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Stumped on ecoLarose GREGGCHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca opinion, it’s too much.”
During the counties council session Clarence-Rockland Mayor Marcel Guibord acknowledged that there may be no real correlation between the zoning request and future economic benefits from the ecoLarose project. He said the delay on the zoning request is a “temporary situation” and would come up for consideration again at a future city council session. Mayor Claude Levac of Casselman noted that the ecoLarose project could be good for his village’s economy while Hawkes- bury Mayor René Berthiaume observed that counties administration does need to respect the wishes of Clarence-Rockland council for more information on the issue before it goes ahead with approving the zoning request. But Berthiaume also noted that the coun- ties cannot provide a guarantee about future benefits though he did note that Clarence-Rockland has enjoyed the results of the increased tourism traffic from the Ot- tawa River Festival that the UCPR helped to sponsor for the benefit of all the communi- ties in Prescott-Russell which are located along the Ottawa River. Parisien noted that “ecoLarose belongs to the United Counties of Prescott-Russell, not to Clarence-Rockland” and that the zoning request approval should have been a sim- ple housekeeping paperwork item. The ecoLarose project is located in the heart of the Larose Forest and site clearing is already in progress. The UCPR manages the community forest, with assistance from the South Nation Conservation Authority. The UCPR has committed $4 million from its own general reserve towards the $12 million project while it seeks partnership funding from the federal and provincial governments and other sources. Counties council directed Parisien and Sylvain Charlebois, UCPR director of eco- nomic development and tourism, to meet with Clarence-Rockland council to review the ecoLarose project and answer any ques- tions council members had. Charlebois met with city council during its June 2 session and received a list of questions to take back to UCPR administration to review and an- swer. The zoning request matter remains un- resolved until a future session of Clarence- Rockland city council.
L’ORIGNAL | The counties seems to be in a head-butting contest right now with the City of Clarence-Rockland over the ecoLa- rose project. City council has held up a zoning request from the United Counties of Prescott-Rus- sell (UCPR) dealing with the site for the proposed conference centre in the heart of the Larose Forest. During his verbal report to counties council during its May 28 regu- lar session, UCPR Chief Administrator Sté- phane Parisien expressed frustration over the situation. “It was kind of confusing and sad at the same time,” he said. Parisien noted that “certain members” of Clarence-Rockland council were holding up what should have been a simple house- keeping approval of a zoning request. He said their demands centred around what kind of economic benefits the project pre- sented for Clarence-Rockland itself. The Larose Forest is a community forest that straddles the border between the Vil- lage of Bourget in Clarence-Rockland and The Nation municipality near the Village of Limoges. The Village of Limoges straddles the bor- der between The Nation municipality and Russell Township and has several infrastruc- ture improvements underway as part of its future commercial development to accom- modate the tourism trade. There are con- cerns among some members of Clarence- Rockland council that Bourget could lose out to Limoges on the tourism potential draw from the ecoLarose project. While acknowledging the concerns, Pa- risien questions the logic in delaying the UCPR’s zoning request. “There is no correlation between the zon- ing change,” he said, regarding ecoLarose, “and the economic impact.” He added that the counties “cannot guar- antee” which neighbouring communities might reap any spinoff economic benefits from the ecoLarose project and that Clar- ence-Rockland council is just making the counties “go through another hoop of fire” by delaying the zoning request. “Enough is enough,” Parisien said. “In my
Brunch de la fête des Pères
Le dimanche le 15 juin, les festivités du 125e anniversaire de la Très- Sainte-Trinité débuteront officiellement avec la messe de consécration de l’église. Cette somptueuse célébration sera présidée par Mgr Terrence Prendergast. La messe sera suivie d’un brunch qui sera servi à la salle des Chevaliers de Colomb à compter de midi et demi (954, rue Giroux, Rockland).
Coût des billets: 25$ pour les adultes 9$ pour les enfants de moins de 12 ans On peut se procurer des billets aux endroits suivants: - salle des Chevaliers de Colomb de Rockland - presbytère
- Caisse populaire Trillium, centre de services Rockland - Pharmacie Jean Coutu - Grenon, Votre épicier indépendant Épinglette L’épinglette conçue pour le 125e arbore les éléments importants tels que le nom de la paroisse, le nom de la ville, le logo et les années d’existence, soit 1889 à 2014. Le coût est de 2$/épinglette. Avis aux collectionneurs. Elles sont disponibles auprès de M. Jean-Marc Lalonde au numéro suivant : 613-446-5243.
Pancarte de parterre Vous pouvez vous procurer une pancarte de parterre pour placer sur votre pelouse ou dans votre fenêtre au coût de 10$/unité (disponibles auprès de M. Gilles Chartrand ou au musée Clarence-Rockland, 613-446-7319).
Photo Gregg Chamberlain
Logs sit stacked in piles at the site for the ecoLarose conference centre for future use as construction materials.
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