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06 | 22 | 2013 VOLUME 18 | ISSUE 25
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Woolwich hopes to find new logo via public contest
Weedy boulevards not our problem, say township officials
STEVE KANNON Fancy yourself an artist? Think you can capture the essence of Woolwich with a simple design? You might be interested in the township’s logo contest. Up for grabs is a $1,000 prize for the winning entry. The contest will be open to Woolwich residents, those working in the township and all students in Waterloo Region. Something of an attempt at branding, the idea was approved by councillors meeting June 18. The new logo will be an addition, not a replacement for the current township crest, said Laurel Davies Snyder, economic development and tourism officer. The process is expected to cost less than $3,000 – including the prize money, advertising, project expenses and professional support – which is a far cry from the upwards of $25,000 other municipalities have spent developing logos, she said. Judging will be done by a volunteer panel of graphics industry experts, businesspeople and township citizens. The contest is expected to get rolling next month, with a closing date at the end of August. A process involving the community was seen as the best way to capture what the township’s about, while engaging residents in developing a new logo, said Davies Snyder. Noting that other municipalities logo | 4
Elmira neighbourhood dealing with dead sod after road reconstruction project is still looking for a remedy steve kannon
The boulevard on Murial Scott's Samuel Street, Elmira home never recovered after new sod was laid down following the reconstruction of the street in 2010. Her son-in-law Art Bolduc and other neighbours have had no luck dealing with the township over the issue. [elena maystruk / the observer]
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The weeds growing rampant are a stark contrast to the upper parts of the lawn with the neatly cropped grass and wellordered flowerbeds. But after two years of trying to salvage the grass on the boulevard of his motherin-law’s Samuel Street home in Elmira, Art Bolduc says he’ll no longer bother. Sifting through the weeds, you’ll find the remains of some sod, brown and withered, that appears never to have taken hold. The property, like many of the neighbouring lawns, was re-sodded in the fall of 2010 following the reconstruction of the road, underground services and sidewalks along Samuel, Ann and Herbert streets. Bolduc said the grass appeared to suffer winterkill after the fall planting, continuing to decline despite the application of “TLC and fertilizer” over the next two summers. He and
some of the neighbours say it’s up to the township to remedy the problem on what is their property, after all. Woolwich, however, takes a different view. Manager of engineering Richard Sigurdson notes the work was completed in the fall of 2010 but it wasn’t until this spring that he began receiving complaints from residents, well past any warranty period on the work that was done. He was the project manager for that job, and personally inspected the sod in the spring of 2011, deeming it fine. “In 2011, the sod looked fantastic,” he said, explaining that the contractor is responsible for watering and caring for new sod for the first 30 days. After that, the contractor can be expected to look after repairs for up to a year if there are any deficiencies. “I walked every street myself in the spring of weeds | 2
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