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Workers were busy Tuesday morning clearing the scene of a fire the previous evening that destroyed a barn at a farm on Lobsinger Line west of St. Clements.
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Council approves plans to reinstate Mill St. patio in Elmira Steve Kannon Observer Staff
THE ELMIRA BIA WILL PUT more effort into a communal patio area on a stretch of Mill Street, Woolwich council having backed the request to repeat last summer’s closure. A portion of the road-
way east of Arthur Street was hastily converted last spring into a sitting area, half for the neighbouring Sip ‘N Bit restaurant and the other portion for public use. Jon Clay, who heads the Elmira Business Improvement Area (BIA), acknowledged that the area was not very attractive, vowing to do a better
job this year if the closure was approved by council. “It was the best we could do at the time,” he told councillors meeting via videoconference Tuesday night, noting that the project was rushed in the wake of the pandemic. With more time to plan, the area will be more inviting this time around.
The closure and fencedoff area did not meet with universal approval last year, with some of the adjacent businesses pointing to the inconvenience. Addressing councillors, Jason Devenny, manager of the TD Bank branch on the corner of Mill and Arthur streets, said many of his customers
expressed frustration with the closure, which made parking more difficult. Older customers and those who live in the rural areas tend to drive, and were not happy when they could not park nearby, do their banking and then carry on with their day. “That’s the convenient, comfortable access they’ve
enjoyed until now,” he said. “It’s not a small inconvenience.” The frustration mounted over time as people could see that the patio area was lightly used, he added, noting it was often empty. On top of everything, the area was ugly and not maintained, he said,
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