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Alma elm nil out r the for the si nils lru l fund The stores is in ice Jennifer re killed in I don for i draw to funds it lis art display in for tin Irusl fund Jackdene and accident in Indiana Council next for Force rezoning Next step in the re- zoning process for the I land is next Monday s Hills Council meeting Hills Planning last iTues day passed recommendation which would sec the Industrial land become general The held a meeting for citizens to present their views There were no ob jections bull passage of the application would push the com district of town to the CNH tracks from the Main Mill inter section board members Ihe I land is pari of a larger proposed scheme for a plaza Thai idea would incorporate the A Store and Canadian Tire If that proposed package falls to mattmlizt Venditti in formed the board the Force site could Police gun club gets shot down on crest The Hilton Regional Police Revolver Club will be denied the use of the Hilton Regional Coat of Arms lhe club which is com prised of police officers who to meet for tar get had pro posed a crest showing the official coat of arms adorned with two pistols Regional Chief Ad Officer me Held told the Admin and Finance Committee he was against the use of the coat of arm by the club is it would be a of the registration and detracts from the imparlance and dignity of the crest itself There are stringent limitations to the use of lhe coat of arms be up It could hive one large store or two or three stores he The Force Llectric building which was built by the old town of Acton to attract industry has recently been levelled Councillor Ed Wood declared a conflict of interest on the question be cause lie is a downtown merchant Wanning Board en questions from the public lncludin the concerns of Harvey Dew hurst Church St Mr was concerned about among other things effect the rezomnj upon property value Planner Venditti said lhal the effect of a com nicrcial designation on a nearby residential pro would be to in crease its value 11m ever be liter pointed out that most of the nearby land along Church St has been zoned mereial for about years From the Don Gordon told the board he believed Mr confused the Force plant property with the old Force home on Church St application to change the zoning to commercial from indus trial came lo lhe town ibout a year ago Mr slid the town staff recommended pro reeding with the re Georgetown Councillor John McDonald inquired about the of it Jerry pro on Acton cast He also wanted know if there would be any effect on it by what planning board was con Tuesday Hit planner indicated he thought there would be ni effect on the man proposal by the Force change He also said no dale has been for lhe Ontario Municipal Board hearing Hydro rates frozen at least until spring Acton residents can heave sigh of relief knovinj hydro rates w rise lea until April Hydro Com mission voted in favor of i motion freeze rates at the January 1 1JliO level until the new Mills Hate increases will then be decided by the of George town and mem Until then hydro will absorb rate in handed down bv Ontario Hydro The town of Mills asked both the Act on and Georgetown com missions lo pass he mot to 1 Commission mem hers say lhe delay in the rates will give residents a re prieve through the worst pirt of winter Out and I it ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY ighteut Pages Twenty Cents Vacform to close by Gord Murray Vacform Plastics will be closing its doors and moving to Brampton soon The firm expects most of its employees will move with the company In an interview this week Vacform general manager Roy Top elko said the firm is not going out of business but is instead under going an expansion and relocation Topelko revealed the firm Acton operation will be closing af three years here Vacform is on Commerce Crescent in the in The general manager said he isnt sure when the closing and move to take place but the firm is aiming for sometime in April or May have some really good people Topelko noted the news of lhe move which was decided upon in mid December was kept from the workers un III month so I upset them over Christmas The eight old com pany which also has a loohng branch in Ret dale employs about people in and Top elko expects most of those the new Brampton fie ility Most of the firm s employees at lhe Com Crescent plant are local residents he noted We hope the bulk of our staff will come with us The employees were a great thing is positive yet observed with most of cm will likely be jobs al lhe new Brampton plant and solutely the new it the Commerce Crescent factory will be The local plant which workers so there Vacform owns is up for should he no ap sale or lease Talks and adverse effect negotiations with possible on jobs new occupants of the Vacforms merged last 13 foot build September with a hive begun but no pany called English tics which is in ton and the merged firm which is keeping both company names for mir purposes will be moving into a new squire fool building Topelko said his Vac forms company needed to expand even if there h been a merger but had no intention of grow in Acton A major factor In lhat decision is taxes much high than those in Ion We would never hive expanded here be cause of lhe lixes he declared If Aclon more industry then the his to make il more at tractive to locate here You have to take a long hard look before coming here There must be some incentives He noted he brought to Acton from and found t in Hills per cent higher than in lhelarccsoulhPeelclly Vacform came to Acton because there industrial land ivalable There were other draw backs to expansion here besides the high asses Transposition the distince from sup pliers and markets and the lack of skilled labor prevented on Acton ex The move Bromplon will not be held up if a en ant or purchaser been secured for lhe on facility The move will be the last phase of the merger lhe physical joining of Vacform and English Plastics Vicform man point of pur chase plastic displays and trays as well as dustnal components like housing cabinets and cases English Plast ics makes components Region plans promotion to bring industry here A major thrust will be mide this year lo attract new industry business lo Aclon Business Development years this office has been in Marshill conceded Pirt the Economic Strategy Kevin Parker says lie Is looking forward Nkallng well In firm national championship this weekend in Kitchener He placed second In the central division In Sudbury last month paper his department will release in February will stress the need promote Aclon and improve the town business park said will be the development of i promotion I rocburc about Acton His department will encourage land owners in the industrni park to take betler care of heir land Marshall explained is hard to show off i piece or land in he industrial to its best ad when and the ditches are overrun with Another problem has been from land iwners what price they will take Industries which approach Mir shall department want to know costs but he is unable to lell them because he can answers The firms then look to other p iris of which he has more information Just about any industry that too water sensitive can settle Acton Marshall cited plastics manufacturers industrial chemical firms printing operations and aula parts manufacturers as lhe types of firms most likely want to come here He noted there ore water and sewer limitations In Acton which would prcvcnl some from coming here Marshall said he has studied industry which has settled in south over the and found thot 1 st didnt need amounts of water so they could just as cosily have come lo Acton Milton or supply is good in Aeton despite lhe fact there is low throughout Marshall explained many people work out side of town and would possibly work in Aclon If Ihere was more induslry ind business He cautioned though at can I attract huge labor employing firms since the population base is so small Acton has lots of in land and prices lower than the metro Paul Nielsen says Landowners doing own promotion About the only in dustnal promotion done in lhe last couple of years in Aclon has been carried out by the landowners themselves according to Paul Nielsen Mr Nielsen is a logical Advisory Board which was quite active in Commenting this week on claims by both Business Development Officer William Marshall and on lhe closing of Vic hen form Nielsen said the landowners hove been elopment here He owns doing their own in the industrial motion park has brought some He said he and others firms here in lhe and will welcome promotion a pair of companies of Acton and lhe de which will set up shop in velopmenl of an in this year and was dustnal strategy this also on the now detune year by the region Hilts Industrial serving the community I received much help from that source in the says it is hard to sell Acton lo pro spcctivc buyers because he in t obtain definite land prices and because land isn properly main timed overrun with weeds To these suggestions Nielsen replies needed to do is bring me assessment is set by the a serious offer We can province on an Ontario moke 1 deal in an hour wide basis Nielsen says He went on to say his it is nearly impossible to firm is selling fully ser moke a comparison viced industrial property Iwccn Aclon and Miss at an acre unless you can As for weeds in the find an identical piece of and on the properly property Identical wcll Nielsen frankly vices and an identical cant understand why building in both anyone putting up a fact don t like this one In the Industrial make It hard to sell to Industry according to Region Business Development Officer Bill Mar shall Price is obviously known the posted real estate agents for the vac ant properly In the in dustnal Nielsen says ind all Murshnll Wood faces theft charge policeman Wood returned to Canada from January to face charges of theft incurred while he a delcctive with the Peel Regional Police torce Mr Wood who was stationed In Aeton when he was an officer is charged with Ihcfl over and possession of stolen goods over A rial date has not been set and Mr Wood has been remanded out of custody He resigned from the Peel Force would care lhe owner of Vacform which is closing Us doors here soon says there must be incentives if Act on wonts to bring in more industry Roy claims he has found assessment here Is per cent higher than it was in Mississauga where his corned industrial firm was located before development in nil of coming to Acton Hell do Nielsen rejects this anything lo promote in y suggestion He points out dustry both towns there is any real difference Assessment more here than in Nielsen said he is glad to see there will be a new industrial commission launched in Hills adding he knows Mayor Pete is -inside- Cable don worry won likely have to pay to watch American stations Turn to page There supposed to be 8 people here by More on page Profiles Editorials Are people reading Onlheleavell 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