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sa third section 29422006402100 wednesday february 27 1985 if students make good landscape design firm premieres in markham by brian kiklik staff reporter edward pickering and ken little make starting a busi ness look as easy as baking a cake they graduated fanshawe community college in june 1984 and after six months of working and saving their money the two entrepreneurs opened a landscape design firm in their final year of college both men were worried about the prospective job opportunities so over a plate of greasy french fries in the school cafeteria in december 1983 the two decided the only way to ensure themselves jobs was to create them in an effort to establish their company the men applied for a 5000 loan under the provincial governments ontario youth enterprise program the firm operating under the name of greendesign has received bank approval and now all that is necessary is a final approve ment by the provincial government there are so many people who are critical of govern ment programs said mr pickering once you get the information everything is pretty straightforward the difficult thing is finding the right program according to mr pickering the program they chose best suited their needs because they were under 24 and recent postsecondary school graduates after a year of planning and market research the duo decided on settling in markham everything pointed to markham said mr pickering so we got in the car and came down one weekend because greendesign offers homelandscape design thesight of all the residential building in markham made the choice relatively simple mr pickering said besides their landscape and design degrees both mr pickering and mr little have experience in the field mr pickering for instance worked for his brothers land scape firm in his hometown of port hope for five years once greendesign finishes their designs on the land scape they pass the actual labor onto local contractors according to mr pickering the cost of designing land scape for an average home is about 125 in addition to exterior landscape design greendesign also does interior design for companies and homes that wish to have indoor plants and atriums greendesign is located at 129 main st in the tremont house suite 2 for further information call 4714730 markham council vetoes milliken shopping centre edward pickering 22 examines some blueprints for landscaping local homes mr pickering formed a land scape design firm last year with his partner 23-year- old ken little by christine koserski staff reporter in the face of overwhelming opposition markham council has turned down a proposal for a shopping and office com plex at the northwest corner of warden and steeles ave the complex proposed by suncor inc in a joint venture with ridge run develop ments inc was to feature a canadian tire store and a sunoco gas station the site is currently zoned industrial and the company had applied for a official plan amend ment to allow some commer cial and retail use members of the milliken mills community association snowed up at a planning com mittee meeting on feb 19 to object to the proposal association president pat stevens told the committee the residents feared the com plex would threaten the sue cess of another proposed de velopment at the corner of denison st and the realigned kennedy rd we feel the mall would jeopardize the future of de nison and kennedy she said millikens identity de pends on a core with a com- munity and shopping centre developer objected alan liebel of cedarland properties developer of the future community shopping centre at kennedy rd and denison st also told the com mittee his company strongly objected to the proposal he said cedarland has com mitted 1 million worth of land to the development of its project and 1 million in cash for roads and relocation of rail tracks cedarland was one of several developers in the area to donate land to the town for the realignment of kennedy rd mr liebel said prospective tenants for the cedarland project learning of plans for the ridge run development were vacillating this is affecting us now said mr liebel the future of our shopping centre de pends on the integrity of your official plan look at the re sidents they bought their houses relying on the official plan just as we did lawyer gary kay repre senting the owners of indust rial land to the west of the suncor site told the commit tee we dont want to be be hind a shopping centre we want to be a part of a prestige industrial park proposal lauded committee members who lauded the proposal when it was first introduced in june 1984 decided not to support the proposal which lawyer don hindson said would cre ate 400 construction jobs and 500 permanent jobs i know the people in mil liken are looking forward with great anticipation to the centre at kennedy and de nison said councillor fred cox who voted against the proposal they want a core a hub a focal area the corner is considered crucial because of its position as a entranceway to mar kham most councillors would like to see a prestigious office complex on the corner and that is what the land is zoned for mr hindson argued that his clients proposal esti mated to cost 182 million would provide a dramatic gateway to the town the proposal was unani mously turned down by the committee art store set for milliken opening a custom frame and art chain canada fine art frame will open its fourth store at 4440 steeles ave in milliken satur day march 2 with outlets already in downtown toronto willowdale and pickering the company believes their new location will be just as successful in my type of business the best market is in the peripher al areas of the city said leo hunnakko president of the firm people looking for custom framing generally deal with people in their own area markham is a newly developed area the more empty our walls are the better it is for our business in addition to their custom framing services limited edition prints posters and reproductions the new location will also provide a wide selection of standard size frames and prints according to mr hunnakko the store will likely be open everyday except monday t g t i i i looaere farm in mt albert situated on 100 acres just east of the village of mt albert in scott township the home of the week is actually a farm this beautiful brick 4000sq ft home was built by the oldhams in 1906 and fea tures the original pine and red oak com pletely refurbished the homes interior is trimmed in ashwhbh an open stairway leads you upstairs to four large bedrooms and an ensuite off the master bedroom the second floor also has a laundry room nestled into the extensively landscaped lot is a 20x40 ft heated inground swim ming pool the barns are set up for a ex tensive beef farming operation and could readily be adapted for the dairy or horse enthusiast a 15minute drive from the 404 the farms asking price is 389000 f the home is listed with farquharson realty in stouffville and the agent is ruth dick who can be reached at 18523592 or 4756266 the large country kitchen features a picture window and plenty of cupboard space situated on a 100acre lot near mt albert this home and farm has an asking price of 389000 it is listed by farquharson realty and the agent is ruth dick she can be reached by calling 18523592 or 4756266 the living room features the ash trim that remains from the original house which was the master bedroom is extremely large with plenty of of the home also has three additional bedrooms and built in 1906 their are small stainedglass windows above the large rectangular closet space and an ensuite bathroom the upstairs area a laundry room viewing panes i i