for immediate release - December 09, 1999
Agra receives Butterfly Award for support of the Bronte Butterfly Project
It was
'crystal clear' to Lee Bernard that she had a winner, as she made the
presentation of a crystal butterfly to Russ Blades, AGRA's Vice President of
Business Development. The award was made in recognition of AGRA's donation of it's engineering and construction
management services to the project that have a value of about $180,000. AGRA,
one of Canada's largest engineering firms, is providing the drawings and
materials specifications for the construction of the gardens and installation
of the required services.
The
Bronte Butterfly Project is a natural butterfly garden that includes a summer
waterway and a winter skateway together with an interpretive centre, planned
for construction in the Bronte Heritage Park. Recently, the non-profit company
was incorporated as a Charitable Company called The Bronte Butterfly
Foundation, and is in the process of obtaining a tax number from Ottawa, after
which all donations will be tax deductible.
If you
want to make a donation, or are interested in volunteering for the project,
call the Bronte Butterfly Project office at (905) 825-2245 or visit the web
pages found
on the Bronte Village B.I.A. website at www.brontevillage.net
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for further information, contact:
Lee Bernard, Chair/Executive Director – 905-469-0500
Bronte Butterfly Foundation
for immediate release - November 04, 1999
Bronte leads Mega-City in Butterfly mania
This time Toronto's Mayor Mel Lastman appears to be following, instead of leading. Yesterday, he announced that 25 miles of waterfront land would house various butterfly sanctuaries.
However, the Village of Bronte in Oakville has already been hot on this metamorphic butterfly trail for the past year on its own initiative. With AGRA Monenco donating their engineering services and EXIT Realty in Bronte challenging Halton Region’s citizens to donate dollars, the ground will be broken this coming spring.
Families in Halton Region are busy buying pavers, benches and trees, etc. to place their own individual stamp on the garden, Halton's Millennium Project. Tourists and visitors, along with surrounding families, will soon be skating in the 3.5 acre garden during the winter of 2000 and enjoying the butterflies in their natural habitat in the spring and summer of 2001.
Halton Region thanks Toronto Mayor Mel for taking the initiative and following our lead. Obviously, we’re onto a good thing !!
If you want to make a donation, or are interested in volunteering for the
project, call the Bronte Butterfly Project office at (905) 825-2245 or visit the web pages
found on the Bronte Village B.I.A. website at www.brontevillage.net
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for further information, contact:
The Bronte Butterfly Project
(905) 825-2245
for immediate release - September 29, 1999
Exit Realty Negotiators pledge $100,000 to Bronte Butterfly Project
The Bronte Butterfly recorded it’s first major cash pledge. Exit Realty Negotiators, an all Canadian real estate brokerage located in Bronte, plans to raise $100,000 for the project by donating $500 per real estate transaction.
Exit Realty Negotiators broker/owner Lloyd Phinney, an Oakville resident of 26 years, and business partner Alex Szinegh feel that the proposed park development will be good for Bronte and the Town of Oakville. Phinney believes that "the one-of-a-kind park will attract more visitors and tourists to Bronte and Oakville who in turn will support local businesses. As more tourists and visitors come to appreciate Bronte and Oakville, real estate in our whole town will more than likely appreciate in value".
The Bronte Butterfly is a proposed $2.5 million project to be located in the Bronte Heritage Waterfront Park at the foot of Bronte Road in Oakville. The plans call for butterfly and formal gardens, trellis structures, pathways, fountains, a gazebo and an outdoor winter artificial skateway in the shape of a butterfly. This Halton Millennium project, initiated by the Bronte Village Business Improvement Area (B.I.A.) is to be entirely funded through private donations (individuals, organizations, businesses and corporations). Federal, provincial and other funding have been applied for. The fund raising campaign has something for everyone: there are 15,500
pavers available at a cost of $25 to $100, all reserved for private individuals; 5,200
pavers ranging from $150 to $500 and 260 trees/benches from $1500 to $2000 open for ‘purchase’ by individuals, organizations, businesses and corporations. Then there are 22 specialty items ranging from $10,000 to $250,000 to be ‘auctioned' off. All
paving stone donors will have their name engraved on their respective pavers, all other items will receive special recognition on or near the item ‘purchased’.
Exit Realty Negotiators pledge a donation of one $50 paver and three $150 pavers per real estate transaction. One $150
paver will be engraved with the name ‘Exit Realty Negotiators’ whereas the other two $150
pavers will be engraved with the name of the business that referred the real estate client to Exit. "Where or when has a business had the opportunity to promote itself with a permanent advertisement at no cost to the company?", Phinney stated. The name of the person(s) who either purchases or sells their property through Exit will appear on the $50
paver.
Exit Realty Negotiators can be contacted at (905) 465-1010. For further details on the Bronte Butterfly or to volunteer, please contact the Project office at (905) 825-2245 or check the Internet at www.brontevillage.net
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On Thursday, September 30, 1999 at 12:30p.m. Mr. Lloyd Phinney, Exit Realty Negotiators, will be presenting Lee Bernard, Chair of The Bronte Butterfly Project, with an oversized pledge-cheque at:
Exit Realty Negotiators
2274 Lakeshore Road West
Oakville, ON
for further information, contact:
Lee Bernard, Chair of The Bronte Butterfly Project and Chair of the Bronte Village BIA
Project office: (905) 825-2245
or at her store: WANDERERS Imports Limited: (905) 469-0500
Attached: The Bronte Butterfly Project - Background sheet
ATTACHMENT:
THE BRONTE BUTTERFLY PROJECT - Background Sheet (September 1999)
In 1986 the Regional and Small Craft Harbours Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, sponsored a feasibility study on the creation of an easterly outer harbour for Bronte in Oakville.
In 1988 a site plan refined the feasibility study’s concept plan for an outer harbour marina. The site plan also addressed improvements for existing park facilities. As per site plan, construction of the breakwaters was completed in 1991 forming the Bronte Outer Harbour Marina. This was followed by the creation of a landbase in the Outer Harbour, necessary for the future development of a waterfront park and marina facility.
In July 1992 the Bronte Harbour Waterfront Park Pre-Development Study was completed for the Regional Municipality of Halton. As part of the study the conceived master plan encompassed the east and west banks at the mouth of the Bronte River, including the newly created landbase and the Bronte Outer Harbour Marina. The master plan called for a mainly passive park, a marina centre and a gazebo with formal gardens. Skating was to be provided in winter on frozen Outer Harbour lake water. The Halton Regional Council and the Oakville Town Council approved the master plan with the provision that development would only occur as funding became available.
Over the last few years Bronte has been contemplating a public outdoor winter skating facility for Oakville’s historic Bronte Village area. Local merchants set up a fund to cover the anticipated costs of the skating area. During the winter of 1997/98 the Town of Oakville provided boards for a skating rink, but due to the location of Bronte, right at the mouth of the Bronte River on Lake Ontario, a natural ice surface was just not working. The winter of 1997/98 was also the mildest on record.
On December 10, 1998 the idea was launched after the current Chair of the Bronte Village B.I.A., Lee Bernard, spoke with various people about Bronte’s desire to create an outdoor artificial skating facility. Local, regional, provincial and federal government representatives encouraged them to compose a proposal and apply for federal and provincial Millennium funding.
Representatives of the B.I.A. contacted AESTHETICS+DESIGN landscape architects December 10, 1998 to develop a conceptual master plan for the BRONTE HERITAGE WATERFRONT PARK. The criteria were simple: create a park for summer and winter use, where gardens may be cared for by local residents, and families can enjoy winter outdoor skating.
Initial concept sketches were presented in late December 1998 at which time the concept layout of the butterfly was chosen over other layouts. The conceptual master plan was completed the first week of January 1999 and submitted for Federal and Provincial government millennium project funding.
The following events have transpired since that time;
- On February 10, 1999 the Halton Regional Council endorsed the recommendations of the Regional Planning and Public Works committee that "the Bronte Village B.I.A. and the Town of Oakville be advised that the Region sees merit in the Proposed Millennium Project by the Bronte Village B.I.A. and Regional Staff will work with them and other stakeholders in moving the concept forward".
- In April 1999 THE BRONTE BUTTERFLY PROJECT was incorporated as a non-profit organization.
- During the Summer of 1999 a butterfly feasibility study and a geo-technical survey of the proposed development lands were conducted by professionals in each field respectively, and both results were favourable towards establishing a butterfly garden within the Bronte Heritage Waterfront Park.
A butterfly monitoring study was also launched encouraging local residents to count butterflies.
- In August 1999, AGRA, one of Canadian's leading international engineering companies, pledged to donate engineering services to the Bronte Butterfly Project.
Efforts are currently underway to provide a mechanism for issuing tax receipts to contributors.
for immediate release - September 29, 1999
Professional entomology study completed for the Bronte Butterfly Project
Toronto Zoo’s noted entomologist, Mr. Tom Mason, has completed a report titled "A Feasibility Study for The Heritage Park Bronte Butterfly Garden", in which he states that the Garden’s location was very
favourable due to it’s proximity to the lake. Not only will the on shore breezes help introduce local butterflies to the Gardens from shore locations, but the Gardens will be the first thing migrating butterflies see as they cross the lake. The butterfly population for the Garden were divided into ‘residents, mobile, migratory or incidental’. The study pointed out the necessity for proper planting that will attract and maintain all forms of butterflies, but the first resident butterflies will probably be both the mobile and migratory species that will come back every year. An educational program using guides for all visitors to the gardens was recommended. "The Garden is
expected to become a focal point for the Town of Oakville ", reports Mr. Mason, " and a strong deterrent to the Geese living in the nearby harbour if planned properly".
Part of the Butterfly Project’s appeal is the fundraising campaign – pieces of the butterfly’s gardens, landscaping and surrounding pathways are being sold to individual & corporate donors. "Imagine having your name on a piece of history," says Bronte Butterfly Chair/Executive Director, Lee Bernard. "As we move towards the new millennium, so many people want to see their names etched in
a paving stone or metal - to provide a sense of permanence or to mark their place in our community for future generations to see. The response so far has been overwhelming."
For further details on the Bronte Butterfly and its donor program or for those wishing to volunteer, please contact the Project office at (905) 825-2245 or check the Internet at www.brontevillage.net
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for further information, contact:
Lee Bernard, Chair of The Bronte Butterfly Project and Chair of the Bronte Village BIA
Project office: (905) 825-2245
or at her store: WANDERERS Imports Limited: (905) 469-0500
for immediate release - August 11, 1999
Major Canadian engineering company donates services to the Bronte Butterfly Project
AGRA recently confirmed that it will provide all required engineering services
Oakville, Ontario - AGRA, Canada's largest engineering firm,
recently confirmed that it will provide on a donor basis, all
engineering services required for the construction of the Bronte
Butterfly Project. AGRA also indicated that it wished to be involved
in future phases of the project such as the construction bid
evaluation, scheduling and overall project management.
"We are very pleased to be a part of this important local
development and tourist attraction," says Alan O'Brien, Senior Vice
President for AGRA Monenco. "As a major Oakville employer and one
of the largest engineering companies, AGRA was a natural choice
for provision of engineering services for this waterfront
development project."
The Project consists of a 3.5 acre natural butterfly garden that
has the unique feature of a waterway that can be converted to a
skateway for winter use. Work on the project to date includes
geo-technical site evaluation, which was necessary in order to
proceed with the engineering design of the subsurface
foundations. The Bronte Butterfly Project Inc. anticipates that its
policy of utilizing Halton companies will involve participation of
other corporate entities in the supply of goods and services for
particular aspects of the construction.
Fund raising for the Project, which has been on-going, has received
tremendous support from the community and has been expanded to
include corporate donors throughout the Halton Region.
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for immediate release - July 22, 1999
The Bronte Butterfly Project lifts off with geo-technical testing by local engineering company
The Bronte Butterfly Project Inc. announces the award of a contract to G.K. Bell & Associates, an Oakville company that specializes in
geo-technical engineering. The work to be performed is a pre-requisite to the actual engineering of foundations for the support of the Gardens, Fountains, Waterway/Skateway and Service Building.
G.K.Bell & Associates expect to start work within the next 10 days and will have a drill on-site at Heritage Park in Bronte to test the overburden depth to bedrock as well as tests that will determine the degree of compaction that exists at the site. The work is expected to take no more than two (2) days using a small drill and will proceed quietly with a minimum of impact upon the surrounding area. Any surface disturbance in the Park will be reclaimed to an as-found condition. Co-ordinating the work will be our volunteer Project Engineer, Louis M. Bernard, P.Eng.
For further information, contact; Lee Bernard, Chair- Bronte BIA and The Bronte Butterfly Project.
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for immediate release - July 07, 1999
Calling all butterfly enthusiasts to assist in butterfly monitoring study for Bronte Butterfly
Are you interested in assisting in a butterfly monitoring study for the Bronte Heritage Waterfront Park, the future site of the Bronte Butterfly? We are looking for volunteer observers who would like to assist us in this very worthwhile cause.
Volunteer observers would be checking a butterfly monitoring zone once a week in good weather throughout the summer and take inventory of the number and type of butterflies observed. There is no limit to the numbers of people who can contribute information but the more familiar or qualified the observer is with the identification of butterflies the better.
Halton residents Dr. W.D. (Bill) and Irene McIlveen, members of the Toronto Entomology Association, have made an assessment of the general area around the future site of the Bronte Butterfly and have identified ten individual butterfly monitoring zones. They are
- the proposed Bronte Butterfly site within the Bronte Heritage Waterfront Park
- Bronte Bluffs Park
- Bronte Cemetery
- Shell Park East
- Shell Park West
- Petro Canada Park
- Donovan Bailey Park
- Water’s Edge Park
- Coronation Park and
- South Halton Pollution Control Plant.
Why monitor? - Butterfly habitats are increasingly being destroyed by development and pollutants. The re-introduction of a butterfly "habitat", may it be small - in a global sense, as is the case with Bronte Butterfly, should have a positive impact. Hence the butterfly monitoring study will provide a measurement of how successful the proposed butterfly habitat gardens will be.
Bill and Irene McIlveen are active naturalists in the Halton area with interests in all aspects of the natural environment. They are members of several local and provincial naturalist organizations devoted to the study and protection of plants and animals and have served as advisors on local environmental matters. They provide annual observational data on various organized monitoring programs on bird, amphibian, butterfly, and moth populations, as well as projects which they have initiated themselves. Most recently, they have acted as Regional coordinators for the Ontario Tree Atlas Project.
The Bronte Butterfly Project has been accepted as the Region of Halton's Millennium Project and is seeking funding to build formal and butterfly habitat gardens and a winter artificial skateway through individual donations, public and private grants and donations of products or services.
If you are interested in volunteering for the butterfly monitoring study or the Project in general, or would like to know more about the Bronte Butterfly, please leave a message at the Project office at (905) 825-2245 or check the Internet at www.brontevillage.net
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for immediate release - June 14, 1999
Bronte Butterfly Project seeks volunteers
The Bronte Butterfly Project is a non-profit organisation seeking to build a butterfly garden and skate way in Bronte Heritage Waterfront Park at the foot of Bronte Road (Hwy. #25) in Oakville.
Organisers are currently seeking volunteers to contribute to the Project's organising committees. A volunteer information session will be held Saturday, June 19 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Bronte Village B.I.A., 2368 Lakeshore Road West in Oakville.
The three main Project committees are Fundraising, Promotions and Volunteers.
The Fundraising Committee is in charge of raising money for the project through individual and corporate donations. The Promotions Committee is in charge of advertising the project through print and radio advertisements, display materials, merchandise and media releases. The Promotions Committee will also supply display materials to assist members of the Fundraising Committee. Volunteer Committee members will be in charge of recruiting volunteers for committees and scheduling volunteers for special events.
The Bronte Butterfly Project has been accepted as the Region of Halton's Millennium Project and is seeking funding to build the garden and skate way through individual donations, public and private grants and donations of products or services.
If you are interested in volunteering for the Project, or wish to know more, please leave a message at the Bronte Butterfly Project office at (905) 825-2245.
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for immediate release - May 28, 1999
Bronte Butterfly Project takes flight
The Bronte Butterfly Project began as the dream of several Bronte area merchants and residents.
The dream began, as many do, with a simple idea - to create a park for summer and winter use, where local residents and visitors could visit and admire splendid formal gardens, and families could enjoy winter skating. The attraction would be located in the new Bronte Heritage Waterfront Park at the foot of Bronte Road (Highway 25) in Oakville.
Local landscape architect, Marius de Bruyn of AESTHETICS+DESIGN took this simple idea and added his own unique spin; he added a butterfly.
Marius designed a garden where not only the flowers, but also the overall design of the area would be an attraction. A garden shaped like a butterfly, with flower gardens for wings and water fountains in the antennae.
Surrounding the butterfly, a rippling waterway whose pools would create a sense of serenity in the summer, but whose pathways would turn to ice in the winter. An icy path 5 metres wide and 206 metres in length, ideal for family skating.
A few short months after the first meetings were held in December 1998, the dream is becoming reality. The Bronte Butterfly Project has been incorporated as a non-profit organisation, and donations to the project are flowing in from local residents. The Bronte Butterfly Project is a regional Millennium project, supported in concept by both the Town of Oakville and Region of Halton. Organisers are aiming for an opening date of January, 2000.
Part of the Butterfly Project's appeal is the fundraising campaign - pieces of the butterfly's gardens, landscaping and surrounding pathways are being sold to individual donors.
"Imagine having your name on a piece of history," says Bronte Butterfly Project Executive Director Lee Bernard. "As we move towards the new millennium, so many people want to see their names etched in
paving stone or metal - to provide a sense of permanence or to mark their place in our community. The response so far has been overwhelming."
For a donation of $25 to $500, individuals and organisations can have their names carved into the
pavers building the project. For about $2,000, donors can purchase trees and benches and for even higher sums, donors can purchase formal and natural gardens and water fountains - even the Zamboni is for sale!
If you are interested in volunteering for the project, or want to make a donation, call the Bronte Butterfly Project office at (905) 825-2245 or visit the web pages found on the Bronte Village B.I.A. website at www.brontevillage.net.
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for further information, contact:
Lee Bernard, Executive Director 469-0500
for immediate release - February 23, 1999
Bronte Butterfly: Open house to discuss plans set for February 24, 1999
The first public open house meeting for The Bronte Butterfly is scheduled at The Bronte Legion on 79 Jones Street in Oakville, Wednesday February 24, 1999 at 7pm.
The Bronte Butterfly is a proposed $2.5 million project to be located in the Bronte Heritage Waterfront Park at the foot of Bronte Road in Oakville. The plans call for summer gardens and an outdoor winter artificial skateway in the shape of a butterfly. This Halton Millennium Project, initiated by the Bronte Village Business Improvement Area (B.I.A.) is to be funded by private donations and proposed millennium funding from both the federal and provincial governments.
Construction for the two-phased project is scheduled to commence this summer and slated to be completed in 2000, just in time for the new Millennium. Phase 1 will entail the construction of the skateway to open December 31, 1999 and Phase 2 would see the installation of butterfly and formal gardens, trellis structures, pathways, fountains and a gazebo. Before construction can commence approvals have to be obtained from the public, the Town of Oakville, and the Region of Halton.
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for further information, contact:
Lee Bernard, Chair - Bronte Village BIA
WANDERERS Imports Limited
#9 - 100 Bronte Road, Oakville
905-469-0500
wanderer@spectranet.ca
Marius F.M. de Bruyn, Landscape Architect
AESTHETICS+DESIGN
145 Genesee Drive, Oakville
905-257-3205
aesthetics@plus-design.com
INTERNET: http://gardenarchitect.ca/plus-design/butterfly
ATTACHED: Project Background
ATTACHMENT:
THE BRONTE BUTTERFLY
A HALTON MILLENNIUM PROJECT
In 1986 the Regional and Small Craft Harbours Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, sponsored a feasibility study on the creation of an easterly outer harbour for Bronte in Oakville.
In 1988 a site plan refined the feasibility study’s concept plan for an outer harbour marina. The site plan also addressed improvements for existing park facilities. As per site plan, construction of the breakwaters was completed in 1991 forming the Bronte Outer Harbour Marina. This was followed by the creation of a landbase in the Outer Harbour, necessary for the future development of a waterfront park and marina facility.
In July 1992 the Bronte Harbour Waterfront Park Pre-Development Study was completed for the Regional Municipality of Halton. As part of the study the conceived master plan encompassed the east and west banks at the mouth of the Bronte River, including the newly created landbase and the Bronte Outer Harbour Marina. The master plan called for a mainly passive park, a marina centre and a gazebo with formal gardens. Skating was to be provided in winter on frozen Outer Harbour lake water. The Halton Regional Council and the Oakville Town Council approved the master plan with the provision that development would only occur as funding became available.
Over the last few years Bronte has been contemplating a public outdoor winter skating facility for Oakville’s historic Bronte Village area. Local merchants set up a fund to cover the anticipated costs of the skating area. During the winter of 1997/98 the Town of Oakville provided boards for a skating rink, but due to the location of Bronte, right at the mouth of the Bronte River on Lake Ontario, a natural ice surface was just not working. The winter of 1997/98 was also the mildest on record.
On December 10, 1998 the idea was launched after the current Chair of the Bronte Village B.I.A. spoke with various people about Bronte’s desire to create an outdoor artificial skating facility. Local, regional, provincial and federal government representatives encouraged them to compose a proposal and apply for federal and provincial Millennium funding.
Representatives of the B.I.A. contacted AESTHETICS+DESIGN landscape architects December 10, 1998 to develop a conceptual master plan for the BRONTE HERITAGE WATERFRONT PARK. The criteria were simple: create a park for summer and winter use, where formal gardens may be cared for by local residents, and families can enjoy winter outdoor skating.
Initial concept sketches were presented in late December 1998 at which time the concept layout of the butterfly was chosen over other layouts. The conceptual master plan was completed the first week of January 1999 and submitted for federal and provincial government millennium project funding.
On February 10, 1999 the Halton Regional Council endorsed the recommendations of the Regional Planning and Public Works committee that "the Bronte Village B.I.A. and the Town of Oakville be advised that the Region sees merit in the Proposed Millennium Project by the Bronte Village B.I.A. and Regional Staff will work with them and other stakeholders in moving the concept forward".
for immediate release - February 15, 1999
Bronte Butterfly receives first large private donation
The fund raising campaign for the Bronte Butterfly is not even underway yet and the project has already recorded three donations by private individuals.
Former Oakville resident Remy de Bruyn donated $3500 to the project. De Bruyn’s brother Marius, landscape architect and designer of the Bronte Butterfly, jokingly asked Remy if he would want to donate a
paving stone to the park. To Marius’ surprise, Remy ended up dedicating a tree to his parents, donating one
paving stone each in the name of his four nieces and one nephew, and ‘buying’ one bench for the whole family. De Bruyn, senior vice-president of a Swiss investment bank, was on a 48-hour stopover to visit family in Oakville and Burlington this past weekend before returned to Switzerland from his North and South American business trip.
At last Wednesday’s (February 10, 1999) Regional Council meeting Lee Bernard, chair of the Bronte Village Business Improvement Area (BIA), divulged during her presentation to Regional Council that "virtually every piece of the park is up ‘for sale’. We will be ‘selling’
pavers from $25 to $500 plus many other items such as trees, gardens and benches to raise funds for the Bronte Butterfly project".
The proposed Bronte Butterfly park project, a Bronte BIA initiative, recorded its first ‘sale’ shortly after the Regional Council meeting was televised on local Cable Wednesday evening, less than 10 hours after Bernard’s statement. She received a phone call that evening from a friend who inquired about the project and subsequently donated a
paving stone in memory of her father. In an unrelated meeting the day after a Bronte woman ‘purchased’ five
$100-pavers from Bernard as a millennium gift to her five grandchildren.
"We will be asking for donations from private individuals, small companies and large corporations. The campaign will have something for everyone: there will be over 14,000
pavers available at a cost of $25 to $100, all reserved for private individuals; 4700
pavers ranging from $150 to $500, 260 trees/benches from $1000 to $2000, and 22 specialty items from $10,000 to $250,000 open for ‘purchase’ by individuals, organizations, businesses and corporations." All
paving stone donors will have their name engraved on their respective pavers, all other items will receive special recognition on or near the item ‘purchased’," Bernard explained.
"Regional Chair Joyce Savoline was so enthusiastic when I introduced her to this project" Bernard said, "we decided to call it ‘Halton’s Millennium Project’. To make it a truly Halton project, we will be asking all residents and businesses in Halton to consider a donation or ‘purchase’." MPP Gary Carr and MP Bonnie Brown are petitioning their respective governments for Millennium funding.
Construction for the $2.5 million two-phased project is scheduled to commence this summer and slated to be completed in 2000, just in time for the new Millennium. Phase 1 will entail the construction of an artificial skateway to open December 31, 1999 and Phase 2 would see the installation of the butterfly and formal gardens, trellis structures, pathways, fountains and a gazebo. "Before construction can commence", Bernard acknowledges, "we have to obtain approvals from the public, the Town of Oakville, and the Region of Halton".
Project display boards are available for public viewing at the Bronte Village BIA office on 2368 Lakeshore Road West in Oakville, or visit the Internet at plus-design.com/butterfly for up to date information. A Public Open House meeting is scheduled at The Bronte Legion on 79 Jones Street in Oakville, Wednesday February 24, 1999 at 7pm.
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for further information, contact:
Lee Bernard, Chair - Bronte Village BIA
WANDERERS Imports Limited
#9 - 100 Bronte Road, Oakville
905-469-0500
wanderer@spectranet.ca
Marius F.M. de Bruyn, Landscape Architect
AESTHETICS+DESIGN
145 Genesee Drive, Oakville
905-257-3205
aesthetics@plus-design.com
The text of this NEWS RELEASE is available on-line at: http://gardenarchitect.ca/plus-design/butterfly/press-release
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