Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), November 18, 2004, p. 1

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whitctiurchstoutfvjlle public librai thursday nov 18 2004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32 pages1 including gst 1 authors reallife story inspires bigselling debut opinion 6 calendar 14 sports 18 classified 20 5 staff photosjoerd witteveen bigtime following patrick riddell plows a field along the yorkdurham line in eastend stouffville tuesday afternoon attracting a lot of avian attention housing costs hurt business survey by roy green staff writer the good news for employers in york region is homes cost less than they do in downtown toronto there is a good road sys tem and public transit has improved signifi cantly in recent years the bad news is those homes are still too costly for many traffic congestion is reaching epic proportions and transit service still lags far behind demand in a survey of 75 companies in the region employers said they are having difficulty keep ing workers because of a lack of rental hous ing affordable homes and neargridlocked traffic on the regions roads there is rising concern by employers about transportation transit and housing costs affecting attracting retention of employ ees the study states many lower paid work ers new canadians and younger workers are unable to find appropriate and affordable housing in york region crucial for unskilled workers the study reveals york region has the low est percentage in the gta of people living in the municipality where they work at 538 per cent and the problem is most crucial for unskilled workers not all our jobs are highend and employers need to be able to attract people to those positions york region chairper son bill fisch said the 2001 census revealed about70 per cent of jobs in manufacturing and trade sectors were filled by people living outside the region darlene klemchuck of adecco employment services in markham said its tough for lowincome workers to get to york region the biggest obstacle is that there are two transit fares for workers from toronto she said even though the regions transit system is a major improvement its 5 each way for ome of them if youre working at a minimum wage job at 715 an hour you cant afford to do that seetmnsitpage8 green space protection stops development airport bringsfew benefits to town by hannelore volpe staff writer the new pickering airport wont bring any real economic benefit to whitchurchstouffville mayor sue sherban says arid it might lead to the munici pality eventually having to build more roads plans for pickering airport to become a reliever airport by 2012 were officially announced yesterday at that time buttonville airport in markham and the oshawa airport will be decommissioned pickering airport is to be developed into a full- fledged airport by 2030 air corridors near stouffville none of the airport lands fall within the municipality but some air corridors will pass over the southeast section of the town just east of stouffville the airport will cause more traf fie the need for more roads and highways but wont benefit whitchurchstouffville financially because most land in the area cant be developed under the hew green lands protection act more green spaces mean there will be fewer opportunities to increase the commercial and indus trial tax base of the municipality she said we cant even have a bed and breakfast in the southeast area of the municipality mayor sue sherban said to build an airport where you cant build a warehouse around it makes absolutely no busi ness sense the number of people travelling see airport page 5 tirm l ssrd i vr up to 60 months houstpn ford ltd 5736 main st stouffville 9056404541 www billhoustonf and com or cash incentives up to bf on selected models oivbly units left iiyi stock iviarkham- stouffvilie hospital charity ange parthau jewellers 6312 main st stouffville 905 6404646 r wrtm

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