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Q. What is the accent pl'rshment you are most W “Tilt is; Swim”: .. ' 11H 1e own own "hv'r'"err-e--r-e--re-tr.-rt--r- LOLBORNE "c'"""""'--"'-------,--.,,,,-,-.,,.,-.., revitalization, the Street, / scape is a major goal real Q. What is the biggest Boycott loo S ac on 20 ized, The downtown core challenge facing the amalga, needed a facelift. Not every- mated municipality of o I I I . body likes it; not everybody Cramahc? years In municipal politics F likes changing things from A, Continuing to provide 'ss,,-, "the way it's always been." services at current levels, . Industrial pa . ' But I knew it had to be done while keeping costs and Former Colborne Reeve ates downtown guarantee “all: Jdlte,svniii Ss to attract new business, to taxes down. it always boils . locatet _ my - motivate business people to down to money. Can we Streetscape Is a success, and failure to antee 1igiefyiilndt,sg':1 Together George and invest in the village. " very afford-this? Should we elinr achieve one-tier county government as a will have to pay for it, For Susie planned, created and gratifying to see how fast ghc battle that? It's finefto talk . . . about I million we could Q ened "The Bi! Apple" in empty stores filled up ll ter at out improving in restruc- mayor disappointment upgradf a sewage system C'C, working éywith local the project was finished. ture as abasis for attracting Editorenote:Mile several met people who are still within the park itself, and partners to develop one of We're excited about that. people to the area, but there area reeves and mayors are close friends twenty years lessen the tax burden, As far Ontario‘s most recognized Q. What has been your are costs involved, and some- leaving public office this later. in 1980 i decided to as water is concerned, coun- tourist attractions. They sold biggest disappointment "5 a body has to pay fur il. week most of them stayed jump in with both feet and cil is taking steps to repair their shares in the successful politician? . . Downloading hasntstopped. in the public eye during the run for village council. 1 minor deficiencies in agri-iourist business in 1992, A. Not gomg [0 a single- and new Fol-”19115 “fill have fallasthey motor re- knocked on every door in Collsome's system, but we _ bought the first franchise of tier system of government In to make difficult decisions to election. Horvever,/ormer the village. I got to know a have never had a concern real estate company Bowes Northumberland. it just balance the loooks Colborne Mayor George lot of people very quickly with the quality of our water & Cocks Limited, and are makes sense today h fi clean Q. What IS your greatest Boycott, who chose not to once i took that first step. supply. celebrating their eighth year ly the most costv'effective way personal achievement since . stand for election, stepped Q. What was the biggest Q. What were the biggest of success with Team Realty. to prov1e.seryfes to all of coming lo Culborne in 1978? out of the spotlight entirely, hurdle you had to overcome challenges faced by councils Colborne has been George our municipalities. The PM A, The Big Apple. The and we now take a look in politics? on which you served? and Susie's home for 21 Vince is heading in that direc- idea came to me after seeing back at his political career. A. Not being known] was A. I can think of several. years. For more than :4 of lien anyway, andwe should a guy in Australia build a not only from another com- Amalgamation with Cra- those years George has been have jumped on l when we tourist destination around a by TOM PHILP munity, I was from another mahe is less than the single. a fixture in local politics. ln ll had a chance to do so, big pineapple. l thought, The Independent country. You're never really tier governance Colborne recent interview George Q. Most of the Colbome/ "Who would visit a Big Webster's dictionary considered to be "from" a Council wanted, but fm sat. talked about the social, com- Cramahe candidates for the Pineapple?" and the answer defines 'boycott' as “shutting place unless you can trace isticd it will fulfill the short, merciai and political things upcoming municipal elec, was, "Lots of people." The _ out all social and commcr- your family roots locally, It's term needs of the communi. he has "Boycuttcd" for two tion have endorsed Upgrad- idea stuck. It's become the cial interaction." Apparently, not your home, per se. The ty, while allowing Colborne decades. ing and expansion of the biggest employment training Webster never met George kids were seven, five and to retain its own identity. Q. What brought you to water and sewage sytems. opportunity for hundreds of Boycott, Colborne's outgoing three years of age when We Selling the electrical compo- politics in the first place? Do you support that local kids, and employs reeve, the epitome M... well arrived in Cotborne, so it's nent of the PUC was a diffi- ' A, When we arrived here initiative? many local families, Before T"' anything but a boycott. definitely more "home" to cult decision. but the options we didn't know anybody, A. Not the way it's being the Big Apple nobody spoke in 1978 George and his them than Australia. But I were Iimited.and I think the and I wanted to get involved proposed. Say we spend the of "The Apple Route." That ' wife, Susie, sold their busi- had to set out to show peo- decision has been fully justi- in my new Canadian home.I estimated $6 million to wasa result of the Big Apple. ness in Australia, and set off pie that this was our new tied. The new arena posed joined a service club, and extend village sewers to the I’m yery proud of that for a Canadian adventure home, and 1 could represent tough questions financially, _ with three young daughters. our community. but the community, particu- _ Kym, Nikki and Jenettc. fury the youth of the coin- . They spent three months muniiy, will reap the bene- - _ _ touring southern Ontario, fits, There was' only one looking for "the right place" choice to be made: a new _ to raise their kids, start a arena, or no arena. business. and get to know a 1: © _. p; =. = m = a. .-. 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