The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

by vandalism, Cli board told d.d~ -, ~ AMetroland Community Newspaper Vol. 141 No. 84 I~I government for Best Breakf Tuesday, February 26, 2002 40 Pages $ 1.00 (GST included) F voCampfire fun at the Mal Membera of the Thompeon Meadowa GuIdIng District held a public camptire at Mlfton Mail Saturday atr- naon ln conjunction with International Scouting and GuidIng Wee. Hors, Sperke Amielys GNlmore, 5, (loft) and friend Ailison Durdin, 6, have some fun durIng th. camp- aide sing-aiong whil. anothe young Spark looks on. Approximateiy 40 Sparka,> Brownins, Guides and local avant GRA4HAM PAINE --Potentia1 retailers flocking to Milton By RICHARD VIVIAN The Champion With Milton's population about to burst at the seamns, local retail and office space is becomning a precious commod- ity. Smnce municipal services becamne more readily available last year, the Town has been inundated with developer requests to build retail and office space in order to meet the growing needa of the community. "We're addmng another 50,000 people (to Milton's population), so you could anticipate we may need roughly another 1.2 million square feet of retail componient. The question is how to dis- tribute it and what opportunities does it allow for?" said Bfi Mann, Milton's manager of policy plan- ning, adding 1.2 million square feet of commercial space currentiy exista in Milton. "One of the major objectives to accomplish in any community is that you draw 100 per cent of the retail dollars - keep it ail in town. If you do have that opportunity, you want to capture il "But what you don't want is saturation to the point where something la sucking away from otier ret areas, like say downtown. We have to achieve a balance between ail the retail opportuni- ties."1 To ald in the decision of where to develop and for what purpose, the Town la currentiy undertak- ing a Retail Market Ausalysis Study. The study includes an inventory of existing retail/service space, a survey for Milton residents to identify current shopping pattemsanmd future desires, a retail/service space demand analysîs, as well as "big box store" trends and needs. Wisth tic surveys completed, Town staff are now working to analyze the information collected and expect to present a final report to town counicil next month. 'There's a whole lot of retail developera walting out there for the results of this study. They usually produce their own retail market studies, but because we realized there was a real desire for a whole luerarehy of retailers in town because of tie increasing population, we felt it was in the Town's e-e LOCAL RETAIL on page 4 IVew jobs centre will open today The Centre for Skslls Development and Training will officially launch thc opening of Uic Milton Employment Partners Centre with an open house today. The open house will take place between 11t a.m. and 2 p.m., wiUi officiai remarks and Uic ribbon cutting ceremony by Mayor Gord Krantz at 12:30 p.m. The Milton Empînyment Partners Centre brings employment and career programns togeUier to hetter serve Milton and neigh- bouring communities. Employment partners include The Centre for Skilis and Developmen and Training, Halton Dufferin Skills Evaluation Centre, JBJ Employment Service Inc. and Workway. The Milton Partners Employment Centre is located at 550 Ontario St., on Uic north- west corner of Derry Road and Hwy. 25. For more information, cai Laura as (905) 333-3499 or (905) 878-1240. Thinking of Selling YOUR Home? Check Out... ThePerfectListi ng com Coming February 28th. Coldweii Banker Home & FàmIiy Reafty 350 Main St. E, Milon ON 905-878-4444 Looking for a New Home? Visit New-Listings.com Comment........ 6 Dateline.......27 Clasified..23-26 *AnmhmO-u *Seieoi arM ami --e