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The Acton Free Press Wednesdjy Aug 1980 Student studies town Urge improve landscape to enhance community identity Acton community identity could be enhanced through land scope improvements a University of student believes Acton Is the subject of landscape architecture student Janice Cervelli masters thesis and she is spending six months studying the town A 23yearold native of South Bend Indiana and graduate Purdue she is working on this study in conjunction with the Rural Development Out reach Project Miss Cervelli a work here began in May as she took walking tours around the town taking photographs Scotia Covenants Mortgage Corporation Term Notes Fixed Term Years Minimum investment 1 000 Unconditionally guaranteed by The Bank of Nova Scotia Rates are subject to change Ask for more details at any branch of The Bank of Nova Scotia 12 THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA She has made many enlightening Ions about Acton land scape and come to some conclusions However she want just her ideas in the masters thesis Miss Cervelli wants to hear what Actonians would to sec in the town and is planning a scries of workshops this all to gather the views of the community Through landscape improvements a town can improve its com munity Identity she declared in a recent interview are an import part the landscape of a town and Acton has an interesting mixture Miss Cervelli feels She has observed Acton has a variety of older homes filled with character and historical significance new picture perfect single family houses with well manicured lawns houses that are 20 to old and have well used lots developed gardens end outside storage and high density housing The housing around business district in need of repairs and the yards ore either un comfortable or existent according to Miss Cervelli She has also a number of houses on Church Street she describes as deteriorating Some areas need rehabilitation in terms of housing Miss Cervelli stated Discussing industry around town she said it is obvious Beardmore takes great pride In its property but that t the case in the industrial park which she almost looks like it is unused agricultural land Around number of industries there Is a lack of buffering or screening so outside storage Is an eyesore There should also be screening along Highway beside the Industrial Park Miss Cervelli believes CASHWAY FARMERS BUILDERS J KohanDT J Novak D T GEORGETOWN St on Post DENTURE therapy CLINIC 877 8974 or 791 2314 an important landscap ing step Actcn should take is to have industry directory signs erected in a number of locations so visitors can locate firms She finds the trances to Acton unbelievable The landscape archit student says she realizes Acton doean exist as a municipality any longer but it is a community However none of the to town welcome visitors to Acton Something also needs to be done about the large number of signs on the Highway en trance to Acton on the east she says Miss Cervelli urges improvements be made to the entrance of Pros pect Park to make it mare attractive and Inviting ana believes some trees should be placed In the parking lot to eliminate the ugly expanse of asphalt so close to the park en trance Playground equipment in Prospect Park and other recreational areas In town is old and worn out and badly needs to be replaced she notes and suggests the area across from the senior citizens apartments be better maintained and kept up because it has a tremendous potential for use by residents Miss Is im pressed by Fairy Lake and the way parkland wraps around the body water However the lake isn being fully utilized In her talks with residents she has heard repeated complaints about the lack of boat access to Fairy Lake Street lighting in Acton should also be Improved and in many areas replaced For instance In Are On Truck lot Ol 000 Board Font Or Mora Or Th Equivalent Of A Combination Ol Raqulrsd For Your Hauia Cottage Barn And Othor Major Poacla Small Older Prices Slightly Higher SPRUCE DIMENSION LUMBER 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where there Is little or no shade School yards on Churchill Road North and Acton Boulevard arc underutilized Miss Cervelli feels There are plenty of play areas for children but nothing for seniors and adults There even adequate seating for spectators to watch sports and she thinks this should bo rectified There is a drastic need for more park land in Acton particular around the lake she says as well as In the and Kingham areas Bovts has no parkland other than the school yards All has is a long concrete drainage ditch running through the subdivision which she describes as a huge mistake Is in much the same boat Nothing except a large swampy area behind the dove op- men Miss suggests that area could be developed into a great passive park filled with nature education trails Now that she an Idea of the landscape and architecture of Acton she is busy trying to find out how feel about their surroundings and what they think should be done I ve been having informal talks with resid ents I trying to get their impressions of Acton I get the feeling there is an inferiority complex here People reel their town has a lot of problems But the look of Acton could occur any where I think Acton has a lot of potential but it just hasn been develop ed Besides talking to citizens on the street she has interviewed com leaders like Terry Lorry Greaves Paul Nellson and Ted Tyler about Acton and the problems they see here She thinks the scope of studies to date have been too narrow Instead of looking at rcvitalization of just the downtown Acton as a whole should be examined and reviewed Miss Cervelli will continue talking to as many residents as possible until the fall and then will conduct a number of workshops These workshops will delve Into the landscape architecture which In all aspects of the appearance of a com munity except the ins ides of buildings After consulting with as wide a spectrum of residents as possible she will invite about 15 community leaders and representatives of each neighbourhood to a work shop in early October At this meeting those in attendance will review landscape problems in Acton and list the potent lal for change in the town The next week another workshop will be held devoted to educating those interested about what con be done In Acton with examples landscape architecture projects in other small towns mostly south of the since not much has been done in this field in Canada The third workshop in October will be a review of the problems and potentials of Acton and an examination of what provincial and commu nity tun da are available to solve Acton s problems Later Mis3 will produce a small tabloid newspaper as her report on Acton and what con be done here She hopes to have it distributed to every citizen if she can get funding Her main interest in landscape architecture is small development because it is needed In small towns but isn being done except in cities that have the money to hire professionals Miss asks that any residents or 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