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BY IOE FANTAUZZI jfantauzzi®yrmg.com tending on her front lawn on a warm summer morning. Rone McGregor looks out into her neighbourhood. in front of her, a row of two-storey red brick walk-ups line the south side of Sunrise Drive near Faithful Way. As Sunrise meets Old Kennedy Road, which then plunges toward Steeles Avenue, empty units stand silent at ground level to the right, many with real estate signs in front, a hopeful harbinger of commerce to come. A Jamaican-Canadian who first settled in Toronto, Ms McGregor moved with her husâ€" band to Milliken about two years ago. I HOME THEATRE - HIFI 7 HIGH DEFINITION Tv - ACCESSORIES - CUSTOM INSTALLATIONS - PARTS - SERVICE “It’s abig difference. It’s like going to a new world,” she says. “You have to take a while to â€"“It’s an up-and-coming community,” Ms McGregor says. The Sunrise subdivision is new. It is peace- ful. It is quiet during the day. Nazia Chaudhry is a family/senior settlement counsellor with Centre for Information and Community Services at the York Region Immigrant Ser- vice Centre on Kennedy Road at Denison Street. Milliken diversityâ€" rich community build up a community relationship because everyone is new." Arguably and most extensively, one might define Milliken’s borders as Steeles to the south, Brimley Road to the east, just a touch east of Bimhmount Road and just south of 14th Avenue. CULTIVATING NEIGHBOURHOODS Those who know the community say the first recent immigration wave was led A six-part in-depth series on the changing communities of York Region, highlighting success and opportunities, examining challenges and celebrating diversity. PART4OF6 by southern Europeans. 1n the late 1980s and early ’90s, Chinese immigrants began to move into the neighbourhood when Market Village was established. More recently, increasing numbers of South Asians and Caribbean-Canadians have made Milliken home. Milliken may be a new world to some residents, but is also a neighbourhood with deep roots. Records about the community’s origins show it was a quaint settlement in its early days; its centre being what was then Steeles, now referred to as Old Kennedy. "lbday on Old Kennedy, vehicles zip up and down the four-lane road between Steeles and Denison. On the east side of Old Ken- nedy, homes peek over a long wooden fence. An auto body shop with cars and dump trucks gleaming in the sunshine on its lot are See COMMUNITY, page 9‘ STAFF PHOTO/SJOERD WITTEVEEN 10 READ THE ENTIRE SERIES, GO TO YORKREGION.COM July 23 Part 1: York Region The Face and Pace of Change July 30 Part 2: Bathurst Street A Thriving Jewish Neighbourhood Aug 6 Part 3: Newmarket Heights: The Chauenge of Change An; 13 Part 4: Millikan Mills New Home for South Asians Aug 20 Part 5: Maple: The Hopes of Ahmadiyya Muslims Aug 27 Part 6: Jac|son's Point A Community of Contrasts