Community Volunteers, along with the Ennismore Optimist Club are undergoing a fundraising campaign to install a fully accessible playground at the Ennismore Waterfront Park.
Julie Grant, an Ennismore resident, gave a delegation to Selwyn council on Tuesday afternoon requesting their support and help in their efforts to create a fully accessible playground adjacent to the current play area at the Ennismore Waterfront Park.
Grant told council that she is a mom of a special needs child, Jude, and the creator of a website called Accessible Playgrounds Ontario (accessibleplaygroundsontario.ca).
After contacting over 300 municipalities, Grant was able to create her website which catalogs all the accessible playgrounds across the province. She said that the closest one to Selwyn was 64 km away in Port Hope.
Grant said the accessible playground initiative which has been named Judes Joy in honour of her son, is an inclusive playground project for Selwyn Township that would provide the community and region with an extraordinary play space that has optimal accessibility.
She explained that Jude suffered a hypoxic brain injury at birth which left him with a lifelong disability, cerebral palsy, and global developmental delay.
Updates to the Lakefield Campground infrastructure are on hold after Tuesday afternoon’s Selwyn Township council meeting.
A report from Mike Richardson, manager of recreation services for the township recommended that council engage DM Wills Associates to finalize the design and tendering of the Lakefield Campground Infrastructure project at a cost of $28,303.75 excluding HST.
This project includes the work of updating the Lakefield Campground’s water, sewer and electrical systems.
Richardson told council that as part of the initial campground study, one of the things that was recommended was looking at the infrastructure and creating a new design that could be implemented that would allow the site to be used for another 40 years.
The Lakefield Sidewalk Sale is undergoing an ownership change this year with its future still to be determined.
Terry McQuitty, owner of the Lakefield Herald started the Sidewalk Sale back in 2009 as a way to showcase what the downtown core of the Village had to offer.
He said that at the time, many cottagers were just slipping through the village without stopping.
The Sidewalk Sale offered an opportunity to downtown merchants and local non-profits to showcase the great offerings within the Village.
Over its 15 year history, the summer event has grown and become a staple of summertime in Lakefield.
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