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St-Amour : “We need a recreation plan” THE NATION | Mayor François St-Amour went to visit the YMCA in Rockland. He came back with the goal of getting The Nation its own master plan for recreation. “It’s a very beautiful setup,” Mayor St- Amour told the rest of The Nation council during a recent meeting. GREGGCHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca cial infrastruc- ture and other development aid grants. Council agreed to have admin- istration start Mayor St-Amour
looking at what consultant firms might be available and suitable for doing a master plan strategy for The Nation. Coun. Bour- geois-Desnoyers also suggested that the Community Futures Development Corp. of Prescott-Russell might have advice and aid available on the subject. The call came from one of the home- owners in the small residential portion of the community forest near the intersection of Bertrand and Martel Roads. The source of the fire was a Mitsubishi Lancer that had been abandoned and set ablaze. Police are trying to recover the VIN num- ber to determine if the car was stolen.
The mayor agreed with observations from other council members that there are some obvious differences between the City of Clarence-Rockland and The Nation munici- pality. The former has a larger population and more commercial and some industrial development while the latter is a rural com- munity for the most part. But the mayor argued that a recreation master plan for The Nation could be part of an overall economic development plan for the municipality. He noted that he recently received an email notice from the Asso- ciation of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) about a new grant program, the Places to Grow Implementation Fund, which could help The Nation with some of the costs for developing such plans. Funding applications under the plan are capped to a maximum of $100,000 allowed, if approved. But the application period for grants runs from April 2013 to March 2014. Mayor St-Amour stated that council members needed to decide now if they all agreed and supported the idea of having a master plan designed for the community. He noted that now the provincial govern- ment demands each municipality have an asset management plan in place for their areas when they apply for future provin-
Mystery car fire GREGG CHAMBERLAIN GREGG.CHAMBERLAIN@EAP.ON.CA THE NATION | Police have a curious arson case. Fire fighters fromThe Nation municipality and the OPP answered a Wednesday even- ing call May 8 about a fire in the Larose For- est.
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Scorched earth and singed tree trunks are all that remain of a mystery arson incident in the Larose Forest. Police are now trying to determine if the car that was the centre of the fire was reported stolen.
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