downtown revitalization.
Winter is the perfect time for planning,
Again, the potential is great, the vision a
whether it is a garden, a home renovation
tad blurred.
project or a long-term, effective, all-
There is uncertainty surrounding the
inclusive economic development strategy.
town’s line-up of promoters since the folding
You want to have all the details worked
of the Société de développement commercial
out so you can hit the ground running
et touristique de Hawkesbury in December.
when the snow finally disappears and the
The town sealed the organization’s fate when
hardware store specials announce the
council cancelled the municipality’s annual
arrival of spring.
$120,000 contribution to the Société, which
Some of these planning exercises can
Developing visions
also administered the Business Improvement
involve nothing more than a sketch drawn
Area Commission and the Chamber of
on the back of an envelope and a little
ought to be another booming season for the
opened in 1969. Taxpayers have helped
Commerce.
inspiration drawn from decorating
water park near Limoges. Already, that area
finance the bill for the clean-up of solvents.
A new year, a new council and a new
magazines or a visit to rich people’s homes.
is experiencing economic spinoffs from what
The federal government has provided $2
economic development director give rise to
However, economic development plans
is touted as the largest water theme park in
million towards the $2.2 million cost of
new hope.
are more complex and time-consuming
Canada.
removing materials that had been buried on
But Chénier stresses the need for realistic
since they involve government, politicians,
Water continues to be a large component
the Cameron Street property.
optimism. “I am not a saviour. For one thing,
Power Point presentations and the need to
of Hawkesbury’s development program.
This year, we can see action taken on the
people tend to crucify saviours,” he remarked
give the impression that public input is
You will recall that back in 2008, when the
major overhaul of the sewage treatment
recently. If the game plan is to be effective, in
important.
municipality was revising its official plan,
plant, and on the clean-up of the wastes left
addition to having a sense of humour and
As Hawkesbury’s new economic
the development of the Ottawa River
over from the former Canadian International
realistic goals, all of the players have to
development director noted during a
shoreline was again identified as a key to
Paper pulp mill. The inadequate sewage
ensure their oars are in the water and that
recent interview, you have to take stock
Hawkesburgers’ future prosperity and
system and the waste lagoon have both
they are aiming for the same destination.
before you can venture forward. Says Marc
happiness. During a discussion of the official
been identified as impediments to growth.
Yes, the term is over-used, but a “vision” is
Chénier: “We have to determine a vision,
plan, council members managed to agree on
Hawkesbury indeed has assets, such as
required.
decide where we are and where we want
a few key points. Hawkesbury has many
the fabulous Confederation Park.
Envisage something like Prince Edward
to go.”
assets but has difficulty “selling its salad.”
Place des Pionniers, the park on Main
County. Think of it, or some reasonable
A lot of people love to go to Prince
The town is, still, located an hour’s drive
Street, is supposed to be a key component of
facsimile, as the winter lingers.
Edward County, the province’s newest
from major centres. The trouble is that, to use
wine region and tourist mecca. Picton is
hockey terms, all of the people who are
the hub of the county which is located near
Fatal prompts seatbelt initiative
supposed to be promoting Hawkesbury have
Belleville. You see slick billboards on the
failed to gel and have lacked the scoring
401; check out its web site. It looks like a
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touch to put the puck in the net.
incorrectly used or incorrectly installed.
nice place to visit.
There has been no lack of ideas.
When used correctly, a booster seat provides
H AWKESBURY
Anyway, the new warden of Prescott-
Take Centre Christ-Roi, which is situated
60 per cent more protection than a seatbelt
Russell counties has an idea where this
on a nice chunk of waterfront real estate. All
alone. In a collision, children using seatbelts
region should be going.
A recent fatal accident has prompted a
sorts of new vocations have been tossed
instead of booster seats are three and a half
“Each of our municipalities has its own
seatbelt enforcement drive by the
around for that money pit, which the town
times more likely to suffer significant injury,
strength and potential. We must unite to
Hawkesbury Ontario Provincial Police
has owned for more than 20 years. The former
and four times more likely to suffer a head
grow,” says Jean-Yves Lalonde.
The
detachment, which has found most area
town council agreed that the former school
injury.
Alfred-Plantagenet mayor has set
drivers comply with the law and buckle up.
had to go because it was an expensive eyesore.
For more information on seatbelts visit
economic development as one of his
The increased enforcement campaign is
But the municipality has failed to get any
the website of the Ontario Ministry of
priorities during his one-year term as chair
in response to a January 10 collision on
takers for the vacant, deteriorating building
Transportation at www.mto.gov.on.ca.
of the regional council that is comprised of
Concession 2 in The Nation. Two teenagers,
on Main Street.
the mayors of the eight municipalities in
who were not wearing seatbelts, were killed
There is the former Amoco Fabrics and
Hammond man
the counties.
when the truck they were riding in struck a
Fibers plant site. The town will lose a major
“My priorities will be economic
trailer unit parked in the road. Investigators
source of revenue when Bentley Leathers,
development and tourism, the 2011
cannot determine if seatbelts would have
who has paid about $1 million in rent, will
charged
International Plowing Match (IPM) and
saved the lives of the victims, but wearing
move out and into a new distribution centre
celebrate 2011, the International Year of
seatbelts is proven to increase the chances of
at Cameron and Spence Avenue, where the
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Forests by undertaking special meaningful
surviving a crash.
company will consolidate its Cameron and
V ANKLEEK H ILL
and sustainable activities,” he says.
The three-week initiative will be held
Tessier Street operations.
Tourism is always a large component
until February 7.
The site’s value has increased now that
of economic stimulation efforts.
So far, approximately 800 vehicles have
the property’s pollution problem has been
A 43-year-old Hammond man is
Ah, Calypso.
been checked during roadblocks and five
resolved. When BP Amoco gave the land to
scheduled to appear in court next month
Obviously, if we get a repeat of the
persons have been charged. Seatbelt non-
the town, the company was still cleaning up
after being charged in connection with a
weather we got last year, this summer
compliance draws a fine of $235 and two
contamination left over from the plant which
crash that claimed the lives of two
demerit points.
Vankleek Hill teenagers January10.
Recent checkpoints revealed that the
André Duquette will face two counts of
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Hawkesbury area had a high level, about 90
criminal negligence causing death when he
per cent, of compliance for seatbelt use.
appears February 16 in L’Orignal court.
Nevertheless, officers of the Hawkesbury
The maximum penalty for such an offence
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is a life prison term. He was arrested
motorists to continue this trend. By working
following an Ontario Provincial Police
hard at inspecting vehicles, officers target an
investigation of a collision that took the
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even higher level of compliance.
lives of Garett Allen, 18, who lived on the
The Hawkesbury O.P.P. detachment will
family farm on Cassburn Road, and Naomi
ESCR Hawkesbury 572 Kitchener St., Hawkesbury
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also be focusing on child restraints to raise
Théoret, 17, of Concession 2 in The Nation.
awareness and protect children. A properly
Garett Allen was driving a 1994 GMC
used child booster seat reduces a child’s risk
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of injury in a crash by as much as 75 per cent,
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