The Paris Independent
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December 30, 2023
YEAR IN REVIEW - 2023 OCTOBER
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**The Paris Baptist Church, located right on the corner of William and Broadway Street West in **Bella Todd, local woman, and former Paris Fair downtown Paris, celebrates 180 years in the Ambassador, named a recipient of the OAAS Central community. Canada Exhibition Association Scholarship!
**Councillors got a first look at a high density, mixed- **The Paris Presbyterian Church celebrates a threeuse neighbourhood proposed for 305 King Edward year renovation project to spruce up the interior but Street in Paris. Sifton Properties’ plans for a new exterior historic building. The congregation hosted a subdivision include 405 dwelling units and 221 remarkable celebration to mark the end (almost) of the townhouses and apartment buildings ranging from 4-7 project, which saw the church emerge as a newly storeys. There’s a maximum allotment of 500 square minted Paris Community Church, aka, the metres of commercial floor space. #ForParisCentre. **Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School ** Paris Councillor Lukas Oakley’s desire to bring Board starts its Boundary Review with a Public more affordable housing options to the County was Meeting. Overcrowding and larger French immersion passed with unanimous support classes were some of the reasons why the school board NOVEMBER suggested plans to send Grades 7 and 8 students to high school before Grade 9. The plans were not well **Council votes to in favour of forming a new received and after a lot of backlash that option was Government Relations Committee to strengthen provincial and federal relationships removed from the table.
**Plans to redevelop on the former Walker Press ** Boralex, a Quebec-based company specializing in property, located at the corner or Yeo and Willow renewable energy, is partnering up with Brant Streets in Paris, were unveiled to the Brant Heritage Municipal Enterprises (BME) with plans to construct Committee on October 5th. The newest owners of 3 a 100 megawatt battery energy storage facility in and 7 Yeo Street will demolish the existing building to Paris. The company presented its plans at a public construct a 6-storey residential building with a total of open house but is still awaiting approval to proceed 62 one and two-bedroom units, complete with from the project from the Independent Electricity underground parking. The concept plan was received System Operator as information only and must undergo county **Residents gather at the cenotaph to pay their approval, but it has reopened the debate, what’s respects Continued on page 29
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