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stouffville suntribunemu thursday feb 12007 demand sparks building boom from page 1 for the longer term more staff would need to be hired if growth continues as forecast and more materials particularly dvds and talking books would be required a lot of residents moving here are from the city mrs nordheimer said they have high expectations in 2004 an average of 575 new hous ing starts was forecast for the municipal ity every year until around 2021 in a report by c n watson associates a new report presented at last weeks council meeting by andrew mcneely the towns manager of planning services predicts up to 1100 housing starts each year until 2010 about 900 to 950 of these homes will be in the urban community everyone wants to come to whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emmerson of stouffville itself the numbers come from a telephone survey of homebuilders this rate of growth means whitchurchstouffville could have almost 39000 people by june 2010 the current population is around 26000 the watson report had estimated a population of 34000 for 2010 and 53000 for 2021 a total of 5333 housing units have been giventhe green light which include homes already built or under construc tion there cant be more homes than that until capital improvements are made to the big pipe including an expansion to the duffins creek water pollution con trol plant and the twinning of a collector system which the region predicts will be completed by the end of 2010 lake ontario water is slated to be brought into town around the fall of 2008 adding to the capacity now avail able to the town through groundwater some people may say the new figures are a huge surprise mr emmerson said but he doesnt think so the original report should have had higher forecasts of 600 to 700 new households coming on board he said adding that the rate of housing being constructed in markham and richmond hill should have been factored in the demand for housing is market driven mr emmerson said everyone wants to come to whitchurchstouf fville it also means if the economy slows or the rate of housing increases again in neighbouring municipalities the pres sure on stouffville would lessen since being elected in november mr emmerson said he has not allowed any more housing permits to be issued until me appropriate infrastructure is in place he wants hoover park drive to be com plete something he hopes will be done by late february that should have been done before the walmart opened he said he also wants to see millard street finished between hwy 48 and ninth line so res idents can easily get from one end of town to the other as well an environ mental assessment is currently being done as the first stage of havingthe jog taken out of ninth line at main street asthma we can help call the lung association lung association one factor hastening the rate growth in town was the approximately 18- month delay in the completion of the big pipe the ninth line york durham sani tary sewer project it was finished in summer 2006 along with the bypassing and closing of the sewage plant in memorial park that delay meant builders had longer to market and sell lots increasing the demand from homebuyers in 2006 the town issued about 1100 new residential building permits around 950 of these are for new home construction in the community of stouf fville itself in june 2006 a population increase for stouffville of around 2000 people was estimated from 2004 that means construction of around 700 homes over those three years mr emmerson said the housing boom in stouffville has been pushed forward by a strong econo my in the gta low mortgage and financ ing rates and the fact building has slowed in nearby municipalities such as markham and richmond theres also better transportation for residents here including access to hwy 407 and 404 and improved go train and bus service in rural areas growth projections and building permits are on target with about 125 to 150 new building starts per year mostly in the ballantrae golf country club and savoia subdivision the town is preparing its 2007 operat ing and capital budget submissions tak ing the new figures into account the budget is to be presented next month here we grow again incoming 3000 newcomers a year are expected in whitchurch- stouffville up from original projections of 1800 change entrance signs population of whitchurchstouf fville today 26000 in 201039000 playtime soccer pitches and ball diamonds are to open at the new bethesda park in 2008 construrtion of a third arena is to begin the same year drink to that lake ontario water will make its debut in stouffville in 2008 abbott farms for sale top quality black angus beef no hormones no antibiotics steaks roasts ground beef stew beef hamburger patties braising ribs back ribs beef sausage pepperettes soup bones heart liver tongue dog bones sides and quarters also available call the farmer warren cell farm 4164603303 9056400520 border collie pups and adults for sale by lorraine 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