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Oakville Beaver | Thursday, December 1, 2022 | 14 insidehalton.com TIGER JEET SINGH Fouidetion FRIDAY 6PM-10PM 295 MAIN ST TON READERS’ CHOICE 2022 DIAMOND WINNER DECEMBER & ° FREE AMUSEMENT RIDES * PETTING ZOO & PONY RIDES ° LIVE ENTERTAINMENT * FOOD & DRINKS $ * DIGNITARIES & CELEBRITIES ° FUN & MORE! COUNCIL HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT IN TOWN'S BEST INTEREST: MAYOR Continued from page 10 is a growing, successful is a healthy, gre ly. A thriving town is gr¢ ow. ing, livable, sustainable and weleoming town,’ Burt “Weill have more people to meet and make friends with and do business with and Play Sports and volun- have more things to en nar more plac- es to do them. We'll benefit from diversity that contin- ues to be attracted from the best and the brightest all over the world. We are a vi- brant, successful town of vibrant, successful people. ill confidently and cheerfully keep up with the future." The mayor said the big- gest things he will be ask- Town of Oakville photo Mayor Rob Burton and the rest of town council were sworn in Nov. 21. ing council to deliver will be a 2,000-acre eco park, new cultural facilities for downtown Oakville, street- scapes for two main street shopping areas and new parking for all of them. Other initiatives, ate said, includ taining he town! ‘Ss strongii, support affordable hous- ing; completing the new fa- cilities and parks needed in north Oakville; maintain- ing roads and infrastruc- ture; meeting climate tar- gets; and rolling out new electric buses. “There's a job ahead for this council and the next councils ...and that job is to build the inings that people want," said Burton. “Our community needs new facilities to keep up with growth, and if we don't build we just won't be as welcom- ing, sustainable and livable as we could and should be." OakvilleBeaver READERS’ CHOICE 2022 PLATINUM WINNER