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Renfrew residents and visitors could be enjoying a new trail along the Bonnechere River near RCAF Park in the next few years. Parks and recreation director Kevin Hill explained .CA .COM a waterfront trail in the area has been identified as the priority project for application to the Ontario 150 Community Capital Program. “Staff have been working on the grant application for the waterfront trail, looking at developing a waterfront trail from RCAF Park down to the Swinging Bridge,” said Hill at the Sept. 13 Renfrew council meeting. “So we’ll be submitting an application for funding to help offset some of the costs to continue that trail network, which will see a granular base, some lighting and then on council’s support of the 2017 capital budget, and the approval of the grant, will determine how far we go on an annual basis for the development of that trail.” Council directed staff to proceed with completing and submitting the application. “We’re quite excited about it,” said Hill, who noted the grant application was 99 per cent complete and would be submitted the day following the meeting. The town is asking for $140,000 in funding. “It’s an opportunity that will highlight our waterfront,” said Hill. The proposed trail fits in nicely with Renfrew County’s recent acquisition of the former CP Rail line, he said.
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Dancing in the rain
Leann Selle and Tom Stephenson won’t let a little (OK, a lot) of rain stop them from having a good time at the 2016 Renfrew County Plowing Match. They got together on the dance floor as Selle’s husband Ralph and the Douglas Connection entertain from the stage at the Cobden location. For more plowing match coverage, see page 40.
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