$20 million in construction
A great year
the new $2 million ambulance station was
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completed. In the institutional sector, 11 renovation projects, with a value of $2,582,000, were approved. The biggest job in this category was the $1.8 million expansion of the gymnasium at L’École secondaire catholique régionale de Hawkesbury. In the residential sector, the numberofnewdwellingunitsdroppedfrom 61 in 2009 to 35 last year. The value of new homeswas$3,966,000,downfrom$5,862,000 in 2009. Some 152 renovation jobs worth $1,294,900 were carried out. The previous years, 124 renovation projects worth $1,548,000 were undertaken. In the commercial sector, one new building worth $55,000 was erected while 57 renovation jobsvaluedat$1,920,350.Thepreviousyear, nine new commercial projects, worth $1,026,000, and 33 renovation jobs, worth $1,567,500,werecompleted.Intheindustrial category, the Bentley centre was the only new building started, however, there were six renovation projects, worth $264,100, initiated. In 2009, the town issued permits for four additions to industrial buildings; this work was worth $5,061,000.
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H AWKESBURY
G RENVILLE
Last year was another good on
Thanks to two major projects, on the
Hawkesbury’s construction scene, where
construction front, 2010 was one of the
projects worth about $20 million were
bestyearsinrecentmemoryforthevillage
started.
of Grenville.
In 2010, the town issued 255 permits for
Last year, the municipality issued
work with a total estimated value of
permits for work with a total estimated
$19,905,350, according to figures compiled
value of $9,327,000, relates municipal
bychiefbuildingofficialJean-ClaudeMiner.
inspector Luc Gagné.
In 2009, the municipality issued 223
The new IGA store is worth about $4
permitsforworkwithatotalestimatedvalue
millions while the creation of the 25-unit
of $17,239,500. In 2008, the town issued a
community housing project bears a price
total of 242 permits for projects with a total
tag of about $2.9 million.
value of $12,198,500. In 2007, the
Ten homes were built in the village in
municipality issued a total of 212 permits
2010, compared to seven in 2009.
for work valued at $10,592,600. In 2006, the
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townhadissued232permitsforworkvalued
TheBentleyLeathersdistributioncentre
at $12,605,500. A big reason for the increase
wasoneofthebiggestsingleconstruction
M.P.P. poised
in permit values in 2010 was the new $7.8
projects undertaken inHawkesbury last
millionBentleyLeathersdistributioncentre
year.
on Cameron Street. Plus, across the street,
to step down
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Q UEEN
’ S
P ARK
Veteran politician Jean-Marc Lalonde
expects to confirm soon that he will not
seek re-election as Glengarry-Prescott-
Russell M.P.P. when Ontario voters go to
the polls October 6.
There is a “70 per cent probability that I
willnotrunagain,”theLiberalmembersaid
in a recent interview.
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Lalonde has been in politics for 41 years,
havingservedastheregion’srepresentative
at Queen’s Park since 1995. Lalonde had
servedasmayorofRocklandpriortoentering
provincial politics. He had considered
running for the mayoralty of Clarence-
Rockland in October but opted to complete
his four-year term as M.P.P.
Off the grid
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“Living Off the Grid” is the theme of a
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talk Michael Mazur, of Alexandria, will
giveFebruary5at7:30p.m.atArborGallery,
36 Home Ave., Vankleek Hill.
Call
613-678-5086
or
visit
www.vankleekhill.ca/events for more
information on the presentation, part of the
Speakers Series at the gallery. Mazur will
explain how he lives without relying on the
conventional electrical system. “It started
with a personal and conscientious effort on
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our part to be environmentally prudent,”
saysthe54-year-oldretiree.“Theobjectiveis
to minimize our footprint in doing our part
for the environment in the long run.”
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