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stouffville suntribune thursday jan 20 2005 5 cd brochure by hannelore volpe staff writer a package of colourful folders and flashy cds to promote the town of whitchurchstouffville was unveiled at last weeks council meeting the town initiated the project to attract more businesses the folder shows a vari ety of appealing rural and suburban scenes of the municipality and is designed with pockets so specialized information can be included according to the target market it also allows information to be updated as needed the package was pre sented by ravenshoe group ceo rick wigmore a whitchurchstouffville resident image is the main thing the municipality has to work on mr wigmore said and thats where the pro motional campaign which is still in the preliminary stages comes in council agreed to pur chase 2000 of the folders at 695 each this is a pilot project finance director marc pourvahidi said some costs will be recovered through the sale of adver tising on the folder to local businesses corporations and government agencies he added more jobs the town wants to attract clean wellpaying industries mr wigmore said this will eventually result in more local employment and more res idents shopping locally his presentation emphasized the country lifestyle close to the city concept unless we start devel oping our own businesses residents dollars will be spent out of town mr wigmore added mr wigmore noted mayor sue sherban had recently made a presenta tion to the ontario department of trade and development which works to attract major foreign and domestic businesses to the province he called whitchurch- stouffville one of the hid den gems of the region which needs to raise its profile the sevenminute cd emphasized the clock tower and showed many local landmarks at the end it gives email addresses of all councillors and the mayor on what it describes as the probusi ness council several residents at the council meeting raised concerns about the promo tional package the cds music was too loud for some in the council cham bers resident dave probert suggested a map be included to show com munities within a 50 100 and 150kilometre radius the municipality should also have representation at regional and provincial trade shows he suggested another regular at coun cil meetings fred robbins wanted more emphasis on he called whitchurch- stouffville one of the hidden gems of the region which needs to raise its profile tourism recreation and leisure activities the ravenshoe group was given direction by the towns economic develop ment advisory committee which is working to increase business in stouffvilles downtown core and other areas about a year ago the volunteer group replaced former eco nomic development officer eric lismanis the committee led by dale carter was charged with identifying potential investors to the area said phil bannon one of two councillors on the commit tee rob hargrave is the other council member the committee is made up of nine members plus the councillors whose fields of expertise include marketing finance pro motion and the arts we are competing in a very very strong market councillor bannon said wide distribution the promotional folders can be used by the mayors office councillors stouffville business improvement area whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce eco nomic development advisory committee and others it will also be inserted into govern ment publications to widen distribution the design of the folders should be completed with in a few weeks gilmour clark coming to play keith acton tickets for leafs assistant coachs charity hockey game go on sale saturday add former toronto maple leafs captains doug gilmour and wendel clark to the roster for the game of our lives ii the hockey game benefitting can cerrelated charities will be played jan 30 at 2 pm at the stouffville arena the celebrity team that will play the stouffville spirit jr a squad also features toronto maple leafs gary roberts and tie domi and detroit red wing and markham native steve thomas leafs assistant coach and stouffville resident keith acton is again behind die game tickets go on sale saturday at noon in the lobby of the stouffville arena for 20 on a firstcome first- served basis a limit of four tickets per person will be enforced proceeds will go to cancerrelated charities including the ufcw leukemia research fund and the oncology unit at markham stouffville hospital odds are youll win big theres a one in 500000 chance of winning the lottery at herbal magic winners are guaranteed www310thincom stouffville 61 62 main st unit 3 9056426906 wmmm weight loss nutrition centres