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PtgeZ ALTON HILLS OUTLOOK Friday February 1S7 op Hal too Georgetown plaza to receive a facelift By Herald Stair The Georgetown Marketplace will be putting on a new face over the next three yean says the manager Cliff Levy Intentions are to Jazz up the main entrance Into the plaza parking lot from Street with a clock tower well the plaza Is to get new sof fits fascia and soffit lighting he said Speaking at Monday nights general committee meeting Mr Levy said plans to refurbish the strip plaza had been on hold for a while because of indecision over how to Improve vehicular and pedestrian traffic at the site Making the plaza Into an enclosed mall may be a good Idea but Mr Levy said mall tenants complain of high heat and maintenance coats which hike their rents There seems to bo a lot of In formation out there that says indoor malts are not successful as out door strip ones Mr Levy said in answer to Joe Hewitts ques tion The Marketplace has four owners now two numbered companies and Realty Ltd and Netjac Corpora lion Ltd Marport Corporation Ltd apparently is no longer the property owner Mr Levy said correcting a planning report The planning report looks at the application by the four owners col called the Georgetown Market Plaza Owners for a part lot control exemption bylaw Marport had asked for this last year and had been turned down by council on until they came back with a development plan which in cludes traffic for the plaia property The part lot exemption bylaw would exempt three blocks of plaza land from subdivision control which would mean the owners wont have to apply to the Regional Land Committee for a severance The plaza owners plan to have a threestorey medical general office building on part 1 which faces Sinclair Avenue The future of parts and 3 are undetermined still An access and parking plan was prepared by the firm Barton Associates Limited for the pliiia owners and came up with priorities to improve driving and walking conditions at the plaza This year the Highway access Plain opposite Drive In cluding the access near the Brewers Retail Store will be Improved The parking lot between the retaining wall opposite Zellera and Brewers Retail will be redesigned with land scaping Hard curbs and sidewalk will Improve the Sinclair Avenue ac cess Next year the plaza owners are committed to Improving the Moun- tainvlew Road access and Internal circulation near Brewers Retail the and the Tire Store New Islands landscaping and pedestrian sidewalk will be added i In 169 plans are to redesign the parking area east of Zcllers adding Islands landscaping and a sidewalk I I know a lot of people are really keen on the Improvement Coun Marilyn Serjeantson said This Is terrific Town Planner Ian Keith said the I site plan committee will deal with the details of how landscaping can be used to break up the monolithic effect of a huge parking lot Cams Bowman and Sheldon said theyd like to see im provements made to the Mountain view Road access to the plaza first calling It unsafe Social problems may rise if proper shelter lacking If Hal tons need for nonprofit bousing isnt met soon there are going to be greater social problems in the Region warns Holtona plan ning director Rash Mohammed says the of affordable bousing in Hal ton has led to growing social problems In the Region The continuation of these shor tages could result in even greater social problems in the future leading to the need for additional social services in the Region Mr Mohammed says So far llalton has been neglected by the province when It comes to nonprofit housing lis ap plications turned down each time Other Regions have been the reel pients of the housing program in Biggest Third World need is in land reform speaker Georgetown native visits Philippines By JANET DUVAL Should you throw up your bonds in despair because so many people In the world are hungry No pro blem has very solvable political solutions says Georgetown native Eileen who spoke to of people from at least 10 area churches this week Its not that Third World people are stupid or because of the weather or their planting methods she said The biggest need is for land reform In many countries the best and largest tracts of land are used for crops which are exported to us in the rich countries rather than to feed the local population prefer to shoot opponents often just i Cop Christian hungry farmers rather thonlUten about tolhcirpleasforland AfrrinFeb There was good news however I never saw so many people working so hard to solve their problems They have a very astute understan ding of their situation and of the gospel message as It applies to their patrols t hungry What con we do Appreciate our good fortune she says Think about who produced your food and your clothes and buy Canadian Try to live simply Press our government for changes in foreign aid policy Listen critically to news reports Is a guerilla perhaps a hungry farmer In some countries does Communist mean anyone who disagrees with the status quo Perhaps President Aquino will not be able to make the reforms poor people want in the Philippines said the speaker but she Is their best The next speaker In this series I Hunger for Food Hunger for Change will be Georgetown real- TRAFFIC COURT AGENT Upset About An Unjust Traffic Ticket TCKETTS INC Snow bound lands thai lie idle or even in the dit ches around them Tenant farmers who work on the plantations earn perhaps Its per day After teeing the effects of these plantations she said she would never again buy Dole or Monte The greatest need she said Is for redistribution of Isnd LEARN TO DRIVE THIS WINTER Its off to winter camp for the A Craae Christopher Armstrong that lies Idle to grow for local Pack Seen here loading up are William Harper and back raw use frees left to right Byron Luff leaders Ken Watson and Barb President Aquino Is trying to Darld Boere Brace Ryu middle Taylor Photo by Jesn Layman make changes she said but even Sieve dark Serin Taylor Bradley her own brother a plantation owner refuses to give up land even as a symbolic gesture The new Add one more A Beaver Leader took on new Church Seen here are left to Thursday with Troop Midwinter 1st Ashgrove by becoming a Troop Seoul Andrew Midwinter Dale was In- Scooter Dale ThlMdcio and Scout vested Jsn at a ceremony during Kevin Gregory all of lit Asharove a meeting at United Jean Layman Compare Allstate for auto value til fair money instate In good hands lnuiinc 116 Guelph Street Georgetown 8731 PHVATEH- CAB LESSONS 8770751 16 Mountainview Rd S Georgetown FOR BRAMPTON OR BRAMALEA CALL 459041 7 OVER GRADUATES RECOMMEND Young Drivers of Canada