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THE YEAR 1989 IN RCEAI VIE A big challenge lies ahead in the nineties Last year in this space we said In the to come people of alton Hills will look back on as a year of transition That has indeed been fulfilled and in 1989 we car clearly seethe tangible results of that transition thou or Halton Hills throughout 1989 was how we use our land Dtvelopers wanted to build houses condominiums an asphalt plant business parks a garbage dump And charges were laid aga nst people who appeared before Halton Region land division committee asking for land severances Even the citizens group POWER has moved from simply fighting he proposed landfill in the Acton quarry to fulfilling the role of a en ironmental advocacy group No longer do people all over town ask When are those houses going tobe built at Hungrv Hollow The houses are there More than of them in the first phase with hundreds more to come And we learned that Road will likely have its slope reduced to the tune of million watched Georgetown s skyline altered No longer does the gracious white stand alone Now a condominium building on Hall Road grabs the view from the town rural roads And there s plans for more of those too Two for downtown Georgetown and another soon to be finished on the east end of town In 1989 we told you that Halton Hills Village Homes the developers of Georgetown South threatened to take any water allocations by the town to other developments to the Ontario Municipal Board The firm wants to be at the front of the line and it will probably get there No other development in town can be as ominous or as telling as the opening of the new civic centre On Carruthers Road in Georgetown the cooperative will soon be ready for occupancy Although it t dominate the skyline its very nature affordable housing isasignof thetimes But perhaps no other development in town can be as ominous or as telling as the opening of the new Civic Centre in August The million building sparked waves of civic pride as donors gave to make sure the centre is appropriately decorated But it the reason for the Civic Centre that gives us a look at the future To handle the increased workload from burgeoning develop ment the town had to get its employees together and give them the space to work We ve seen what can happen when development pressures such as the ones Halton Hills now faces overrun planners Houses industrial parks and plazas are together in Brampton and Will Hills dedicated planners and its politicians be able to avoid A quick scan of the development on shows they re trying but we definitely have to wonder quick glance east doesn show us what we re in for when we turn the calendar to the year 2000 jam the Road if Sign of the times llallon Hills new Civic Centre officially opened on Centre culminating in the gala opening ceremonies Aug Zfi Is perhaps the moat significant symbol of the With all their employees now under one roof the town towns future The towns employees migrated from will be better able to cope with the rush of develop- several throughout llallon Hills to the Chic in the coming years Herald photo A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO the HERALD THURSDAY DECEMBER 28 1989