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905877-6944 33 Mountainview Rd. North, Georgetown FIRST PAYMENT, IT'S ON US†$0 DOWNPAYMENT SECURITYDEPOSIT DUE AT DELIVERY$0 $0 $0 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, October 10, 2013 Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper serving Acton & Georgetown 56 Pages 50 Cents (+HST) Visit us at www.theifp.ca INSIDE What's Cookin': turkey stuffing Pg. 18 Donor wall unveiled Pg. 3 Wheels.ca 8-page section Making great STRIDE(s) Online at www.theifp.ca Racers launch themselves down the Credit River in their homemade boats as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of Up- per Canada College's Norval Outdoor School Sunday. The celebration included a tree planting, camping, games, dem- onstrations and more. (Below) Robin and Cameron Richardson, 3, of Toronto show off their handiwork. Photos by Andrea Lefebvre Soggy celebration Council okays concepts for Town's surplus lands If the Town's surplus lands were built on today, as envisioned, there would be a five- storey L-shaped apartment on the Memorial Arena lands, and a mix of bungalow town- houses and a mid-rise apartment on the Civic Centre lands. Halton Hills council approved in principle development concepts for the surplus lands at Monday's meeting. The concepts were ones favoured most by the public and developers in a series of public consultation sessions. For the Memorial Arena site, Concept 3 was selected as the preferred option: a L- shaped building with 118 units. Storeys will range from 2, 4 and 5 to provide transition for the surrounding neighbourhood. The ground floor would have a mix of commercial and community uses. Behind the building would be a park open to the neighbourhood with possibly a playground, soccer pitch and out- door amphitheatre. Town staff will begin making the site devel- opment ready by preparing amendments to the Georgetown GO Station Secondary Plan and the Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw. Councillor Moya Johnson wanted assur- ance that the transitional storeys would re- main once the land is sold to a developer. Director of Planning John Linhardt said that would be part of the Secondary Plan amendments and zoning bylaw changes, as well, the Town could add that to the condi- tion of sale. Councillor Jane Fogal worried about the loss of parkland. But Recreation and Parks By CYNTHIA GAMBLE Staff Writer Memorial Arena Concept 3 plan See TOWNHOUSES, pg. 3