By Staff
November 12, 2015
BURLINGTON, ON
It is one of the really good news stories and the credit goes to a dedicated band of people who just would not give up.
The renovation/rebuild of the Freeman Station is well underway. The sign on the front of the building stresses that help is needed to complete this task. History is being polished here.
It took years to win the battle but the Freeman Station is sitting on a firm foundation alongside the fire department headquarters on Plains Road where it quietly and effectively undergoes what is almost a rebuilt.
There was a city engineer who once said the building was not worth saving, at the time the city couldn’t sell it for kindling.
What was once a sorry looking building sitting on wooden blocks is getting to the point where it will be presentable and open to the public. Not this year and maybe not next – but the direction the Freeman Station is going in is clear.
Additional help is always needed.
The public art on the south side of the Freeman Station isn’t going to keep everyone happy. Perhaps it is not complete?
The city decided recently that there would be public art in each of the wards – for ward 2 the Freeman Station was chosen – the art is in place and the structure has a decent coat of paint making it look pretty sharp from the road as one drives by.
When the official opening day comes one hopes that it is the ward Councillor Marianne Meed Ward and her colleague ward 6 Councillor Blair Lancaster who lead the ribbon cutting. They were the two who took on the task of finding a way to keep the station while the rest of Council sat on their hands.
Looks great and will be great when finished