernment has corne up with $200,000" to, help renovate and re-open the second floor of the Dr. J.O. Ruddy General Hospital. However, while hospi- taI officiaIs are thankful for the grant they do not believe -that it will be enough to turn the currently .empty floor >into a 32-bed chronic care fadility. Earlier this, year, the Ministry of Health said that it would not provide any money for the pro- ject, adding that capital funds 'have been allocated atleast until 1990. According to Ruddy administrator John' Kunetaky, the hospital has .yet to receive the money. "We've been offered some rnoney, but we don't have it yet, he said.' There la one problem that has to be overcome, Kunetsky said, point- ing out that traditionally the provincial govern- ment 'provides two- thirds of -the cost of capital improvements with the hospitaî's board raising the remaiming one-third from the community. However, the $200,000 may not be equal to this formula. Kunetaky said that the îast coat osti- mate done on the pro- jeet was made* in 1980 and has since gone out of date. At that time, -,theý pro- ject was expected to cost *380,000. "What we have here ia a flat offer of $200,000," the admini- strator, said, adding "We're still meeting with the ministry and looklng at the proposal."P Kunetsky also said that the hospital's board of directors, has yet to 'dkcide'on how te eo the bal <ance 'afth money needed to, com- plote the project. The project has been one of the top- priorities of the Durham Region District Heaîth Coundil since it released, its,, hospital role study over a year ago. That study concîuded that one of, the moat urgent medical needa in Durham Region was for chronic or long term care facilities. Since hospital and the heaîth coundil have been pushing for such a faci- lity to be established at Ruddy. The opeming of the chromie. care unit at' Ruddy would release 18 such beds from the« Ajax-Pickering General Hospital for general medical and -surgical use. Board member, Regional Councillor Tom Edwards said-last week that while he is pleased the grant was given ho wished it was large. "There's a desperate need for chronic care beda in the Region of Durham," Edwards commented. " 'It -ad- dresses a long standing need." The councillor pointed out that the Ruddy does not have any funds other than the government's $200,000 to under take the renovations and that some, kind of fund raising program would havée to be iniplement-, ed. 'Earller this year, Edwards speculated that Durham Regional Council might be forced to fund hospitalcapital projecta frorn the property tax bull. However, that sugges- tion was qwickly rejoct- ed by other councillors. Kunetsky said that no target date has been set for the opening of the 32- bed chromec care facility. Whitbyp Arts», Country One person's castoffs are another- person's treasures. That's the phlsphy at Whitby Atasit gears up for its Country Auction on May 15. .Whitby Arts is looklng, for items that:.can ý,be sold at the ftundraisingï auction and la asking Whitby and area resi- dents for donations-. Almost any, item -will be gratefully accepted: books,, comics, china, Aucetio n glassware, tools, dlocks, lampa, furniture, radios, etc.. Anyone wishing to donate items shouîd caîl Susan Muir at 579-3714 or the'Station Gallery at 668-4185. Pick-ups can >be arranged. the -Country Auction will be held at the Sta- tion Gallery, Sat3irday, May 15, with the, pro- view at il a.m. and the bidd.ing starting at 12' noon. issued. According to Atter- sley, these permita cover such tbings as the construction ,if new, planta for 'American Can -Canada Limited and D)ouglas Steel. The mayor la quick *to point out that the value of' building permita does not include ',the .new. Liquor Control Board of Ontario warehouse value d at $81 million. ý He believes that add- ing, the warehouse into <the figures would distort the town's growth. Attersley saidhe was more than pleased with the growth figures des-' pite the slight drop in the total and the drop in residential develop-, ment. "It's where it counts,ý in «the industrial sec- tor, " ho said. The mayor added that he hopes to mak-1-e another announcement concerning a new Jn- dustry for Whitby some time during the next three weeks or so. "I'm really pleased that the labor of 1981 la showing in the first quarter of 1982 in the in- dustrial growth," Atter- - sley said., "Hopefully as, the year goes on, it wilI show continued growth." Last week, the City Of Oshawa announced that it too had issued $5 'million worth of build- ing permits in the first quarter .0f' 1982. 110w- ever, this was an 88 per cent drop over the same per iodlast year. -. 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