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Mss s f _ ce _ ThE INDEPENDENT > e mm s JiN,E’,ZIOO% & § Residents, merchants divided on plans for Warkworth‘s Masonic hall : by Paul Dalby â€" has applied for it to be reâ€" v Te and Eoin Callan zoned commercial â€"a condiâ€" ; e _ ie Kesercen tion of their sale of the * â€"â€"â€"~ i e THE wiitEâ€"wartep Percy â€"â€" building to baker Mark Polâ€" 2 B . j Masonic Lodge has been lard and architect Abel e B L % a quiet fixture on Warkâ€" . Branco. l > e ie n worth‘s Main Street for the Mr. Pollard and Mr. Branâ€" § 5L eR [ > in sns past 80 years. All that _ co have already purchased â€">f>â€" _ J qg it s l m changed this week. the Humphrey House resiâ€" 4 M : a se s mt . " The conditional sale of _ dential hotel in Warkworth. â€" IMMaMa e g,.?‘{ =| pamastr « the Lodge to two entrepreâ€" _ for $250,000 and are spending I * ts e ?," s frsalc l a 7 T neursâ€" and a bid to rezone it _ another $200,000 on renovaâ€" M#A i Miket _ .. O| 3 : o as a cookie factory with a 20â€" . tions. Te + tâ€". "oai =v;’~§m [ € .. seatcaféâ€"has effectively pitâ€" But it is their plans for !l PWE j mtere "’”m‘.‘r" e â€"== â€"*~ fl P 1 ted residents . againstâ€". the Masonic Lodge which â€"% ‘fl Tfi‘ [mesfeâ€" ... aoea : 2e g residents and some merâ€" _ have attracted the most atâ€" .. f@Nemm®peqntcemin e ba _ & chants against their own _ tention in the village. in theâ€" â€" &@fegrn c nBBer PP pesodiifiecaalie = â€" _ oo business association. initial application by the _ e o ienss inss es : Faced with this dissent _ Masonic Temple to council, _ w1 . .0\ ou s W Mseaiee i Trent Hills Council voted _ the fature use of the build. ""® Masonic Lodge on Main Slrel_!‘l in Warkworth. 3 Monday to defer any deciâ€" ing is described as housing. . ing policy of the WBA that .. "very much in favour of the > ' sion until its meeting on "a small retail food market _ we always support new deâ€" rezoning" because it would Monday, June 16 at 7 p.m. to _ and bake shop with the poâ€" . velopment." lead to renovation of the old allow time for public input. _ tential for a residential unit But Kerri Ellis, owner of _ building. % f Mayor Hector Macmillanor office space on the top _ the Remarkable Bean coffee Barry Stahl, speaking on said: "We need to work toâ€" . floor" house on Main Street, said: â€" behalf of St. Paul‘s United: gether on some sort of comâ€" At Monday‘s council "Idon‘tthink weneedanothâ€" Church, said: "I think it‘s a promise that suits the meeting, realtor Jayne er eating establishment, we .. great idea (and) will encourâ€" ; community." Atkinson representing the â€" have a bakery and three. age employment." The 75â€"member Percy . two partners, told council: . restaurants already," But other residents Masonic Temple wishes to _ "It will be a quiet 9 to 5 enâ€" The coffee shop owner _ raised the issue of limited * sell the Lodge so that they .. terprise, nota Scott‘s variety _ warned council that "the parking. In a letter to counâ€" ' can build a new oneâ€"storey â€"convenience type of store. It. _ roads of Warkworth are not... cil, Pat Johnston who lives . meeting place on land will have a preparation . paved with gold" and it is a â€" opposite the Lodge said the they‘ve purchased on the. . kitchen, an outlet storeand _ constant struggle for merâ€" . junction of Main Street and outskirts of Warkworth. â€"a 20â€"seat café for patrons to. . chants to make a living. ‘Centre Street is already busy "Like every club we are all _ ~sit and enjoy their prodâ€" Another Main Street _ with parking for the United getting older and it‘s pretty . _ucts." ‘merchant Amanda Gardner, _ Church, school buses and. hard to handle those stairs Ms. Atkinson said the _ of the Cheeky Bee candle\ . tractor trailers delivering to $ in the lodge," said Temple venture would not compete. . store, challenged the vagueâ€" . Main Street. 7 secretary Vic Dawson. with existing business like _ ness of the application for "The new business would But at Monday‘s council â€" the Lionheart Bakery. But _ rezoning. generate a continuous influx meeting, resident Sandy â€" sheâ€"added: "It‘s an artisan "Nobody is quite clear. . of traffic to this corner and Huber, who has lived with _ communityand there willbe â€" what theyâ€"plan on doing. â€" that‘s not what it was intendâ€" ; her husband Wally nextâ€"â€" some overlap in products . there," Ms. Gardner said. _ ed for It would be more adâ€" door to the Lodge for 19 â€" sold". "They go from businesssto . vantageous for the business f years, said approving the reâ€" NMr. Pollard said: "It is not _ retail and back again." to be located in the business ( f zoning "will be like letting a â€" the only building we are The Masonic Lodge sits _ district of the town." f 3 genie out of the bottle: We looking at but it is certainly . at the junction of Main and Councillor Rosemary | encourage new business but * our destination of choice." Centre Streets with St. Kelleherâ€"MacLennan said: â€" we know that not all busiâ€" . _ He said the intent was â€" Paul‘s United Church occuâ€" _ "It‘s good that people want to nesses succeed." "to restore the building to its â€" pying the adjacent corner. renovate the building but "Are we going to get a _ former glory and add some* Residents were divided _ my big concern is the parkâ€" | pool hall or a bar in that _ thing cool to Main Street", into two.camps on the proâ€" _ ing that will impact on the building in the future?" she _ adding: "We have a staff of posed plans for the Lodge â€" _ people already living there. ; . asked. three and would like to hire _ those who support the develâ€" _ If it is going 4o be a case that "I believe in change but I â€" three _more locally," ‘he _ opment; and those who obâ€" _ will increase the traffic." also believe in reasonable . added. ; ject to the prospect of At the time of going to ; change and giving considerâ€" The Warkworth Business _ increased traffic and noise. press, The Independent unâ€" ‘ â€"\ation to the people who alâ€" _ Association hadsent inalet in the southern half of Main _ derstands that Councillor 5 7 ready live there." ter supporting the rezoning â€" Street that is now largely â€" Dean Peters will suggest a Currently the Masonic _ application. vesidential. f public meeting between the Lodge is zoned as a meeting WBA president Méirion _, Villager John De La_â€" developers of the Lodge, resâ€" } place but the Percy Temple _ Jonessaid: "It‘s a long:standâ€" Court told council he was _ idents and merchants, 3 | cay j \ 7