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Hardwood • Engineered • Carpet • Laminate • Ceramic Cork • Bamboo • Vinyl • Area Rugs • Much More (3 Adamson Street) at the corner of Winston Churchill & Hwy 7, Norval 905-873-7955 "Because Your Home is Your Palace" www.carpetpalace.ca Hardwood • Engineered • Car AREA RUGS 30-60% OFF REFINANCING? PURCHASING? BOBWOODS, Broker (905) 877-1490 360 Guelph St., Georgetown on 5 Year Fixed FSCO #10259 Division of 1490845 Ont. Ltd. 3.59% Thursday, September 26, 2013 Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper serving Acton & Georgetown 72 Pages 50 Cents (+HST) Visit us at www.theifp.ca INSIDE Fall edition of Sideroads (limited distribution) 44 Pages Corridor renamed Pg. 3 Stay Home & Play 8-page section Cellphones, WiFi concern teachers Online at www.theifp.ca Last year, local orchard owners were hit with one of the most devastating crops in history, recording yields of 20 per cent their normal average. At some locations, the apple crop was next to non-existent. However, it would appear Mother Na- ture has made amends, as the 2013 crop is spectacular, according to local orchard owner Brad Fraser. Paul and Marion Ivany pick some apples at Wheelbarrow Orchard on 10 Sideroad, east of Hwy. 25. Orchard owner Brad Fraser says this year's crop has been outstanding after last year's was devastated by a warm spring. Photo by Ted Brown Apple crop rebounds By TED BROWN Staff Writer See APPLE, pg. 16 New 'vision' meeting draws good crowd Approximately 100 residents wanted to be part of the new "vision" for Georgetown, attending an information meeting on the next major expansion of the community last week. Town planners and consultants wanted pub- lic opinion on developing the newest urban area of Halton Hills, a rectangular block of 1,000 acres bounded by 15 Sideroad, Eighth Line, 10 Sideroad and Trafalgar Rd. The area will house up to 20,000 people, plus schools, parks, community institutions and com- mercial facilities generating about 2,000 jobs, be- tween 2021 and 2031. Vision-Georgetown is the branding name for the planning process and the Town has set up a special project website, www.visiongeorgetown.ca. There, residents can sign up for regular updates, fill in a survey and get background information. Chair of the steering committee is Councillor Moya Johnson and she told the audience that filled John Elliott Theatre that this process will take over three years in six phases. The preferred land use will be released in 2015. "I can't stress enough the importance of this proj- ect and it's critical that both existing and residents who may come, participate," said Johnson. Primary consultant Nick McDonald of Meridian Planning Consultants said, "It's not a simple exer- cise because we're talking about a large area of land with lots of things happening on that land." The consultants will look at such things as fis- cal impact, retail development, environmental and agricultural impacts, parks and woodlots, transpor- By CYNTHIA GAMBLE Staff Writer See 'BIG', pg. 3