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A Community Improvement Plan Committee was approved by Town Council
on Monday, July 28th.
Five applicants, John Fortier, Lesley Hall, Brad Smith, Trevor Wardrop
and Greg Wolfe were approved along with Charles Ebenstreit, Councilors
Luke Charbonneau and Jane Barber. The Committee will be working with
Joanne Robbins from the Chamber of Commerce while Jay Pausner and Linda
White will act as town resource staff.
The first task will be for the Committee to define the area of the
downtown that should be included in the study. Councilor Huber raised
the concern that both Port Elgin and Southampton downtown cores should
be considered in the study.
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Councilors Luke Charbonneau and Thead Seaman however, recommended
that, because each downtown is unique, it would be more advantageous to
strike two separate committees to come back to council with separate
plans.
Mayor Smith stressed that, " ... regardless of any plan, people from the
downtown core must participate if any plan is to work ..." and he urged
everyone to make their thoughts known to the committee.
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