PAGE B2~, WHLID i r'kz 1~¶~1~t 1~ cT1flT~T1Â. 1R VtW M rCH11, 1987 f AJp VOUCE 0F THE COUNT! yTOWNI Pri-edooyWensa DOG NERO By 677209 Ontario Imc. Phone: 668-6111 The Free Pross Building 131 Brock Streot North P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. Publishor MAURICE PIFHER Editor KEN HATHAWAY Advertising Manager The onlv 'Whb ii ewspaper iii<l-It-endt-iitl% omi ned anid E>;Mrasild b% M hiitl>%residtlemt fier NIliji»r<Je, Annual Busi'ness Review A message from te publsher Whitby continues to grow at a phenomenal pace and business and industry are keeping pace with the on-going housing boom. Businesses are expanding and new businesses are being. formed. Some older businesses, like the Free Press have acquired new owners to guide themn toward new fron- tiers. Older buildings like the old Dunlop plant are being put back to new uses. The downtown area which had suffered the ravages of negiect for so many years has gained' a new lease on life and with the assistance of the Main Street programn of Heritage Canada wiil, over the next few years, become a showpiece of downtown., revitalization. A major expansion of the Whitby Mail on Thickson Road is nearing compietion and the entire Thickson corridor is one large construc- tion area. Yet in the midst of ail these deveiopments, Whitby remains a quiet town with roots firmiy planted in its Victorian p'ast. Most residents are only vaguely aware of that period when Whitby was one of the major business centres of On- tario, rivailing even Toronto for a brief period. Oshawa was littie more than a village when Whitby hit. its peak. But by one of the quirks of history, S'am McLaughiin decided to buiid his factory there and Whitby has been piaying second f iddle ever since. But that is changingl Whitby is now growing, at a pace which far outstrips Oshawa and projections derived from Statscan.and Revenue Canada sources show that Whitby's wealth wili outstrip.Oshawa sometime in the mid 1990's. Businesses.in Whitby are oniy beginning to realize that the Whitby market is no longer a mere sidekick to the big brother next door. Cover s tory Gawood complex N-. of Rossland, Graywood Developments Ltd. recently outlined plans for exten- sive residential and business development in Whitby. The privately-held real estate development company owns 220 acres of land in a block bounded by Taunton Rd. E. to the north, Rossland Rd. to the south, Brock St. to the west and Garden St. to the east. Graywood unveiled- a major housing plan on 160 acres of the property, south of Taunton, in January before Whitby's ad- ministrative committee. The development includes 506 single family dwellings, 146 single family link dwellings, 76 street townhouses, three school sites and blocks for parkland and commer- cial. Then on Feb. 11, Graywood made public its proposai for Durham Region's new headquarters building and business complex. SEEPAGE4 OFFICE AND COM- is proposed for the corner MERCIAL CAMPUS of Garden St. The picture proposed by Graywood at right shows the layout developmeflt to be built of- the development. To en the N. side of Rossiand the North of it is a further Rd. The new Durham 160 acres of residential Regional Headquarters development. '4% Nýý 1