By Staff
BURLINGTON, ON June 7, 2012 Bring it On – sounds like a bit of a challenge doesn’t it? And a challenge it is to protect the rural lands north of the Dundas-407 boundary. Getting out and telling the story and protecting your community costs money. PERL and groups like it hold every kind of event you can imagine. This time it is a Silent Auction, Talent Show & Garage Sale plus a Lucky Draw. Enjoy a beverage and meet your friends. The Polish Hall has a bar.
PERL – Protecting Escarpment Rural Land has been fighting this battle since 2008 and is part of a coalition of more than 13 different organizations the come under the SEHC – STOP the Escarpment Highway Coalition that tends to be the voice of the movement.
These are the rural lands north of the Dundas-Highway 407 boundary. PERL wants them protected forever. Some want to build communities in this part of the city.
The group is holing a talent event at the Polish Hall on Sunday the 10th from 2 – 4 in the afternoon. No entry fee. Just walk in and enjoy watching some local talent. There is apparently going to be an Elvis impersonator on the stage..
PERL is a local group that is part of a much larger coalition with community stalwarts like Isobel Harmer and her daughter, singer, song writer Susan Harmer very active locally.
PERL is a bit more grass roots than many groups – their people live in the community and have a passionate view of how important it is to keep the rural part of the city undeveloped.
While the local public and the Region argue against any highway that would run right through Lowville, the provincial government has bureaucrats and consultants beavering away on drawing for where a road should go and how wide the road should be – with all the work being done using your tax dollars.
PERL fights that kind of insidious effort on the part of consultants who don’t have a vested interest in the community and tend to think along the same lines of the people that sign the cheques.
PERL wants you to sign a cheque as a donation, for something you buy at the Silent Auction or out of the plain goodness in your heart.
Sunday June 10th, Polish Hall on Fairview 2-4 pm. Come for part of the event or make it a full afternoon. This one matters.
