4 Friday, August 21, 2020brooklintowncrier.com Despite the pandemic, the business of government continues to chug along. One particular corner in Brooklin has provoked a lot of inquiries so we felt it best to provide an overview based on previous decisions and upcoming meetings about the developments. Winchester and Baldwin If you haven't already guessed, it's about to get very busy with construction. You currently see machines moving dirt at the southwest corner of the intersection behind the stand of spruce trees. Those trees, by the way, sit on the corner property owned by the MTO. They were planted by the Brooklin Youth 4H group in the 1940s as a wind block for the high school that used to sit where Shoppers Drug Mart is now. The dirt is being moved on property known as the Winash Development. Within that development, there will be mixed use zoning, meaning both commercial and residential. At a meeting last year, representatives from the proponent, Brookfield, announced both Longo's and McDonalds will be among the many retail establishments. There are also condominiumstyle residences going in both in their own buildings and above the retail businesses. The long term plan is to build a pedestrian access off the corner of the intersection into the retail centre along with access points for vehicles across from Roybrook and Ferguson. There is an on-going environmental assessment to de- Continued on page 5.