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Not all residents on board with CNA’s proposed trail ideas MIKE DAVIES CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
Some Campbellton residents disagree with the Campbellton Neighbourhood Association’s assertion that their revitalization plans for the Myrt Thompson Trail will be of benefit to the neighbourhood. The CNA is currently working on various proposals to spruce up the trail – first presented to the public last October at an open house at the Enterprise Centre – some of which involve the installation of viewing platforms and parking areas in an attempt to bring more people to the area and make it a nicer experience for those who venture down to that section of the river. “Our focus at the CNA has been to revitalize Campbellton,” Brian Shaw of the CNA told the Mirror at the October public forum. “We have embarked on a route that focuses on river access, because it’s our greatest asset.” Shaw told the Mirror one of the CNA’s goals is to get more people to the area, which will in turn drive business to want to locate there, which will in turn drive more people to the area, creating a circle of increased economic activity. Ed Ivanesko and his wife, however, own Myrtle Thompson’s old house at the end of Maple Street – right next to one of the proposed locations for a new viewing platform that is part of the CNA’s current plan – and
they say while the CNA’s proposed improvements might sound great for increasing visitors, they aren’t in the best interest of those who actually live there. “It’s not like I’m entirely down on the Neighbourhood Association and their efforts,” Ed says, pointing to the pedestrian crosswalk, community garden, banner projects and other initiatives the CNA has backed or undertaken, “I just think this one is way out in left field.” Not only do the Ivaneskos and other local residents want less traffic on Maple Street – not more – but they also don’t see how the expenditure on viewing platforms and informational kiosks will economically benefit anyone. “I don’t think increasing the number of people coming here is going to benefit the community that much,” Ed’s wife JoAnne says. “I mean, yeah, they might buy a coffee, but where are they even going to do that? They’ll bring it with them from Tim Hortons. They might, once, go for lunch, but they’re not going to do it every time. This trail isn’t going to be some kind of economic driver for the area. People come here to go for a walk, not to spend a bunch of money.” What’s needed, the Ivaneskos say, “is not some kind of ‘grand vision,’ it’s just some trail upkeep so it doesn’t keep disintegrating like it is,” according to Ed.
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Ed Ivanesko, who owns and lives in Myrtle Thompson’s old house at the current access point to Myrt Thompson Trail, says the trail doesn’t need, “some kind of ‘grand vision,’” as the Campbellton Neighbourhood Association proposes, just proper upkeep.
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