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wo weeks early \y'wMAHKET . w- t long awaited ms transit service {I of". "if road two early a meeting of "1, in committee .. \ltindly' night 7m new half~hour W will take effect on ;' in time for the it"ir ( tl .H'w the decision Humid). the town pt ' send notices outlining routes and times to households in Newnarket The cost no more than $2 til) ( ommittee decided the early start will see a heat) load of trayellers and a greater number of people will become acquainted with the new routes ( ommnttee also made a decision to purchase two used buses to supplement the two buses the town now owns The total cost of the yehicles is $47,011). but the cost to the town will be 81L?! after it receives a 75 per cent provincial subsidy The recommendation to purchase the m is subyeet to the receipt of the subsidy The fourth vehicle will be used as a back-w to the three-bus system. The additional bus could also be contracted to other municnpalitics The town will save 86.600 a year in operatir costs by owning its own buses ZAJ AC A CANDIDATE nucation board l elect Chairman ? i it 'HA The '~tiF-l) Board of who II b? hOkhna Nd next month to g. on of chairman o thatrman for ' r i p r e s e n t ....r [ton t ousens Itrtfay he would not wing re-election 'llt position has we. been held for it'd? Term txudy he has , mint ROL HART [rs south shore reporter GttrHtilNA ls n ~ I oint dead or a mu death Will xi: business Core .'.'tt mime fate" Liaftixht d Will? A .' 'he community ".t' times are l" t;' marng are .'.g ." comparison 2 . mom years 1 treas enyoyed tl Wth Lake a popular *' recreational 1 wgs ltnm ab agna have been lht Horn rv in (ones and r titure isn't a V -ne unless 1 .tfi- found business 4' dowri this r' s time when '.~.:.esses realize v es to HdtI the winu '..".i s HY 3* growing number un- .r rent signs in ' n Point is having tnmttal effect on busnm-sses trying to 7 Like I)? i there " tinting signs to nl ssers-by to walk and look in mopping is a if The past N High St is 0" There are more Witch hide the tndoWS of stores there Business 8 if; that area. are suffering ' manor pawns " hat is still being b) the township ccording to planner Mike there is 25.892 feet of vacant rial floor space in Jackson s Point Itso square feet l Dalton Road. Ware feet and Rd 8532 square "3'5. Sutton has 5 closing of Boyo's "0ar. Biven's F and the "Ul World of Dalton Building . untre. Dalton "l! bankrupt two 80 Councillor (Lean attributes owners. '9 staff and r5 feel the Gecline is beam l iishortageof " not shopping - ) area is there summer people and i imagine a merchants up here then could make enough in the summer winter " Jackson s Ponnt Hardware. who has been nominated y ncechanrman Dorothy Zayat to be his replacement No other trustees haye been nominated for the chairman's job to date Mrs Zayac King Township trustee, sand she would wait until the next board meeting to outline what she hopes to It hlP\P as chairman if she is elected Whttchurchr Stouffytlle trustee Harry IsJaeks w I d e conditions PETER Et'STM l-I Peter Eustace. owner of Eustace Pharmacy in Jackson s Point, has been there for 10 years and says business is "very [lint He sand empty stores in Jackson s Point used to he a winter only phenomenon but now they don 2 men bother tn open in the summer In fact i think they CCOI'lO 'lIC hate people hung in them to he htMl ' he added Mr Eustace said he felt business in Jackson s PM! is bad because the deterioratan The' re all broken down old stores and there is no point in businesses up here that are There population there support it d'rpitcattng already in Sutton al5o isn't the around that be to ago, used Mn Years . PETER EL I-I used to be more the lot of to coast all He noted his summer business has dropped in the last three to five years but his winter has picking up He attributed this to converting cottages to homes" business been gradually "more people TED HALLOR Y Ted Mallory of Home in business in the area for It years, reported business is "very. very badJiere Butldon't think us Just Jackson's Point. i think it is in the whole township " He blames it on the lack of )obs available This is our main problem Since I moved here. every year we hear industry, industry. industry. and we get W community, nothing." "They keep Bowes has for Aurora. t'Ew'illnmbury. King. \' a u g h a n Whitchurch-Stouffvniie Georgina The elections will be held meeting on Dec to. industry. especially for the young gener- ation Jackson's Point a few years back was very. very good. right now Jackson's Ponnt is dying " Mr Mallory painted out that when Bill Phillip (:qu Station was closed down last year. it had a detrimental effect on his business "It Just dropped, he sand If somebody stops for gas they say I'll go across the road and buy Something from the hardware, but nl it's closed they just drive by and go somewhere else, he explained KAREN THOMPSON Karen Thompson, owner for the Village \ ari ty on High St , has been there for three years and reported business is slow Business is slow for everyone in town " She attributes this to residents shopping outside of Georgina Township and also the poor state of parking in the Sutton business core A lot of businesses have been pulling out because I feel that people aren't shopping in town. which only stands to reason This is a commuters town. where a lot of people live here but they are gomg out of town to work If they are working out of town then they are shopping out of town." she theorizcs "When asked what When asked what the township can do to help attract residents to shop locally. she retorted, "i don't know. l've asked that question myself Maybe we could do with some small factories for people to work in more iobs " GEORGE HOLBORN George Holburn. of Hoiburn Pro Hardware and Furniture in Sutton. has one of the oldest familyowned businesses in the township His grandfather started it in toot Despite this, business for him is also "not very good " He feels his business is controlled by nature. more than ncs "It's so amazing that the business is controlled by the weather. and it doesn't make any difference whether it is summer. winter. ring or fall. If it ts a nice day. we are busy and if it isn't. v been nominated for the vice- chairman s position He will be running agairwt Michael Neill. the board s separate school tn toe East Newmarket: a n d * THE ER New-aria. Acorn. sumo-c. Wot. Hooch... in A! a Q Tomorrow night is opening Iut at the Factory Theatre on Henderson 8t.. Acorn. for theatre Aurora's Joseph and His A-aaing Technicolor Dreamcost." " u 00" Nauattng them.icalstsryis.lin Westlake.ieft.with cast A f BIBLICA ' 35-"! - 1 . , - ' . GIC r characters Potipksr's wife. played by nginia O'Brien; The ThirdSe'ction 'RealEstate' " Classi eds assume full ' a. ;__: ,' cost: backup /.. Pharoah' Pant Cutler; Joseph. played by Gary Heard; and dancing art Michelle Farwell. The show plays Nov. 2! and I and Dec. 1.5.0. 7 and s. with cnrtain at 8:15 pm. For tickets. call Mrs. Winger at 727-0179. NEWIARKET Iayor Ray Twinney straw-nod the pittin- record as council in committee heard a manuabdialfd thev nctimsofaaewu backu The accident head a bssunait at 0 month At a meeting Ianday mt William Steele. a representative for Ir andlrs WJ Collierwho altered aboin 05.000 in the mishap. atlas-sod the committee layer honey told Ir Steele and Mrs (other the town had not made a commitment to pick up the bill for the damages as reported in recent Era stories T h e s t o r i e s . continued the mayor were a rnisinterpretation of his opinion that the municipality should have 5 degree at liability where a town service creotes a problem He sand restitut on for the damages was not authorised at an Oct 22 committee meeting ( otaicil will decide at a later date how much. if any of the damages it will pay Mr Steele told the committee. There should be some responsibility from the town Part Of ithe town'st obligation to protect lllll mtntusnts is shown by 0 very fact the town i has covered against this sort of midiap. the family is at a stalemate in which it will be forced to bear the entire cost He appealed to councnl s "moral obligation . saynr' tlr should pay a subtantial part of it: damages Ir Steele also and town staff at the site an the night of the flood had not fund that the sewer had blocked by a hockey ick He said the largest solid obstruction in the pipe was a inch pencil-thin piece of wood The town s imam company Pram Cowan ( 0 Ltd . has'said there is no coyerage available against sewage bnckw The company also stated such coverage was once part of routine house policies but was cancelled became claims in this liability were becornnng costly Town engine" Hoy Howard told the committee council shoidd consult Toronto Sim . problems are occitring in the Parkdaie area of that City Damaged in the ( ollier incndent were eight winter coats a [WU sets d, hockey equipment and houu walls on 3 Point a ghost town? locally and. the Mtiat promising. but nothii' is country and who is too blame? i don t know if wewouldget some kindof Abandoned stores and business outlets like these are a familiar sight in Georgina Township's Jackson's Point. officials. we re not. it s as Simple as that " The parking Situation on High St is defnnnetly one of his sore ponnts "It wouldn't be a problem if we could get some of the business people to move their bloody cars off the main street" he remarked "l haye my own feelings on it but what our problem is here is that we hayi- a bank here that employs about 17 people and they park their cars there " Mr liolbun said if the townshtp goes ahead with a proposal its examining to put in art till street parking lot. it would only pftiyldt a parking lot for them " There is now a two hour parking limit on High St . but according to him it is not enforced, by the police at the request of the township "If the police would enforce the parking bylaws in this town I think It would help a lot, but the township won t let them " Mr Holburn said he and some other business owners have asked the police to tag the cars" but the township immediately called them and told them to stop." he claimed He dlSU pointed out it was a regional road and not men a township road Two of the business owners talked to sand business was good. Tom ( ollingham of ( olltngham Jewellers Dalton Rd . and Luke s Drug Store High St TtiM ( tiLLthiHAM Mr ( ollnngham has been located in Sutton for three years and attributes his success to becoming tnyolyed in the community He sponsors a midget hockey rep team and we do qunte well with it He also attends local fund raising functions and dances If you don t get nmloved you can't expect the patrons If you get iinyolyed than it going to work out for yhou because peqiie want to get to know you If they dont get to know you, then you h8\t a problem he explained 80!! Lt'KI-L Bob Luke who has owned his business for as years although it has been located in Sutton for Itlli years this year. feels that the area is drained tnj the larger shopping malls m Newmarket and the city He also noted there is revitalization a lack ot off street parking "The worst part is we have a twohour parking limit on Main St which is not enforced and a lot of the employees and owners of stores park on the main street because it is the only place to park it is very short-Sighted on their part," he said He provides parking for employees behind the store as does Mr Holburn he said Ntitii TltiNS According to township chief administrative officer wayne Wands there are two options available to the township to improve business core areas in hopes of attracting more shoppers a Ministry of Housing downtown rey italnzatnon program and a Main St program The Main St program is geared for Georgina, while the downtown program is for much larger communities ttzsmo' The Main Street Revitalization Program is designed to help small communities with populations of some or less to improve their downtown areas using the Business Improvement Area 'BlAn as a starting point The BIA itself is a des ice merchants can use to designate and tax themsclyes for improvements to street stapes and related facitlntnes Since smaller towns often lack the capability to generate the initial funding for the BIA approach the oynncial government will'provide low interest loans tnf up to 3150000 to help the community improve and beautify municipally owned lands and bunldings in eligble areas The objectiyes of such a program are tit encourage and support downtown improvement p r o 1 e t t s b y municipalities .2' to promote coordination and joint planning of connprt-herisiy e downtown improvement proyects by the township business groups and the community at large t31 to demonstrate support for \table and attractive downtown areas in tnntario's smaller communities Mr Woods noted ill township to qualify. must h8\t an iifficial plan. a property standards bylaw public support. a h n u t development and it must meet proy incial polncnes He noted the township s offiCial plan is now in its fourth draft and should be ready for public meetings early in the new year and then finalized PHILLIP'S PLAN ( otkictllbr Jinn Phillips who's ward includes the two business areas said he plans to introduce the goyernment assisted revitalization program once the offical plan is in place which he said would include a request for offstreet parking in Sutton The son of Bill Phillips. who owned the (lulf Station in Jackson s Point said he could remember when it was a busting community how it is a ghost town We need to know why and how to reverse the trend he continued. 'wr need a provincial tourist study Lake Sitincoe should be taking a slice of the Wasago Beach business now that gas is getting so high Weshouid be prepared " ( ouncnlior Phillips said it was also time the township got serious industrial We have to be more it clear that abandon serious about it and make- it a reality it doesn't come about t-ver night It takes thorth and a carefully prepared promotion a game plan and not just talk he explained "Ward councillors are going to have to get together and decide what we can do for Georgina as a whole We have to not soon because it s obvious now that it's the municipalities with high residential to low industrial ratios which are going to suffer with high taxes Our provincial goyernment that "\ISIOH of the regional equalization factors," he added has made clear with the I also want to make we cannot to u r l s m altogether ' he added ( RI'ZATI-l 1088 hit-LEAN t'ouncnllor John McLean said he felt the only way to brnng back people into the area is yobs "if we don t create yobs. the people aren t gonng to spend their money intheares People tend to spend their money where they work If they work in Newmarket or Toronto. they tend to shop there." he stated Major revitalishtion is the answer. say some township He also would like to see a retitalilation program pursued by councnl We hate it good heritage in this area like our indian heritage and its not utilized at all What about a paddle wheel or some kind of an establishment on the island that s going to attract people here" We hate to attract tourists back to the area and right now we have nothing to offer them and that s why they re not coming l think there is qunte a hit of grant money ayailable from the province and the federal government for propcts such as this. not only under revitalization but as a tourist grant 'We should be down there sitting on their door steps and not letting them forget that we're in their way until we start getting some cooperation and some help " ( ouncnllor Melton noted Georgina will not get into "better shape" until the township faces the fact that it is becoming a have-not township" "if we can tone that androcognisentandwork towarth becoming butts. then wecan get out of the hole we're in "