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- \m PAGE 16, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1976, WHITBY- FREE PRESS NorthWard Comm unity Association provides forum for citizens of Brooklin' B-y BRIAN WINTER Staff Writer The Brooklin secondary plan study began two weeks ago, and already a concerned group of citizens is making schoolmtime CASUALS !Ê;L-eýd the kids off-to-school in shoes that lead in top styl- ng and comfort. See us for y~our assurance of great fit 04and select from tie, slip-on, jogger and oxford styles. .Buster Brown .Swinging Sue .Cambrîdge COLLINS .Bonnie Stuart * Crostolinos .Pedwin SHOES 668-3476 119 BROCK ST. S. Downtown Whîby OPEN EVERY DAY UNTIL 6-FRI. TII 9 P.M. MALTA SOCIAL CLUB (Durham Region) requests the pleasure of your company for our An~nual 4«aéé & Lanttet SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER lBth, 1976 6:00 p.m. - 1:-00 a.m. ST. 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S., VVHITBY PLAZA 668-3468 CHARGEX..FREE PAR KING..MASTERCHARGE FREE HANG TEN EXERCISE BOOK WITH EACH $5.OO PURCHASE (LIMITED QIJANTITY>. preparations to ensure that the residents of the com- nmunity know' what 'this study is ail about. The group is the 12- mnember executîve of the North' Ward Cornmunity Association, an organization that was formed in the fail of 1 974,when Brooklinresidents first learned that major development wvas projected for their community. Dave Denison, president of the association since June, describes the association as an informaI body with an active board of 12 people, but no paid memibership. Attendanceat the association's meetings have ranged from the 12 board niemnbers to more than 300 residents at a public meeting on Feb. 27, 1975. "We are trying to act as a forum and a focus for public opiniofi", says Mr. Denison. "We're flot sol much trying to change people's opinions, as to make sure they are kept up with the facts and somie of the implications of these facts, so the residents will have iniput into the planning and shaping of the future of our village." Both Mr. Denison and the association's past presideîit Bill Burgess wan t to imake sure that public meetings are held throughout the current secondary plan study to informi local residents of what is happening, aI1(l provide a forum wherc those conducting the study can be cxposed to the feelings and i-oncerns of the residents. No dates for these public mieetings have been set, but the board of' the association will mecet early in September, and expects to hold its first public meeting before the end of the month. "We will contact the study associates- and tell them that meetings will take place, and invite themn to corne and answer questions", says Mr. Denison. Mr. Denison identifies three maj or concernis of Brooklin residents as they face the possibility of considerable growth oftheir community in the next .15 years. The 'first concern is that the corpmrunity as it exists, would ]ose its identity if it was faced with massive development, says Mr. Denison. Such commuitfies as Brampton, Markharn, and Port Credit have already been totally engulfed by developers, he says. The second concern is that residents would exper- ience an increase in taxes to bring services to Brookîin, when there is an alternative available to develop Whitby south of Taunton 'Road, says Mr. Denison. The third concern of, the people of Brooklin, according to Mr. Denison, is that they chose to live in a smlall commnunity with the advan- tages of' a niatural environ- m-ne nt. "We can't see that this wouîd bc preserved with major growthl", lie says. The North Ward Com- mnunity Association lias already served a useful func- tion in providing public iniput into the town's and the deveîoper's plans for Brook- lin, says Mr. Denison. Through the suggestion of the association a large public meeting was held by the town counicil in the Brooklin Comimunity Centre on Feb. 27, 1975 wo discuss the future of Brooklin. L.ast faîl when Donovan Pinker was carrying out bis feasibility study in prepara- tion fo r the Brooklin sccondary plan, the miembers of' the association spoke to Mr. P'inker and the town and asked for a public forum with Mr. Pinker ini the town plan- ,;îng office to eniable residents to sec nmaps and presen t their opinions. During thec winter of' 1974-75, the North Ward Community Association was actively involved in the debate over whether clevel- oper 's money should be -used to pay for the lrooklin secondary plan, and the members of the, board con- sidered that if this happened, the town would become obIigated to the developer. Once* the province stepped in to foot the bill, and Mr. Pinker carried out his study in the faîl of 1975, the association's board was pre- pared to sit back and see what developed. With a new study under way, the association is becoming active again. "We feel the, people who live in Brooklin and own property there shouId have an equal voice in the future of the comrnunity as the developer who has purely economic motives at heart and will flot have to lîve here", says Mr. Denison. "Critics say we are against growth", says Mr. Denison, v Dave Denison and Bill Burgess, president and past-president of the North Ward CommunitY Association, compare notes on what possibiities are in store for Brooklin as a resuit of the secondary plan study which began two weeks ago. In the background are the buildings of the miain street of Brooklin, a hamlet of 2,000 people which may grow to 10,000 in 15 years, depending on the results of the study. Free Press Photo "but we are more involved, in getting an input into the, magnitude, the direct ion and, the quality of the growth". "We would like to know what plans the town has tô. be sure Brooklin does not become a commutershed or bedroom town that 'fis up the, highways to Toronto every day. Urban sociologists', say that type of community has a problemn in developingý an identity". According to Mr. Denison," the future role of the North - Ward Community Association", depends on the developers,ý and the planners. "If there' is a need for such a forum, we will continue", he says. "'Our purpose is flot totali to involve ourseives wàt development, but with any other issues of general interest to the people of Brooklin. "We 'are flot trying to be a protest or power group, but more an educational and informative association". 4 GAIL DORFMAN SOýHOOL 0F BALL'ET is now open for registrationlor ,976-77 classes. A ýteacher ai the National Ballet School of Canada for f ive years, Gail Dorfman wilI be offering Cecchetti Syllabus examination classes as Weil as regular ballet classes for chiîdren fromn six years and for adults. Carol Daynard, a specialist teacher of Daîcroze Eurhythmics,' (m*usic through movement>, wll work with three to f ive year olds. FOR FURTHER INFORMA- TION OR APPLICATION FORM CALL 668-1145 or 668-1251 WHITBY I