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Chamber gives green light to VIA survey Acton Chamber of Commerce given the green to the marketing study to see bow much interest there here In trying to VIA to Hop it trains here The questionnaire which will be paid for by the Chamber and conducted by grade 11 marketing students at Acton School was endorsed by Chamber directors Thursday Councillor Rick who first raised the idea of asking VIA to once again stop trains here a few weeks ago at council told the Chamber board he has received over whelming support for the idea from the community heard from downs and dozens of residents who say they use the VIA trains to commute to Toronto or for pleasure trips to the city if VIA stopped here Bonnette noted he s even heard of a woman in Grand Valley who drives every day to the GO train in Georgetown who plans to write a letter saying she d switch to commuting on a VIA train If It stopped in Acton Back when Acton had only people the community had lots of services like a train stop and its own ambulance However over the years services have disappeared from Acton and with a population of close to people it up to the community to try and bring some of these services back Bonnette declared VTA trains would be used not only by commuters be said He s heard from many seniors who care to drive to the city or have cars who would like VIA service so they can leave Acton once in a while One plus In persuading VIA to stop passenger trains here would be that they arent going that fast through Acton anyway explained There are signs on the tracks on either side of town directing train crews to slow down to miles an hour going through Acton So It wouldnt be that hard for them passenger trains to stop The survey wilt determine how many people would use the trains for commuting how many would likely use them for plea sure trips how many people have friends and relatives who would use the train to come to Acton which currently scheduled trains would be most popular etc He emphasised that those who don t receive a questionnaire in the next week or so and are interested in VIA service should sit down and write a brief letter of support Letters should be sent to the Acton Chamber About homes or approximately one in Acton households will receive the Interim Chamber president Steve Daw kins said questionnaires would produce a representative picture of Interest in VIA here Community and political support will be needed in addition to financial viability in making Acton case to VIA said He said it was a good project for the Chamber to become involved with since it will impact on every area of the local economy It would be a service not only to the community but a plus In encouraging residential and industrial development these kinds of services if we are here Having train service for Acton could going to encourage growth in Acton The population here has decreased by about people in the last IB months Bonnette declared Armed with a fairly professional survey which should show VIA some financial benefits in again serving Acton Bonnette and Chamber officials hope to make a presentation to VIA in late March Ted Tyler said he supports the idea fully but warned if Acton can show VIA It will make money the trains won stop VIA wont stop Just to be nice to Acton The survey results will have to show VIA there a certain amount of business that it isn getting and likely would get if the trains stopped here won t be helpful if the results show the business would shift to Acton away from Georgetown or Milton where local people now go to catch the train bolster local property values There no hope VIA would change its schedule said so Acton will have to tic into the trains going through town now The times arent that great for tourists coming to Acton Dawkins explained But with lots of promotion for example through the Hide House s extensive advertising the trains could eventually become a plus in bringing shoppers to Acton After the students the question they will be left in the home for a few days and then collected The Hide House computer will be used to analyse the survey results Councillor Ross said it is if the campaign to get VIA to stop here will work but we won t know unless we try The survey doesnt have to be too extensive he suggested since VIA will do its own marketing study anyway before stopping the trains VIA would likely look at not Just Acton but the surrounding area such as and loo Knechtel said Vie dont need it to be too sophisticated doing this to get VIAs to show the community wanted the service enough to do something on its own Let the high school students have a large in the questions he advised One obstacle will be to convince CN to let VIA use its land beside tracks in Acton Dawkins said The situation here has changed quite a bit since passenger train service was stopped The population has in reased and there was no VIA back then just CN and CP which both wanted out of passenger service Dawkins said When passenger trains quit stopping here there were only or people using them daily to commute Paul Nielsen recalled At the time about people were leaving Acton daily for work Today there a probably around 1 people leaving town for work dally and the big question is how many would use the trains warned there may not be the demand for to slop here Just some of the which go through town dally I ft ttfifisRAv Viaftr jr Meeting February 27 Tourism theme for Chamber Members of the Scout and Guide movement In Acton paraded to a Rangers and their leaders marched down Main and Mill streets special church service at Trinity United Church Sunday afternoon The parade and service were Just part of events to give the public The parade commemorated Scout and Guide week February to the opportunity to learn more about Scouting and Guiding Beavers Cubs Scouts Venturers Brownies Gui and Council urges more rules on pornography Halton Hills council wants a review of the Mayor Miller in a letter to council Parliament Criminal Code on all matters relating t pornography including manufacturing distribution and sales asking for their endorsement Council backed the mayor position and will send their concerns to the Solicitor Clear concise regulations for police and General the Attorney General of Ontario all enforcing agencies arc needed said and provincial and federal Members of In his letter the mayor po out local government has little authority although the Town Bylaw Enforcement Officer Jack Lusty has obtained the cooperation of many store owners in having some magazines placed out of reach of children Tourism development will be the theme of Ihc Acton Chamber of Commerce general meeting next Monday night at the Legion Acting deputy minister of tourism for Ontario Michael Baker will be the guest speaker According to Interim Chamber president Steve Dawkins Baker Is expected to not just discuss the Importance of tourism in a board sense but also specifically about Acton Also a film will be shown dealing with municipal tourism development Dawkins business people and others attending the dinner and meeting will learn a lot about the Impact of tourism on the local economy and the positive Impact tourism can have on both residential and industrial development He promises those attending will be in for an interesting evening It won be an evening filled just with hard core Chamber business but a fun social evening as well It should be a worthwhile evening for anyone if business or any other citizens as well declared Tourism development along with in development will be major featurf Baptism at St Albans On Sunday February at the 10 30 vice Peter Frank Andreas was baptized by the Rev Arthur Tribe and welcomed into the Church of Christ and into the Family of St Alban Peter is the son of Klaus and Shirley Andreas and brother of Joshua and Benjamin His godparents are Roger and of the Chamber work In Tickets at a person ore available at Hills Furniture J and T sports Acton Nielsen s Clothing and the 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