The Clock Keeps Ticking

Newmarket River Walk made the news on Channel 4 to-night. Cameras were there to  cover  Newmarket's Olympic event.

A huge outdoor flat  screen, an ice palace  and outdoor  contoured lounge seating to relax and watch the events in Sochi.

Newmarket has a couple of Olympic athletes in the competition . We wish them luck.

The River Walk was an issue in the last election.

The  facility was created  in the parking lot behind  stores on the east side of Main Street.

The situation is interesting from  an Aurora perspective  because of certain similarities.

It was the demolition of the old arena that triggered imaginative  re-use of the downtown property.

Residents are fully appreciative of the new amenity. It has already been enjoyed  for a couple of years
and there's still almost a year to go before the next election.

Council has every reason to be  satisfied with their work.

The question of conflict has been raised  re a  town  bid  might be used to force up the price of the  Stronach  parcel  designated to accommodate 92 homes on forty-foot lots.

Fat chance.

Our Council's decision  on the old surplus buildings on Library Square remains to be made.

A   Memorandum on Tuesday's Agenda  , dealing with real estate  at the north end. is:
 the previous memorandum be received.

A motion to receive means no action recommended .

It's complicated. But not.

If Council accepts the recommendation , no further action ensues.

It seemed to be leaning that way.

But direction  to negotiate prices was contradictory.

If  the recommendation is  accepted, the matter is closed.