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News - Norwood - The Shop Asphodel-Norwood trade fair hosted by the municipality and its economic development advisory committee was an impressive first effort and organizers promise it will return next year. A steady stream of peoCampbellford group ple visited the main exhibit inside the community honoured for work. venue centre and the Millennium Room where culinary treats from a variety of local establishments were served. Businesses, organizations and serBUY SOME PIE vices were all represented at the show. “I’m pretty pleased,” Asphodel-Norwood Mayor Doug Pearcy said. “It’s pretty encouraging to see people turn out. I think it’s a worthwhile show.” The event was about showcasing what AsphodelHastings Market Norwood can offer residents, open for season. visitors and families thinking of moving to the community, Pearcy said. The fact that it took place on the same day IS A 4-WHEEL ALIGNMENT IMPORTANT? as Norwood’s famous holiday weekend yard sales was a bonus. “We don’t do enough of ➤ Better gas mileage that, promoting ourselves,” ➤ Longer tire life Pearcy admitted. “We have a ➤ Less wear & tear on steering parts new attitude toward economic ➤ Your vehicle is easier to drive development and community ALIGNMENT CHECK $3995 partnership and it’s paying Request yours today! off. It’s going the right way.” Mayor Pearcy also noted Campbellford Chrysler that Action 2000 Commit531 Grand Rd. • 705-653-1210 tee, the volunteer group that
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spearheaded the drive to build the new community centre that opened in 2004, always envisaged it as a multi-use venue. “We often talked about that, that we needed something like this,” said Pearcy. “We’ll get it to grow over the years,” Asphodel-Norwood CAO Joe van Koeverden said. Creating a trade show-like event was a key part of the economic development strategy van Koeverden has developed for council. With the motto, “Come Live With Us,” the strategy is designed to appeal to entrepreneurs, families and seniors. “It’s an opportunity for everybody to show off their wares and hopefully we’ll build on that,” he said. “We pattern this after Celebrate Havelock and we thank Havelock greatly for having started it many years ago and giving us a model to work from.” The response from advertisers and sponsors was great, van Koeverden said, and allowed organizers to produce and market the show on a “cost-recovery basis” and with no public dollars spent. “[We want to] get everybody to know more about who’s in the community. Even in small communities there are little barriers.” The organizing committee will stick with the same
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Gusto Personal Chef Services was one of several culinary-flavoured ventures featured at the first annual Shop Asphodel-Norwood trade fair and showcase at the township’s community centre. In the photo with Cancilla (far right) are her niece Carmella Franko and her partner Bruce Kemsley. Photo: Bill Freeman
Opposition to Second-Alma bridge alternative remains steadfast By John Campbell
News - Trent Hills - With Northumberland County’s bridge steering committee set to decide which alternative it preferred for a new river crossing in Campbellford, residents made a last-ditch effort to persuade them not to pick the Second StreetAlma Street alternative. They failed, but the arguments they raised will likely resurface when the committee’s recommendation goes to county and Trent Hills councils for a vote. IBI Group project manager Don Drackley again enumerated the positives associated with the alternative his company supported, in part to handle future population growth not just in Trent Hills but the county, which is expected to grow by 20,000 Please see “Shop” on page 2 people by 2041.
Unlike the twinning of the town’s main bridge, where as many as seven buildings would have to be demolished (and 20 parking spots removed), “most of the impacted buildings” on Second Street “can be preserved for new uses,” he said. In a letter written to committee members earlier this month, Gordon Tobey, president of the East Northumberland branch of The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, said “inappropriate development in proximity to heritage neighbourhoods” contravenes provincial acts. “The Second and Alma streets corridor, which “will destroy the neighbourhood” on Campbellford’s east side, is being favoured by engineers and decision-makers as an “easy way out.” Trent Hills Mayor Hector Mac-
millan said the town’s main bridge will need to come down at some point and “we’re trying to do this once … the best way possible to solve all the issues.” It’s not all about population growth, he said, but has more to do with an increase in the number of vehicles on the road that will add to the traffic going through town, from places such as Havelock and Belleville, he said. “If Campbellford didn’t grow by one more person, the growth in crossing traffic is still going to happen because this is a regional facility,” Drackley said. Second Street resident Judy McLean said every homeowner along the entire corridor should be bought out, if the project goes ahead Please see “Opposition” on page 3
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