10, 2010, 2 Museum expansion, McCowan construction next expansion of the Whitchurch-Stouflville Museum with a visitor/ community centre. Don't miss the consumer marketing opportunity of the year! With Osteoporosis a fractured hip could be a life sentence. - This message blougm to you as a community service 01 The Stouffviue Sun Tribune Osteoporosis Society of Canada . The tender for McGowan Road was approved at the end of February and con- “There's no sense pushing mud around because that’s what you do in April,†Mr. Emmerson said. ' Call 1-800-463-6842 for more information Some work at Memorial Park has been done, which is receiving a completer revamped walkway, new grandstand, fenc- es and irrigation system. Construction will begin after the Strawberry Festival, accord- ing to Mr. Emmerson. “We feel fairly conï¬dent we'll make the March 31 deadline and I’m pushing as hard as a I can," Ms Billich said of the museum. Work on the Stoufl'ville Sports Field is about 70 to 80 per cent complete, according to Mr. Pourvahidi. What remains is the pav- ing of the parking lot and the soc- cer pitches, which will take place following the upcoming soccer season The museum's tender has just been released, with bids due back April 28. Dorie Billich, manager of culture and museum services for the municipality is hoping con- struction will begin in May. In order to receive the money awarded by the province, each project must be 90-per~ cent complete by March 31, 2011. As for the other four projects, “we'll have it all done" by March 31, Mr. Emerson struction is expected to begin next month D The Town of Whitdiurdrâ€"Stouflville has a curâ€" rent debt load of $37,193,339, including $6 mill- lionitdebenturedlastmonthforthepurdlaseof the Cook Canada property for a new civic centre. Town ofï¬cialssay developers will pay 62 per cent of the debtwith taxpayers picking up the remain- ing 38 per cent. "It’s a mortgage process,"town treasurer Marc Pourvahidi saidâ€You can treat the developers as your tenants.They are building things in our town and paying for a portion of that debt." “We’re quite conï¬dent the debt will be handled,†Mayor Wayne Emmerson said‘We will handle this debt and there will not be any more impact to ourresidentsthan whatwehave put in ourï¬scal impact study.†DEVELOPERS PAYING 62% 0F $37-MILLION DEBT