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wHITB FREE PREss, WEDNEsDAY, DECEMER 19,1990o, PAGE r) Whitby oly Durham mneplt to show increase iii building activit By Mike Kowalokl Whitby is the only Durham Région muni*cipality to show an increase in building activity* dur- ~recent report from the Regilon's planning department confirms what observera of thé Town'a monthly building statis- tics have long suspected. While. every other Durham municipalil as experienced a decreasé ini construction activity, development in Whitby continues unabated. According to the report~ thé value of ail building permits issued i Durham Région fromn January to Septem ber was $484.7 million. This figure réprésents an almost 40 per cent (39.2) drop i the valuie of permits issued for thé saine period in 1989 --$796.8 million. Oshawa recordéd thé worst percentage décreasé, 74 per cent, from $147.9 million to $38.9 mil- lion. Pickering was next with 63pe cent from -$156 million to $5.3 million. Thé othér fivé municipa- lities ail had doublé-digit decreasés. On the other hand, Whitby had a six per cent increase fromn $175.5 mil lion to *186.6 million. (According to thé most récent building permit report from Whity thé Town issued $210.3 millioniii Permits as of Nov. 30. Biood'donor clinies are upcoming Blood donor clinics will hé held in iax on Dec. 26 and in Whitby on Jan. 8. Thé Boxing Day clinic will hé at St. Bernadette Roman Catho- lic Church, 21 Bayly St. E., Ajax, noon te,5p.m. Thé Jan.* 8 clinic will hé at thé Whitby Légion Hall, 117 Byron St. N., 1 to 8 p.m. Thé joint effort bétweén Whitby and Ajax voluntéer teains is to provide enough blood to fil hospital orders. Photo byEarle Ko«Ie Marila Jung for MON AMOUR -Fak lWo"wcd(ùgcm"tie à QWUYa6i&gom custo md 1degn ulted spedfficaly for your tastad desime Hand Eeaded Bridai Gowns Bridai Acceusories Custom Tailoring to ail Gowns Mohers of Bride and Groom Fashion Custom Made Brdeunaids Dreues .Affordable P"c Exclusively in Durham Region at: Dianne's Bridai Couture 413 Dundfas St- .R,, Wltby For Your B~Exusve Appontinet Cali: 430-985 Ozu bP4AEI tjials 1oEMgr.4 -r>ER'S RD <zUU Lust year the figure was $207.4 million.) Both residential and non-resi- déntial construction weré down i Durhamn. Thé valué, of residéntial rer- mits issued i 1990 was $3 5. 3 million down 43 per cent from 1989 9 M86.7 million. Thé value of non-residential permits was $149.4 million, down 29 per cent from ust year's $210.1 million. Although' permits issued for individual housingunits weré off 45 per cent inDunham. those that were issuéd tended to hé foi more affordablé housing, reflec tive of current économic coný ditions. Permits wéré issuéd for onlj 1,580 singlé-family dwellings, î drop of 54 per cent from 19891i B ut permits issuéd for semi detachéd and row/townhousi units were up 18 and 72 per cen- rés el>'. permita for apart ment units weré down 60 peî cent, from 1,037 units in 1980 t 418 tuis year. 400 DUNDAS ST. W., WHITBY 668-4500 (Toronto Une 686-3825) 4 Bran~ches Iocated in Scarborough. Branches also Iocated in: *ý Aurora - Richmond Hill M ~ - ~ ~ - - ~a ~ ~s7~ * U~P - - m - - -