>11 acres in Grimsby $14,000? Find out at April 20 meeting, Pg. 7 >Shiny fundraiser for BBBS Pg. 6 > Firefighter Assoc. doles out boot drive funds Pg. 9 > Lincoln Rotary gives Fellowships Pg. 15 Thursday, April 7, 2016 Vol. 4 Issue 44
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The team at Freeman Herbs collected their Outstanding Business Achievement Award hardware last Thursday night at Lincoln Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards last week. Lincoln Chamber president Mike Williscraft (sans the fancy blue shades) presented the award to (L to R) Andrew
Up Front GMHA wraps up big year The wraps will be put on what was a banner year for Grimsby Minor Hockey at GMHA Day this Saturday at Peach King Arena. Starting at 8 a.m., vendors, food trucks, raffles and silent auctions will be available. The all-day event changes course at 5 p.m. when doors open for a evening dance on PK’s east pad. The dance runs til midnight. For more information, contact Lorri Grosul: lorrigrosul@vieirafuels.com
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Hendriks, Catherine Harrison, Brendan Hendriks, Helen Luey, Jeff Nickerson, Marco deLeonardis, Andy Whelan, Chris Wiersma. The crew took top honours in the 31-plus Employee Category. For more information on the event, please turn to Paged 4-5. Photo courtesy Kara Rae Photography
All call for Prudhomme’s developers By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Prudhomme’s Landing should be a showcase, a pinnacle property exhibiting all the things which make Niagara one of the most desirable places to live in Canada, if not North America. This is the belief of Town of Lincoln officials and today they launch a new direction to see that site achieve its potential. A request for proposals has been issued with the goal of obtaining designs from consultants from far
and wide which will include a comprehensive update to the existing Prudhomme’s Secondary Plan. The reason is simple. “Prudhomme’s is the largest parcel of undeveloped waterfront property from Toronto to Buffalo. There is a huge opportunity here,” says Lincoln CAO Mike Kirkopoulos. “The Prudhomme’s Secondary Plan update is a strategic opportunity to plan for waterfront development that is characterized by its adjacency to the QEW and the
stretch of undeveloped frontage and proximity to planned highorder transit networks. These features make the site a high-profile and highly visible location for a mixed-use, complete community, especially given the limited opportunities in the Greater TorontoHamilton Area for waterfront development along the Lake Ontario shoreline.” The benefits and expected results of this process is an extensive list: • Alignment of the policies of the Prud-
homme’s Secondary Plan with Provincial, Regional and municipal planning policies, goals, and legislation, including growth management updates from Places to Grow and the Provincial Policy Statement; • Development of a land use vision for the Prudhomme’s Secondary Plan Area, and determine the desired development pattern and appropriate balance of commercial, employment and residential land use designations; • Leverage future “GO”
station, tourism and economic potential of the QEW visibility and proximity, location along Lake Ontario, growth allocation and infrastructure to the fullest extent possible; • Determine existing services and transportation infrastructure available in and around the study area and upgrades that may be required as a result of changes to the Secondary Plan; • Appropriate design standards and infrastructure needed for the urbanization of See RFP, Page 3