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lii yyeeknder jayarx 4rmss extra parking standing empty with a shortage of public park ing a problem in markhams downtown core a 140space lot sits underused just a short walk from main street the municipal lot is located just west of markham village lanes off peer street the reason its used so little according to barry pettit public relations consultant for markham village lanes is be cause few people know of its exist- ance or realize its public parking mr pettit complains that the town will not allow village lanes to put up a larger illuminated sign to give the lot higher visibil ity along main st because of heritage markham restrictions at present there is a small p sign at wilson and main streets a partially hidden sign posted on a fence north of the entrance to the village lanes and a larger p sign at wilson and peer streets and at the entrance to the lot it self another problem contributing to poor usage mr pettit added is that the lot sits next to a parks department building and yard with many mistaking the lot as private instead of public parking parking with markhams high density and high per capita car ownership 978 percent of markham house holds have at least one vehicle 692 percent have two or more and 86 percent have more than five adequate parking space is essen tial no place to park has hurt the downtown core mr pettit says joe pickard chief administra tive officer for the town of mar kham feels current signs are adequate and that people will soon discover the new lot confusion as to whether the parking is public or private wont be a problem for long either he added since the parks depart ment will be moving in a month before the village lanes pro ject the lot was used as a storage area for municipal vehicles since peer street was too narrow for the area to serve as public parking says mr pettit manuel elkind the president of markham- village lanes inc bought land along peer street and donated it to the town so the street could be enlarged thus allowing the space to be used as public christmas spirit in the true spirit of christmas mcneil phar maceutical canada limited of stouffville in cooperation with its employees donated 1000 in toys and clothing to needy families in the area the donations were picked up and distributed by members of the stouffville lions club including al stacey left and cliff aiken organizers on behalf of the mcneil staff were judy smirnov right and mary oconnor employee donations were matched by the company charlotte cave carpet chesterfield or drapes look a little tired call markham cleaners 2942353 for your estimate take down rehang service available even hemline decorator pleated hours mon wed 7 am 7 pm thurs fri 7 am 9 pm sat 7 am 6 pm free markham cleaners 99 wellington st w hwy 7 markham ont pickering too close to metro for toyota plant all canadian vacuum system second to none in price quality floating selfcleaning filter no dust bags highly rated power and suction ventilated motor containment thereby extending motor life full warranty csa approved sale priced from pickering was knocked out of the running for toyotas first canadian assembly plant be cause the town is located too close to metro toronto says durham region chairman gary herrema mr herrema claimed that toyota wanted to be a big fish in a little pond when itopted to con struct its factory in cambridge a small municipality near guelph pickering was on the short list of possible locations for the multi- million dollar investment along with markham and the eventual site choice the cambridge decision ended speculation that toyota would build on goo acres of ontario land corporation property at brock road and cone 4 although disappointed that his regional municipality failed to attract the japanese auto manu facturer the chairman said durham is being considered by several other companies that may locate in ontario still mr herrema said hed hoped toyota would select pick ering so that a steamgenerating waste disposal plant could be built near the factory that option is gone now he said in reference to a proposed solution to the regions garbage disposal problem pickering is one of eight muni cipalities within durham region you home is always fresh as springtime with complete with 3 inlet kit canavag central vacuum systems 7 joseph st markham 2947859 sale wallcoverings vinyls strings grasscioth fbilerciv wall fashions ltd steele heights plaza betweenbayvlew leslie on steeles bidden paint 20 off window shades h off professional decorating advice open thurs til 9 pm phone 2262533 sale ends jan 1886