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a A Se NR VS Sa Se 3 ORT Lr NE oY A Bd rn ar TA TS Te. REI a - 2 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1983 Good potential for Scugog Twp. (From page 1) department™, the re- active way of distribut- ing Regional brochures, placing ads in business and finance publicat- ions, then waiting for the enquiries to come through the front door; and the pro-active way of carefully selecting certain types of industry and 'going after them" with a hard sell approach. The competition between municipalities and Regions to not just attract new industry but hang on to the ones they have is very fierce, almost cut-throat. Although he didn't mention specific examples for obvious reasons, some of the kinds of industries that are ripe for re-location now are those close to the core of major urban centres, or those which located on cheap sub- urban land 20 or 25 years ago where that land is now worth many times its original value. Durham Region right now-has no shortage of industrial land, a portion of it already with full municipal services. In fact, Dur- ham has just over 13,000 acres of land designated for industrial use, with 10,300 of these acres now vacant. "Although Oshawa has the most industrial land now occupied (949 acres) the town of Pickering has 3580 acres designated for indust- rial use, with over 3000 of these acres vacant at this time. Of the three so-called rural municipalities in the north of the Region, Scugog Township is far ahead of Uxbridge and Brock in the amount of land available for industry with 725 acres. Just over 86 of these acres have full munic- ipal services. Uxbridge has just 1.5 acres ser- viced, while Brock has 4.9 serviced at this time. While it is obvious that the most intense industrial development in Durham is going to take place along the rail and major roadways through Pickering, Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa, Mr. Gervais told the Star there is good potential for smaller municipalities like Scugog. Some industry wants to locate in smaller communities because of cheaper land costs, and other industries, especi- ally those which are Gerard Gervais is all business when it comes to the business of Durham Regin. He's the new commissioner for industrial develop- ment for the Region and believes that attracting new industry to owner-operated like the idea of small commun- ities where they can maintain a high profile, and be a "big fish in a small pond', rather than the other way around. Mr. Gervais heads up a department which currently has two full time industrial develop- ment officers and a yearly budget for ad- vertising and promotion of about $70,000. The industrial development depart- ment at the Region has seen troubled times in the past. The two pre- vious directors left under un-pleasant circumstances and there have been attempts by the city of Oshawa to have the Durham Act changed to allow individual munic- ipalities to legally set up their own development departments. About a year ago, the Regional council allowed one of the development officers to set up an office at Oshawa City Hall. Mr. Gervais graduat- ed seven years ago from POG 0800000000500 088808808800800008808808080848. the University of Water- loo with an honours degree in urban and regional planning. He worked for a couple of - years with a consulting firm, then spent five years with The Equity Development Groups of Willowdale, in resident- ial, commercial and industrial land develop- ment. Over the next couple of years, he naturally would like to point to some concrete examples of new industry located in Dur- ham Region. But he also thinks the Region should have a five year strategy plan, and he's going to spend a lot of time talking to people to find out why they decid- ed to locate here, and more importantly, why they decided to locate elsewhere. : His job is not an easy one. If a major new industry locates here, critics may say that it would have happened, anyway. If the new industry doesn't come to Durham, those same critics will be the first to blame him. 5D ODDO 2.0.5 D OOO ODD. VVVITITITTIIIIITIvieeaseeaoe000800088008800 ~ "The Boys" | send message by air-mail Anyone from Port Perry area who might LATE 2.5500 ODDO DOOD have been attending the Toronto Blue Jays game last Wednesday night at Exhibition Stadium probably got a surprise if they hap- pened to have looked skyward about 8:00 p.m. There, in living colour, flying over the stadium was an airplane dragging a message for over 35,000 fans to see. The message "Port Perry Loves John Hammett, M.D." circled the stadium no less then ten times before it was too dark to read. The message was arranged by friends of Dr. Hammett, who along with John, were at the park to see the Jays go down once again in the ninth inning. Dr. John Hammett has recently left his practice in Port Perry to return to school at the University of Toronto. LAA AAA 44404404440 A BRIEF LOOK AT SOME OF THE NEWS THAT IS MAKING HEADLINES IN OUR NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES. UXBRIDGE - Police are continuing to in- vestigate the theft of $22,000 worth of tools and office equipment which disappeared from Highland Beverages in Uxbridge. Unknown suspects broke into the pop bottling plant on Franklin Street sometime Sunday night or Monday morning August 28 or 29. BOWMANVILLE - When the Town of , Newcastle pass a by-law, there are no excep- Bond Head Cemetery was removed recently because it was four inches too high. Mr. Lloyd Stevenson, who complained to the towns general purpose and administration commit- tee about the incident blamed the incident on a "bad attitude" by municipal staff. Town council will make a final ruling on the matter after Mr. Stevenson puts his request and for- mal complaint in a letter. STOUFFVILLE - A mysterious occurrence at Musselman's Lake has killed about 200 seagulls and while not confirmed the sudden deaths are believed to be caused by a fungus common to birds. The seagulls began dropping like flies on September 1, with close to 200 be- ing found the next day. Two of the dead gulls were taken to the University of Guelph for autopsies to learn the cause of the deaths. UXBRIDGE - Two prominent people were guests in Uxbridge last Saturday at the an- niversary dinner of the Uxbridge Legion, in aid of the Easter Seal Society. Fred Dobbs, star of radio and TV was the guest speaker for the evening, and he was accompanied by 1983 Tim- my, Eddie Jacobi, of Niagara Falls. UXBRIDGE -- John Candy, Canadian star of TV and stage, was swamped by beautiful young ladies at the Uxbridge Golf Course last Saturday as he was in town to take part in the golf tournament portion of the Ferguson fami- ly reunion. BEAVERTON - Gravel truck drivers operating out of the Gormley Sand and Gravel pit in Brechin are concerned about a ""careless drive charge' laid against a driver last week. The gravel trucks staged a caravan twice last week to protest the charge. The driver, Mr. Bob Hillis, was reported to police after swerving around a half ton truck to pass. Gravel truck operators have begun collecting money to help Hillis obtain a lawyer to fight the charge. GAMEBRIDGE - Penalties for poaching fish in the spawning season are stiff as three men arrested in the spring of 1983 found out. One of the men, who pleaded guilty, was fined NEIGHBOURS tions, even if you're dead. A monument in the, BD DD DDL DDD DDD $1200; while the two who pleaded not guilty were tried and found guilty and then fined $1500 each. The driver, in whose car actual fish eggs were found, was tried separately and found guilty and fined another $2,000. 0800088888888 888888888888808888888888888088. Durham requires a multi-dimensional approach. (See story) THE WINDOW BOX CRAFT SHOP featuring ... Pine Accessories - Quilts Baby Items & many more Aairsty ng ntry 3 interesting items. . ISPROUD TOOFFER 3 Ys Mile East of bpicased to sro FOLK ART & DECORATIVE i " Corners i 986-4833 | the addition of | / PAINTING CLASSES i } Shell y Deckert f STARTING WeER CAT. 26th : to its staff of hairstylists. BEGINNER & ADVANCED LEVELS { INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: 985-9185 DAY (705) 786-2086 EVENING Along with Shelly, David, Larry, Nancy & } (1 ~~ a © WO. GO \ DAY OR EVENINGS \ ( ) RENT Josie extend their expertise in all facets ) ANEW of hair design. 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