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Vol. 2, No. 31
The Voice of North Grenville
August 6, 2014
This land is their land
The North Grenville Times is Locally Owned and Operated
Maurice “Moe� Dumoulin and the Fetherston Park Moe-bile used to roam the Park now owned by the residents
by David Shanahan Exactly one year ago, the residents at Fetherston Park were facing the loss of everything they had. The Municipality of North Grenville had given them notice to leave their homes within 90 days, and this meant homelessness for
many and the loss of their homes and investment for all. Initial meetings with municipal staff seemed to lead nowhere, and members of Council were either silent, or useless, or both. One year later, the Fetherston Mobile Park Association is an incorporated body, run
by the residents, which owns the land in the Park. The property is under the control of the residents, who have been celebrating this amazing achievement by adding to the value of their land and homes through investment in landscaping, renovations and repairs. A state-of-theart septic system will be
installed later this month. All of the abandoned mobile homes in the Park have been sold and the new owners are busy getting their new homes in order. It is an almost miraculous turnaround since last summer, and it was through the hard work and dedication of continued on page 2