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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, May 2, 2012 · 8 Follow Oakville Beaver staff on Twitter @OakvilleBeaver or @NewsHooked @DavidLea6 @DominikKurek @BeaverSports or @Halton_Photog House has Queen Anne style Continued from page 1 The Regional Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE Sanitary Sewer Replacement on Elmwood Road from Kerr Street to Maurice Drive, Prince Charles Drive from Elmwood Road to Kerr Street and St. Augustine Drive from Elmwood Road to Prince Charles Drive, Town of Oakville PR-2818 Halton Region is proposing to replace the existing sanitary sewer along the following streets including individual services to the property line. · Elmwood Road from Kerr Street to Maurice Drive · Prince Charles Drive from Elmwood Road to Kerr Street · St. Augustine Drive from Elmwood Road to Prince Charles Drive A Public Information Centre will be held to provide residents with an opportunity to review the project drawings and to discuss any potential construction disruptions that may result from the proposed works. Representatives from Halton Region will be in attendance to answer any questions. The Public Information Centre is scheduled for: DATE: TIME: PLACE: Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:30 p.m. ­ 8:30 p.m. Ecole Sainte - Marie (Library) 336 Maurice Drive Oakville, Ontario to deal with the Town, Oakville Hydro, Bell, Cogeco, Halton Regional Police and local businesses, to get everyone on the same page and working together," said MADY Project Co-ordinator Milan Marsic. "All overhead wiring had to be removed. The traffic signals had to be relocated, street light fixtures had to be moved. The house move itself is the easy part." Police were along the route to make sure things went smoothly. While a few trees appeared to take a hit, there was no severe damage. "Soon it will be a single family dwelling on its new site at 39 Jones St.," said architect David Eckler, who worked with the Town to create a refurbishment plan after the manse's heritage designation. Eckler said the manse is a good and representative example of an Edwardian Classicism house with the influence of the Queen Anne style. "It was purchased in the late 19th century by the Walton Memorial Church and was used as its manse for its minister. That's its historical signifiAdvertorial cance," said Eckler. "It is interesting architecturally because it has a wrap-around porch, very ornate brickwork over the windows and amazing brickwork elsewhere." Robert Koolen, who lived in the home for nearly 12 years before selling it to Amica was present to see it moved. "I have never really left. In principle, I'm still here. I'm surrounded by all the people who supported me when I founded the historical society with Walter Allan," said Koolen, as he watched his former home coming up the road. Get ready to network ­ Oakville The outdated approach of regular face-toface networking has received a facelift, and local business professionals could not be more impressed. The Business in Oakville Networking Group (BiO) is an alternative networking group fusing social media and traditional face-to-face networking that welcomes those who do business in Oakville and those who want to communicate with local business owners. "I had always believed that regular networking was highly inefficient and could be improved," BiO and Business in Burlington creator James Burchill says. "Nobody can argue with the power of it. The problem is an awful lot of people are uncomfortable with it, so we've taken a lot of the edge off by providing social networking and social media (first)." One of the other barriers Burchill has taken out of the BiO is that it is completely free, compared to other networking organizations that charge for membership and events. The BiO is an open networking group started after the success of its neighbouring group (Business in Burlington) and follows the same simple mandates: help connect, promote and support local businesses... this time in Oakville. After having numerous successful events in Burlington, each one more so than the one before, and with the demand being too large for just one chapter, Burchill decided it was time to open a second group in Oakville. "The group really took off, actually it was a little quicker than I had expected it to," he says. "It's really quite surprised me to some degree. It's phenomenally good fun and the energy is really high and it's pulling people from all over the place. It is exciting. It is fun. It is an opportunity to relax after work and connect and talk and I do tell people `don't pitch'." The group, which will meet on the third Tuesday of each month from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., is holding its inaugural kick off is on May 15 at Milestones Restaurant in Oakville. Mayor Rob Burton will be in attendance that evening to help officially launch the group. "Milestones is graciously donating their location as the host venue and all of the other door prizes available to be won during the evening have also been donated by local businesses," Burchill explains of ways he is ensuring their will be no cost to the groups members. "Everything is donated in return for exposure." For more information about what you can expect at this social fusion networking event, checkout www.businessinburlington.net and read the feedback from happy guests. To learn more about the Oakville group and for membership information visit www.businessinoakville.net. If you are unable to attend this Public Information Centre and wish to obtain more information or provide written comments, please address your concerns to: Mr. Mark Bajor, C.E.T. Project Manager Wastewater Services Halton Region Telephone: 905-825-6000, Ext. 7617 Facsimile: 905-825-0267 E-mail: mark.bajor@halton.ca Please let us know as soon as possible if you will have an accessibility or accommodation need at a Halton Region hosted event or meeting. 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 Dial 311 or 905-825-6000 · Toll Free 1-866-442-5866 · TTY 905-827-9833 · www.halton.ca 020512 www.oakville.ca Open house Switching Gears www.facebook.com/ townofoakville @townofoakville (Transportation Master Plan) Wednesday, May 16, 2012 -- 6:30­9 p.m. Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road Committee rooms 1 and 2 Open house -- 6:30­7 p.m. & 8:30­9 p.m. Project presentation -- 7­7:40 p.m. Open discussion -- 7:40­8:30 p.m. At this second public open house, an evaluation of the alternative solutions will be presented. You will have an opportunity to have your say on how we change and improve our transportation system -- getting us closer to our goal of being the most into account comments that will be received from stakelivable town in Canada. holders and the public. A final report on the study findings will be presented to Town Council later this summer. Switching Gears (the town's Transportation Master Plan update) will result in a practical, long-term action plan to guide If you have any questions related to this study or wish to be the development of the town's transportation system to meet added to our mailing list for updates on Switching Gears, the needs of planned growth. This study will define existing please contact: problems/opportunities, consider and evaluate solutions, and will identify an optimum transportation system to the year Switching Gears Core Team, Town of Oakville, 1225 Trafalgar 2031. To comply with the Environmental Assessment Act, the Road, Oakville ON L6H 0H3. tmp@oakville.ca. 905-815-6060. study is being conducted in accordance with the Municipal For up-to-date information visit www.oakville.ca Class Environmental Assessment (EA) process. This notice first issued on May 2, 2012. Following the open house, the next step in the process will be to finalize the preferred transportation strategy taking