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With a lot of eyes on downtown Grimsby watching on going development issues, many will be happy to see historic 13 Mountain St. renovated to accomodate main floor commercial tenants with three bed and breakfast suites on the second floor. The building, with was originally the home of Dr. Theoron Woolverton and built in 1873, has been vacant for a year. It is now home to H&R Block and has space for other tenants. See Page 2 for more details. Williscraft - Photo
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow While local elected officials and municipal staff returned happy from a recent lobbying foray, it will take many months to determine their effectiveness. However, Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff said last week his colleagues had favourable comments on a host of major topics which were discussed at the AMO (Association of Municipalities Ontario) conference. “There was a larger than normal contingent from Niagara West and that was noticed,” said Oosterhoff, noting presentations where multiple municipalities are on the same page carry weight with provincial officials looking to move projects ahead. What Oosterhoff found difficult was to cover all the ground he wanted to at the conference. “As the only member from the government in Niagara, I was trying to help as many municipalities as I could,” said Oosterhoff. He noted there was a lot of attention paid to key, major issues, but
there is a great variety of topics on the go. With the Grimsby GO project, Oosterhoff said the Ministry of Transportation is awaiting the site design from Niagara Region and it hoped an announcement on next steps could follow soon after, possibly as early as this month. For West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, the message to get to a shovel-in-the-ground date was heard loud and clear. The Bartlett Road extension, which will reroute truck traffic out of Grimsby and Lincoln downtowns, was also looked on favourably. “It was not the first time the extension was discussed at AMO but it was the first time all three Niagara West communities presented a unified front,” said Oosterhoff. Grimsby Reg. Coun. Wayne Fertich noted at AMO that Niagara Region is fully behind proceeding with an environmental assessment, something Oosterhoff said shows the province the local municipalities are supporting the project.