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Region's '92 business irectory intr uce ByMark Reesor Rents looking fra o cntory is self-financigwith adver-, over ».e.' ays lveeconiomiccae. t'ho the' 1992 Durham grt a co y0o the manfctmngtslgpaygfrth io D eA ic-ch ù-érison Maine. Minassy a lot of thoug4ht on edusiness. Dirctrwill sco ftodirecto f r om$0 0 cs.Minacs says the dfrectory con-- went inito the 'diroctory; as we-ý hploal manufacuermepae h RheCofice i t r iv ays it's. the first busi- tains ab0t out,90per cent ofh-e y ring to accomnmodae Imoraby buying locally. the Canada Employment Centre noss. dret onenire lyb mnuatrrsnte eti. v 'sr' Tho new diiectory, which listeOsha DRMA and t he rogion. Previous Theý- directory is' cmlee w0rwl start on the 1993/94' Patrick Olive, Durham .DRMA directories h ave included because 1,gta get vr" drco tl five ta seven thousnd'manufac- VAJAAA i7 ry hs summor. Olive- turin and fservie companies RWoMscomP.ioerof econo- /oljs obr.i. k in amovng trget -- saysho d 1k. ta ose It 'produced Durham, isa ajoint projoct of the mcdvlpot astedrc. 'ht .tebstedrcoystoo.constant chanein ithis, in the third quarterof '99. lopmont Offie (DREC) and the Durham Region Manufacturer. Association,(DRMA). The 'guide listes company names, addrosses and phone numbers, owners or manage, the numbor of employees andthe producte each company produces. A new format provides an alphabetical listing, a Canadian Standard Industrial Classifica- tion (SIC) and an individual sec- tion for oach municipality.ý Ton thousand copies hâve been Printed. Free coges ae being company listed and to ail Cana- dian consulatos, .ombassies, libraries and Ontario foreign trade offices. Additional copies may bepur- chased from DRMA or iE&or $85 eaeh. As nationwide statiséics romain promiming, ceifidoneW in the houujng market returns toithe -uhm ra Fobruazy was a busy monith for Durham rlrs Yas 49 hombuyr.entered t emarket, reports the Oshwa District Roal Estate-Board (ODREB). "W. expoct home, sales to continue to ris., due ta three positve ,fiactors,",isays' Mark Snmith, president of ODRhB. "One -- the -ý'five per cent' downpayment ;jýn offered by the POSSESSIONI FLEXBE-$1ý9900« 1 Quality b*ui in NE'.Whitby. 3 +-l bedrooMp. Kitcheih ove rlooks family'roomf. Clôse to ail ameniies/ Joan Scott, 436-1800. SPOIL YOURSELF - $1 69,900. You'Il love this! 3 bedroorn, 1533. sq. ft., mai*n'floor family room with fireplace & w/o to large deck ove rlooki ng pârkIand. t's a 10!H Heather Baldock, 436-1 800. EXCELLENT LOCATION' Super clean 2,147 sq. ft., 4 bedroom home. Large eat-in, kitchen, walk-out to cedar deck, ýmain floor family room & laundry. Blair Buchanan, 436-1800. Canada M~ and Housing Corporation andâ the Mortgage Insurance Company of Canada;4 two -- the homebuyer.'pa oulndin the rocentfera budget that shlows flrst-time homebuyers to use up to, *20,000 of the RRSP savings towards the purchase of a homo; and three .- the announcement from Goneral BI Marlo Boucher Joe Berozowsky loves the downtown core of Whitby, so much, ho recently oponod a new and usod clothin<g store on Brock St*just south of Dundas St. 41eW. liked the area. at the four corners, and hope it wil be good for business," said the owner of Joëes Industrial and Family Woar, 109 Brock St. S. Ho abco has hadanother store Joe' Industrial Wear and ,Wipers in Ajax for the lent16 "W. pretty much cover every- thing se we should b. success- fule h e said of his new store in Wh#tby* Berezowsky said they have a huevariety of workinig clothesi ladies' wesr, baby clothes and family wear. "The store is geared ta reces- sion imes'and there are great bargains for., eole who are Struggling financia ly," he said. Berezowsky said most of his stock is half ped in compAri son with other itores. DRM.Ameets next Wednesday The Durham Region Manufacturers Association wull hold a breakfast meeting Wednesday, March 25, Holiday Inn, Oshawa. Don Kivell, of Keeprite Products mnc. and Bill Neeve of Cycle Time Maànagement bIc. will speak on 'Cycle time.' Registraition is $20 per, person. For further information call Rebec=a Lavuzon at 434-1412. The Future us' RY REDUCE' REUSEI RECYCLE with 'Cal & 7c3 Motor. that for now the Oshawa plants will stay open." As the market continued ta gn momentum, sales for Feraywere. up 73.9 per cent over sales in January. It took an-, average of 64 day. on the market for homes fo ssii in Fobruary,- with the homes selling for 96 per A resident of Whitby for 20 years, ho said he enj6o living and workingjin Wbitby. «We love -Whitby and the. ares and wo want ta stay hore for a long timo yet,» ho ad. cent of thoir listed p'ric at' an average price of 8145,10. >'Thore are-almait 3,000 homos, currntly up for sale throughout Newcsstle, Oshawa, Whitby, Ajaxiý Pickering and FPôrt Perry, says Snmith, "and with 50, per cent of the home sold inà Rebruary gsing for between $100 000 and, $150,000, the a-fdil;'ity is there as well as the'selection. A ro e t survey ,com p rn poulation, growth in the Durhami- Reg9ion ta Métr Toronxto (1981 ta- 1991) shows that Durham bas. grown by 38.1 per cent,, compared ta Metro' 0.8 per cent. Métro is losIng familles who are turning ta thisrogion for the lowor prices- and greater variety of houiing. ANDREA SHAW of the Canadian Cancer *Iocdety and -«Vasile Tslnokas of Valentino'se arel shown. beside the salo's cncr wiing weL iroô*Pin $2 i the wefl enters participants.in a drgwlor < prizes from local mierchants. The salon is as donating $1 frin ýùeach podýictold, this .Saturday:., and-the proceedsof acut-a-thon Sàuniday froil' 'Fraud' sen4ria March 25 nhe Cerifled -Generljeet r vrngsria on Accountants of Ontario and. the ,Business nd Proa Praud.' Human Resources Professipbials Guest sekrwill be Sgt Asociation of Durham will'jôintIy &John Beer of4the Royal Canadia __________________Mounted 1Poice. Mstopfics will include t m ffaddsuson - DURHAICI« of specic case;ý the legal proceas -DODGE- and the human resources ýroi *CIjAYSLER court, procoding,\, and forçnsic accoutn.. Wedesdy March 25 at Camp FÀdwS oJuzoe'at 712-9& New, used clothing store opens mi downtown Whitby PAGES wHITFm PRE ESSW4ENEDAYM"CH laiUlm