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West Lincoln working through key planning study By Tristan Marks NewsNow West Lincoln residents had another chance to give their input into the ongoing Smithville Master Community Plan study at a second Public Information Centre (PIC) held virtually last Wednesday, Oct. 6. Township of West Lincoln staff gave an update on the plan, explaining how they made use of feedback received at the first PIC held in February of this year, and answered questions related to this new information. The project seeks to create a vision for land use in the future expanded urban boundary of Smithville. As the plan stands, the community’s current borders will expand up to Young St. to the north, west to South Grimsby Rd. 6, and to a number of plots past Townline Rd. to the south. The presentation noted that participants of the February PIC were asked for their preference of two options for assigning residential and employment zones. This time around staff moved forward with the most
preferred option, which favours slightly more residential/mixed use zoning. This is mostly concentrated along the west and south of the urban expansion, leaving a large strip of land to the north, between Reg. Rd. 20 and Young Street for urban employment lands. Staff unveiled a more detailed concept map which shows specific zoning for various kinds of residential use, community facilities, natural heritage greenspaces and so on. Consultant Steve Wever explained that under this plan, 32 per cent of the new urban area would be used for residential mixed use, 34 per cent would be left for natural heritage and 21 per cent would be used for new employment lands, leaving the rest for various other types of land use. Overall the plan is to grow the urban settlement area of Smithville to accommodate approximately 22,000 people and 5,500 jobs by 2051. The PIC also delved into plans to grow the transportation network See PIC, Page 3
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Shop Grimsby campaign a success: CAO By Tristan Marks NewsNow With no measurables or program milestones attached, assessing any outcome for a Town of Grimsby/Grimsby Chamber of Commerce shop local campaign is impossible, says Richard Dunda. Dunda, a member of Grimsby Economic Development Advisory Committee (GEDAC) made the comments during a presentation of the Grimsby Got It campaign at the group’s Sept 22 meeting after it was noted a $50,000 Chamber grant would be spent to extend the program. In the presentation, Grimsby CAO (chief administrative of-
ficer) Harry Schlange told the committee the progam was very successful. “Given the enormous success of the buy local campaign, staff welcome the continuation of GGI for the remainder of 2021 and look forward to working with the COC in early 2022 to determine the best way to continue the momentum gained through this campaign,” according to Schlange’s report. In the report, Schlange noted the success of the program could be measured by improved communication between the Town and the business community and a portable sign was set on Hwy. 8 at the east edge of town.
He also cited having a facebook page for Grimsby Got It (GGI) having 281 followers, an Instagram with 339 followers and 1,600 visits to the GGI website as examples of success, along with 47 businesses joining an online directory. Schlange noted that $49,000 in retail sales were attributed to the program, with $2,300 in gift cards and gift baskets being given away as incentives to get shoppers to go onine and enter receipts for draws. About $40,000 in cash and inkind resources went into achieving that result from the fourmonth campaign with $10,000 See SHOP, Page 5
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From Page 1 within an expanded Smithville. The transportation modeling is based off of transportation trends, which are then extrapolated to match Smithville’s projected population in 2051. Consultant Ed Stubbing explained that the transportation study looks at a number of scenarios based on these data points. “What we found is that even in a scenario where the urban boundary expansion doesn’t happen, there’ll be a significant increase in traffic in the town of Smithville,” said Stubbing. He explained that this analysis will help the Township to plan ways to mitigate this increased traffic with new road networks, railroad crossings, a truck bypass and more. “The truck bypass is the most discussed and most anticipated strategy,” said Stubbing. As with previous presentations on this topic, Stubbing noted that the study has
identified three main options for creating a truck bypass for Smithville. Two involve eastwest routes on the north edge of the community and connecting to the QEW. The third option involves a similar east-west route to the south of Smithville. However the consultant was quick to point out that all three options are just concepts. “These options are not to say that these are going to be the fixed routes,” said Stubbing, who explained that they are models to see how different route arrangements might mitigate traffic and do not necessarily indicate a final design. The PIC also touched on studies on the local subwatershed, water pumping sys-
tem and wastewater system. The subwatershed study is still ongoing, and is helping map the natural heritage system including environmental features and important corridors that link natural heritage cores together. The findings from this study will help finalize what landuse will go where in Smithville’s expanded urban area. Both the water and wastewater studies examine how to bring water and sewage routes to the new urban area, what needs to be upgraded
in the existing system and where to place new pumping stations. Both systems will make use of new road construction to where possible to lay out the needed infrastructure. Stubbing said that the wastewater study specifically suggests creating new sewer lines that avoid the existing system to prevent over-stressing those older lines. After the presentations, the PIC opened up to accepted questions from the public. Most questions dealt with expanding or clarifying aspects from the presentations, such as: natural heritage and stormwater management, proposed land uses, populations and jobs, the proposed by-pass options, water and
wastewater infrastructure implications and so on. One question in particular asked how the study area would be affected by the Greenbelt. “None of the study area is in the Greenbelt,” said Wever. “The northern edge of Smithville’s new boundary is butted up with the Greenbelt, but none of the area is in it.” However, he noted that an agricultural land use study is included in the overall Community Master Plan, since Smithville lies so close to prime agricultural lands. A third PIC will be held in Winter 2022 and will be combined with a final public meeting with West Lincoln Council. In the meantime, staff will refine the preliminary preferred concept plan where needed following the input they gather at this meeting. For more information on the Smithville Community Master Plan, including maps, concept images, and a place to send in written input, visit plansmithville.ca.
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From Page 1 of that coming from a Niagara Region grant, $5,000 from Town of Grimsby and the remainder through in-kind support. “To refresh on what the objectives were, it was to get some traffic and support our local businesses and get some buying done in the short term.” “In the long term is how do we sustain this?” Now, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce has confirmed an additional $50,000 grant “to continue beyond September to the end of the year,” said Schlange. Mike Williscraft, president of the Grimsby Downtown Improvement Area board and GEDAC member, told the committee feedback he had received from retailers showed next to zero impact in terms of either buzz among consumers or sales activity. “I note the amount that was spent downtown, I canvassed about 14 or 15 retailers in the core - and I recognize it’s (the program) town-wide but I don’t know why it would be any different - but they didn’t see any bump or people talking about the program in particular,” said Williscraft. “I value the money that was spent downtown but, in terms of generating or creating anything, I don’t know that the program actually achieved that.” Williscraft noted that shop local campaigns in the past were geared to getting shoppers downtown. “We put a lot of pop into the traffic end of it - bodies downtown, people on the sidewalk. That’s what businesses are measuring,” he said. “So with $50,000 more coming, I’m just wondering to what end?” Schlange said he would “take that back to the project team” and review objectives to be set. GEDAC member Richard Dunda said a program such as GGI must
News Now • Thursday, October 14, 2021 • Page 5 have measurables to determine if it worked for its intended purpose or not. “In regards to an item like this, having a scorecard with key KPIs (key performance indicators) and tracking performance over time per money spent should be a key going in proposition as well as a summary as a way to report results,” said Dunda. “What are those specifics? That should be an outcome we are targeting and then this committee can be informed. As can the people of the town be informed about how well that money went toward driving its objectives. Lack of scorecarding is a concern that I think this group, we can do something to address.” GEDAC member Alejandra Wichartz said economic development “is often a lot conversation and engaging citizens and businesses in the processes”, noting she agrees scorecarding is important. “We also have to make sure that we’re not too set on that. Economic development, traditionally, is not always easy to measure.” Dunda disagreed. “Yes, all those soft things are important but what you don’t measure, you can’t monitor and you can’t improve. Scorecards and KPIs can be iterated over time as we learn but not measuring and saying we should just do things softly without a direction and report on outcomes...that’s not how business works,” said Dunda. “Business is driven by KPIs, economic development is an extension of business and they are utterly important. To have this committee not focused on key outcomes and economic deliverables for the Town is just not acceptable to me.” Wichartz agreed. “It is absolutely important to measure things, but sometimes the outcomes of those activities aren’t immediate,” Wichartz said. While those comments were geared
to larger scale economic development, Williscraft noted the concern of retailers is much more focused and much more immediate. “The concern for the board and the retailers downtown in particular is that program was intentioned and geared for shopping locally. It wasn’t economic development and the larger umbrella you’re talking about,” noted Williscraft. “It was a shop local campaign, but it didn’t really do that almost at all. I heard a lot about it because the businesses downtown thought it was a DIA project. They’re going, “Where’s the people? Where’s the dollars?’ Because of those inquiries, he said, the DIA had asked for a copy of the program budget milestones outlining goals to understand how the program was being rolled out. Despite many requests, including from DIA representatives on the program committee, that information was never provided. “We couldn’t get that information at the board and our people on the committee couldn’t even get that information. So there was a lot of information at the board. It has not achieved its shop local goal. Yes, I understand the commerce is there and the people are registering and putting in those dollars, and that’s great, but it is nothing additional. It didn’t create anything,” said Williscraft. Because of immediate concerns with the initial program, Williscraft asked how the $50,000 Phase !! would be set up? “This program is not working for shopping local, which is what the intention is for. If it’s spinning off into economic development and larger umbrella, the soft marketing, the other bases of economic development as Richard eluded to, that’s fine, but it’s...misguided to call it a shop local campaign,” said Williscraft, noting other facets of the program dilute the shop local goal. As an example, the business direc-
tory included in the process, historically, will not result in driving sales, he noted, adding the directory being a town-wide information source is a positive. “There is some data tracking, so we’ll do a better job on the metrics to date,” said Schlange. “And I’ll work with Rebecca (Shelley of the Grimsby Chamber of Commerce and project lead) on the nextstage plan but, really, looking at the leverage this achieved...could we do better, for sure, but there has been a positive uptake across the entire town.” Coun. Kevin Ritchie questioned the validity of assessing input from 15 retailers downtown noting he has heard positive comments about the campaign. “I also question how many businesses are in the DIA? I’ve heard Coun. (Reg) Freake say there over 80 some odd businesses in the DIA. Only talking to 15, does that give a good metrics on a town-wide initiative?” said Ritchie. There are well over 200 businesses in the DIA area including retail and services. Since the GEDAC meeting another 18 businesses have noted none of them had customers mention or ask about that program or have any discernible sales related to it. Two mentioned they like the social media program and one spoke in glowing terms of the program’s overall intent. “What we’ve all heard is anecdotal information and should be treated as such. What matters is distinct objectives that are measurable longer and can be reported back to this committee so that we’re driving against outcomes that everybody is aligned against. Frankly, I don’t care about what everybody has heard. What I care about are outcomes that have been measured and we have success or not success, so we can learn.,” said Dunda.
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Notice of Open House and Public Meeting TAKE NOTICE that a Public Meeting will be held in regards to an Official Plan Amendment to the Grimsby Official Plan to create a Grimsby Beach Secondary Plan, as well as a Zoning By-Law Amendment to the Zoning By-Law to create a new zone, the Grimsby Beach 1 (GB1) Zone, and other related minor changes to implement the proposed Secondary Plan.
Draft documents are available for perusal at www.grimsby.ca and Let’s Talk Grimsby: https://www.letstalkgrimsby.ca/grimsby-beach-study
These amendments are recommendations from the Grimsby Beach Land Use Planning Study that was conducted to establish appropriate land use planning tools and recommendations for the Grimsby Beach area. The purpose and effect of the proposed changes would provide a detailed planning framework for the Grimsby Beach study area in support of the general policy framework provided in the Town of Grimsby Official Plan. The detailed policies and provisions are intended to guide and manage change while conserving and enhancing the cultural heritage resources and character of Grimsby Beach. The Town’s retained Planning consultant, MHBC Planning, will provide an overview of the study findings, and the recommended Secondary Plan and Zoning By-Law Amendments. Residents will have the opportunity to comment on the proposed land use planning tools and recommendations. After input is received, Town Planning staff will make a recommendation to Council on how to proceed. Map of the subject lands
An Open House and Public Meeting for these amendments is scheduled as follows: Date: November 4, 2021 Time: Open House, 6:00 p.m. Public Meeting to follow, 7:00 p.m. Location: via Zoom To register as a delegate please contact jmartin@grimsby.ca or call (905) 945-9634 on or before noon on November 1, 2021 to receive the Zoom link. Only those who register will be given the Zoom link. If you do not wish to speak, meetings are livestreamed at https://www.grimsby.ca/livestream/
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October 14, 2021
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TAKE NOTICE that a Public Information Centre will be held in regards
to the Main Street East Heritage Conservation District (HCD) Study. The HCD Study is the first phase of a two phase process. The HCD Study will determine if the area merits designation as an HCD under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act and make recommendations for Council’s consideration. Should a Plan be recommended and endorsed by Council, that would comprise of the second phase. The success of the Main Street East HCD Study will require on-going interaction with the key stakeholders and public through a robust public engagement process. The intent of this first consultation session shall be to describe/ explain the HCD Study process including opportunities for input and request information from the community about the history of the area. A Public Information Centre is scheduled as follows:
Date: October 20, 2021 Time: Public Information Centre, 6:00 p.m. Location: via Zoom To register please contact abowers@grimsby.ca or call (905) 945-9634 on or before noon on October 20, 2021 to receive the Zoom link. Only those who register will be given the Zoom link.
Anyone seeking additional information can contact the Town’s Planning Department:
Town of Grimsby, Planning Department P.O. Box 159, 160 Livingston Avenue Grimsby, ON L3M 4G3 Telephone: (905) 945-9634, Fax: (905) 945-5010 Email: planning@grimsby.ca
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Visit the GBF ‘Great Buys & Finds’ event this weekend at the 13 Elm St. Wellness Hub. Hours are on Friday, Oct. 15 from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 16 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. A wide variety of premium items will be on sale, including jewelry, rare collectible cards (sports, Pokemon, etc.), antique and vintage items and much more.
Some items are new, others are used but everything is donated by local residents and businesses. This event will follow all required Covid safety procedures, so masks are required. The event space will also have a limited capacity and there will be screening for symptoms at the entrance. However, all forms of payment will
be accepted: cash, debit and credit. GBF is also looking for volunteers for both days of the event. To inquire or to sign-up as a volunteer, call Duane Arnold at 905-3095664 ext. 29 or email him at operations@gbfgrimsby.ca. For more details on the Great Buys & Finds event, follow GBF on Facebook or Instagram.
What does Christmas in Lincoln mean to you? Join in the fun by submitting a drawing for Mayor Easton’s Christmas Card by Fri. Oct. 29. The winning entry will receive a framed version of their artwork, a Mayor’s Certificate and a Town of Lincoln Prize Pack! For more information and to download the submission form, visit lincoln.ca/christmascard
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Public Notice Notice of Electronic Public Meeting
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, public meetings at Committee of the Whole meetings and open houses will be held using electronic video conference and in-person delegations will not be permitted. The Town has implemented electronic public meetings for all planning applications. Anyone in the community can apply to address the Committee on any application.
As an alternative to addressing the Committee by video conference via the internet or by telephone, written correspondence can be submitted to the Planning and Development Department by Friday prior to the meeting by email at mshih@lincoln.ca. Any written correspondence will be shared with Committee members and staff. Please note, written correspondence will also be included on the agenda which will be published on the Town’s website and will form part of the public record.
Electronic delegations will be done by video conference via the internet or telephone only and written submissions will form part of the public record.
You will be able to watch the public meeting at the Committee of the Whole meeting on the Town of Lincoln’s YouTube channel.
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An application has been submitted by A.J. Clarke & Associates Ltd. on behalf of the owner of a vacant 0.64 hectare (1.59 ac) property at 3221 North Service Road, generally located east of Victoria Avenue North and west of Jordan Harbour. The application has been revised to propose the construction of a high-rise residential building consisting of 431 residential units, 540 parking spaces, and 312 bicycle parking spaces.
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The building is comprised of two residential towers with a height of 20 storeys and 23 storeys, sharing a common six storey podium. The parking spaces are proposed within five underground parking levels as well as five above ground storeys. An outdoor amenity area is proposed on the rooftop of the sixth floor podium.
For further information, please contact Melissa Shih, Manager of Special Projects, mshih@lincoln.ca or (905) 563-2799 ext 250 during regular office hours Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The proposed increase in height and density of development beyond those otherwise permitted is requested in return for the proposed provision of community benefits to the municipality pursuant to Section 37 the Planning Act, as it read the day before Section 1 of Schedule 17 to the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020 came into force and effect. A copy of the preliminary site plan can be found at the Town’s website: SpeakUpLincoln.ca
Have Your Say Input on the proposed amendment is welcome and encouraged. There will be no public forum during the public meeting. To speak at the public meeting you must fill out the online delegation request at https://lincoln.ca/council/ council-standing-committees/appear-delegation by 12 p.m. on the Friday prior to the public meeting. Instructions on how to participate electronically in the public meeting for the application will be provided by email or telephone. You can provide input by speaking at the public meeting or by making a written submission to the Town. Please note that unless you do one of the above now, you may not be able to appeal the decision later. For more information about preserving your appeal rights contact Melissa Shih, Manager of Special Projects, mshih@lincoln.ca or (905) 563-2799 ext 250. Handouts and other presentation material prepared by delegations cannot be displayed during the public meeting. However, handouts, presentations and written correspondence can still be provided as detailed below.
Section 34 & 37 of the Planning Act Legal Notice Requirements If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Town before the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Town to the Ontario Land Tribunal. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Town before the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal Board, unless in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to the Town Clerk and such request must include the name and address to which such notice should be sent. • Matt Bruder, Associate Director of Planning & Development, mbruder@lincoln.ca • Julie Kirkelos, Town Clerk, clerks@lincoln.ca
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The QEW: a scar through Niagara Every day, thousands of motorists drive on the QEW, muttering about the traffic. Few if any of them know of the anger and heartache that accompanied the creation of Canada’s first four-lane highway. In the early 1930s, the Conservative provincial government of Premier Mitchell Hepburn floated a plan to turn Burlington’s Middle Road into a major highway between Toronto and Hamilton. When Thomas B. McQuesten became Minister of Highways in 1934, he promoted the idea of extending the highway all the way to Niagara.
ment arrived. At that A Small Thriving fruit time, the main industry of Drop of Ink farms that ran from the Niagara peninsula was By Dorothy Turcotte the escarpment to Lake Ontario agriculture. The entire were suddenly cut in area was covered with half. To do their daily fruit farms producing chores, farmers had to and shipping peaches, cross and recross the apricots, both sweet and sour cherries, pears new highway every day. Farmhouses, includand plums. It was a ing at least one historic peaceful, happy comstone house in Grimsby munity. When farmers got were demolished. Fruit wind of the proposal, trees and grape vines they were unhappy, to were unceremoniously say the least. On the torn up. Property ownwhole, the plan was car- ers were given a fraction ried out in secrecy, and of what their homes many farmers were not and farms were worth. aware that their propAngry groups petitioned erty was involved until the government, all the the earth-moving equip- way from Toronto to Ni-
agara, but Queen’s Park was stone deaf. The highway was widened in the 1960s. There were more expropriations. Farmers were no longer allowed to sell their produce at the roadside. The anger continued into the 1990s., and probably still remains in some farm families. Most of this information comes from a document called “A Serpent in the Garden: Implications of Highway Development in Canada’s Niagara Fruit Belt” by A. Suzanne Hill (2002) You can read the document online. Read it and weep.
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The Lord called Limke home on Friday October 8, 2021 in the early morning hours in her 87th year. Beloved wife of Leo (Leendert) Dyk for 14 happy years. Limke is lovingly remembered by Tilda and Neville Johnson, Gina and Ed Benjamins, Peter and Wendy Dyk, Dorothy and Tom Drake, by 14 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Dear sister of Helena, Andries, Riek and Henk in Holland. Funeral services and interment at Blyth Union Cemetery have taken place. If desired, memorial contributions to Heritage Christian School would be sincerely appreciated by the family. Arrangements entrusted to STONEHOUSEWHITCOMB FUNERAL HOME, GRIMSBY, 905-945-2755. www.smithsfh.com
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1949 - 2021 A faithful and beloved brother, uncle and friend, Keith Belcher Forsyth of Grimsby was taken suddenly and unexpectedly from us on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at the age of 72, after a brief illness. A retiree from Dofasco, Keith was a life-long bee keeper, having been introduced to apiculture in an agricultural studies course in high school. Over the decades he supplied many friends, family and devotees with ambercoloured jars of delicious, golden honey. He was also a bee inspector with the provincial Ministry of Agriculture and Food in association with the University of Guelph, a member of the Ontario Bee Keepers’ Association, a past director of the Eastern Apicultural Society, and friend to everyone in the bee-keeping field, receiving the Montoux Award for his outstanding contributions to bee keeping. An avid and voracious reader, Keith for years was never without his best little buddy, his dog Corky. Keith was predeceased by his parents: Robert and Georgina (nee Belcher) Forsyth; sister-inlaw, Rosalee Forsyth (nee Tiveron); aunts: Amy Harrison and Kay Belcher; and sisters Heather Dew and Ethelyn Passmore. He is survived by his brother Robert (Irene) Forsyth of Grimsby; and sister: Amy Stevens, of Guelph. He leaves also his great friend of 37 years, Margaret Hodgson, and will be greatly missed by his nieces and nephews, and their children and grandchildren. The family wishes to thank the staff and doctors of West Lincoln Memorial Hospital and paramedics for their kindness and alacrity in doing everything possible to ensure Keith received the best of care. Services and/or a memorial will be held at a later date, due to restrictions related to the Covid19 pandemic. Cremation has taken place with interment at Queen’s Lawn Cemetery at a later date. If desired, memorial contributions to McNally House Hospice would be sincerely appreciated by the family. Arrangements entrusted to STONEHOUSE-WHITCOMB FUNERAL HOME, GRIMSBY, 905-945-2755. www.smithsfh.com
1926-2021 Peacefully in the arms of her Lord, we announce her passing at Niagara Health System, St. Catharines on Monday, October 4, 2021, at the age of 95. Beloved wife of the late Robert Lewis Slessor (2018). Dear mother to Cheryl (Harry) Miller, Elizabeth (Dennis) Bodden, Robert (Marlene) Slessor and Rev. Blake (Lois) Slessor. Cherished grandmother of David (Rebecca) Williams, Mark (Barbara) Williams, Stephen (Adele) Williams, Nathan (Bella) Bodden, Jeffrey (Melissa) Bodden, Lindsay Slessor, Rachel (Eduardo) Santos, Robert Slessor, Kenneth Slessor, Stephanie (Anthony) Carlo, Adam (Danielle) Slessor, Braden (Leah) Slessor, Cameron (Olivia) Slessor and Julia Slessor. Great-grandmother to Kristen, Brent, Kyle, Emma, Matthew, Carly, Samantha, Ashley (Brett), Liam, James, Cameron, Judah, Isla, Asher, Ariahna, Anna, Elowen and Easton. Greatgreat grandmother to George, Grace and William. Predeceased by her parents the late Edward and Grace (nee Maynard) and by her siblings Albert (late Myna), Edgar (late Dorothy) and Charles (Patricia) and grandson Jonathan Williams. She will be dearly missed and fondly remembered. Visitation at SMITH’S FUNERAL HOME, 1167 Guelph Line (one stop light north of QEW), BURLINGTON (905-632-3333), on Wednesday, October 13 from 3 - 5 p.m. and 7 - 9 p.m. and at Compass Point Bible Church, 1500 Kerns Road, BURLINGTON on Thursday, October 14 at 12 p.m. until the Funeral Service at 1 p.m. In accordance with provincial regulations, there is a limit to the number of visitors who may attend the service. Please RSVP in advance at www.smithsfh.com. Interment at Burlington Memorial Gardens. For those who wish, donations in memory of Miriam may be made to ShareWord Global (Gideons). www.smithsfh.com
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Br&E study struggles to finish, report coming By Tristan Marks NewsNow LIttle interest and weak survey response have been an ongoing challenge facing those conducting a business retention and expansion (BRE) study for the Town of Grimsby, says project lead Susan Manuel. The comments were made during a standard program milestone review given by Manuel at Grimsby Economic Development Committee’s meeting held Sept. 22. The program launched in April of this year with an online survey rolled out in May. During an earlier presentation to Grimsby council, Manuel said only one survey had been completed. A more aggressive approach brought in about two dozen surveys before a different, shorter survey was
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Grimsby historical figure Col. Robert Nelles turned 260 years old last Thursday and the Nelles Manor Museum celebrated by distributing homemade cupcakes at Grimsby Farmers’ Market. The colonel himself even made an appearance - sort of. Pictured here are Brent Beacroft as Col. Nelles and Meg Grimsmo as the his wife, Elizabeth. Marks - Photo
Time is now for West Lincoln It was noted on this page last year when it was learned West Lincoln would be getting into a major planning study for future residential development in Smithville that they should plan now to preserve green space within that urban core. Once it is gone, it’s gone and township officials have an opportunity to set a great foundation after seeing what lack of preparedness has done with Stoney Creek and Grimsby. Lincoln is caught on the fence but the wave of development is at its shores right now and the next five years will tell a lot there. West Lincoln is seeing a great deal of building right now, but that’s nothing compared to what it will be in 10-15 years when Grimsby and Lincoln are built out. Opinion on this page went so far as suggest West Lincoln plan an area for high-rise - WITH proper parking allotted, which seems ridiculous now, but in 50 years having more greenspace because density went up instead of out would be appreciated in the community at that time. It is hard to think that far ahead, but the time is now for West Lincoln. M.W.
Economic endeavours need rebranding It was Thanksgiving Day on Monday and, boy, was I thankful there was no Grimsby council. Those days are like Christmas around here. The mood is light, everyone smiling (even me). There were actually several stories which will stem from last week’s council soirée, but it made sense to ensure two business community stories were in the same edition. The stories, as you will find good reader, outline two very different initiatives - wellintentioned - but both missing their respective marks. That does not mean both were wasted money and effort, but it does show both require significant rethinks on methodology to set a reliable foundation for anything on which a future program or policies could be based. The Grimsby Got It shop local campaign - funded by a $10,000 Niagara Region grant, Town funds of $5,000, $1,500 in Grimsby DIA support and a long list of in-kind donations, was managed by the Grimsby & District Chamber of Commerce. The story in this week’s edition notes the considerable issues with any measurables related to the performance of the program. That said, any kind of promotion is good promotion, but the rethink on this entity should revolve around how it is billed. As I noted at the Grimsby Economic Development Advisory Committee, it really wasn’t a shop local campaign at all. It was a program to create social media accounts and a website to host a directory. With over 500 businesses in town - and the DIA and Chamber already having directories online - getting 47 signs ups is pretty small uptake. It is not a bad thing in any way, shape or form, but directories have been proven time and again to be very poor
MIKE WILLISCRAFT revenue generators, which was the intent of the program in the first place. That strategy is what concerned the vast majority of retailers I spoke to about the program, which now number 33 - spanning Grimsby Square Plaza to Robinson Street. There was only one which spoke positively about the program at all, with two others liking the social media aspect of the marketing. Those who said they heard no buzz about the event - despite talking it up to customers consistently - also reported they saw no change in sales. Again, it was a shop local program...not sure how one can call it a success based on that kind of information. Also as I noted at GEDAC, as I don’t want to get ‘Bothwelled’ and have people thinking they heard something inaccurately, I noted the program is town-wide and findings could be better elsewhere. There could be stores in the DIA which made out like gangbusters, too, and that would be awesome...I invite anyone who saw significant response to get in touch...glad to chat about it, my cell, 289-442-4244. I wasn’t going to say anything at all at GEDAC until I heard it confirmed another $50,000 has come in the door through an Ontario Chamber of Commerce grant and CAO Harry Schlange said the plan is
to continue the program which has already been started. If the money was for an all encompassing, general town marketing program, great. Just call it what is and move because there is nothing wrong with a program like that. Just don’t mislead anyone into thinking shopping local is a prime directive. With the Town’s business retention and expansion study, which has been ongoing for many months, there has been little uptake from the get go. This is another one where town officials just seem to be trying too hard and are hellbent on getting to some kind of report that they can dub a success even though the business community has pretty much rejected their advances. The initial response to getting a survey completed was one, yes, one. So they took another shot, got more aggressive, started sending direct emails and phone calls to some to elicit more response. Over months, they got up about two dozen, which is not enough of a sample to base anything significant. The decision was then made to draft a fourquestion survey for the Let’s Talk Grimsby site. While the shorter survey doubled responses, it would also skew any solid data from the first round because the second survey was so different. The root of the issue, as stated by the CAO, trust. Lack of trust in town hall and what numbers may be used for was the number one reason businesses balked at giving up real responses. When you look at how the high-profile shop local initiative was positioned, it is easy to understand why it is tough to trust whey you hear from town hall, which is unfortunate.
Virtual town meetings having negative impact: reader Dear Editor, Virtual town council meetings caused a deterioration of our democratic governance system. It made it difficult for taxpayers to speak out and hold council accountable for their decisions. The Niagara economy has been hit hard because of the lock downs and now the passports. Frequently food drives are organized to assist the many affected by our struggling economy. Lincoln however seems oblivious by greatly increasing its spending and growing
Letter big government. This should be a concern for all residents, because that will cause significant municipal tax increases. The Town of Lincoln wants to purchase Beamsville’s District School clearly with the purpose to expand its government. This will take a massive financial investment to refurbish this large old building into new municipal offices. Council continues to approve new hires; recently for expanding the
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economic development office and now for a new climate change office. To hire a new $100,000 employee or maybe even more for this office is wasting our hard earned tax dollars. For a small town this is not council’s mandate to spend this kind of money for an issue they have little control over just like the vaccine passport. Climate change policies are set by the federal government. Lincoln is slowly destroying its living climate by forcing unsightly high rises, increasing population density and changing
the small town character into a crowded town. Developers have more say in small towns than residents do and only care about their profits; jamming as many people in these highrises as possible. In Beamsville around the Ontario Street corridor more highrises are in the forecast. Residents must have a say in their own town to keep it livable. A troubling trend we see is that town councils are overreaching their mandates and are ignoring their residents. Rob Janssen, Lincoln
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