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stouffville suntribune thursday april 1 2004 11 proposed facade may highlight downtowns heritage nature by hannelore volpe staff writer main street could resemble an oldfashioned streetscape steeped in history if a pro posed facade improvement project gets the goahead the idea is to highlight the heritage nature of the down town cores buildings with the cooperation of business own ers drawings of how architec tural details can change the appearance of buildings were presented to council by juri berzins of urban design associates the facade project would create guidelines for main street business owners to follow stouffvilles core is in dan ger of losing its heritage identi ty resident fred robbins said in introducing the concept to council with so much devel opment on the outskirts of town we need to address the core the cost of drawings would be 8750 mr berzins said they are a guideline for the towns planning department in towiis with facade improvement guidelines 15 to 20 per cent of properties will make improvements within two years mr berzins said he has created drawings for more than 100 communities including orangeville port hope and sarnia there was a favourable response to the concept at a business improvement area meeting said bia president eric button the facade improvement initiative is the latest strategy to beautify the core of stouffville over the past two years new banners were hung more flower baskets and planters were evident and more signs were designed to fit with the heritage nature of the town this spring an improved banner design will be unveiled this is all to give the core a more smalltown country flavour mr button said the bia also holds a num ber of events to draw more people to town such as the upcoming easter egg hunt another focus is trying to attract more specialty retail businesses to the core in con junction with the whitchurch- stouffville business develop ment office mr button said wondering what m to do with your yard waste this 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