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Speakers pitch ideas for low-cost housing Symposium brings together several stakeholder groups BY CHRIS TRABER
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Thousands of, basic, no-frill homes constructed by non-profit developers on donated land without any government financial support and owned by their residents, could be a viable solution to the lack of affordable housing in York Region. With a multi-year wait list for low-cost shelter in the region, it’s time to turn talk into action and deliver creative resolutions, presenters at the York Region Housing Symposium said Thursday at the Richmond Hill Centre For The Performing Arts. Hosted by the region’s human services planning board, whose membership includes representatives from York’s hospitals, school boards, government, social services and police department, the forum left board co-chairperson and Newmarket Regional Councillor John Taylor enthused. “There was good discussion and energy. People are excited about the innovative solutions to See MODEST, page 8.
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Ken Wright has been a member of the Newmarket Citizens Band, which turns 140 this year, since 2005.
After 140 years, band searches for home BY TERESA LATCHFORD
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The Newmarket Citizens Band is 140 years old and homeless. The concert band plans to celebrate nearly a century and a half of music despite not having a permanent home, past-president Sally Leedham said. The band lost its permanent practice space in 2005 when the Lion’s hall burnt to the ground, causing the band to bounce between three venues: Sir William Mulock Secondary School, the Newmarket Curling Club and York Region administrative building. “Because of our size, we find it very cramped
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in some of these spaces,” Ms Leedham said. “If the venue gets booked, it’s frustrating because we then don’t have anywhere to practise.” Finding a suitable location is difficult because the band also wants to make sure it doesn’t disturb others in the same venue with noise. The band also continues to expand, gaining new members from Newmarket, Aurora and elsewhere. Band organizers fear the lack of a permanent
venue to call home may deter new members from joining. The band was one of the community groups contacted during the consultation process for old town hall. The town has offered the band practice and storage space in the building. The problem is the band will have to get through another two years before the project is complete. “Nevertheless, we are looking forward to celebrating another 50 years of music,” Ms Leedham said. See BUSINESSES, page 8.
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