United Way Campaign Kick Off

United Way Campaign Kick Off event at Sobey's in Acton. The United Way helps our community through our funding support to 19 local social services agencies, which are providing valuable programs/services to the people of Halton Hills and surrounding areas.


The United Way of Halton Hills will present the 12th Annual President’s Ball on Saturday, September 18, 2010 – to be held at the Club at North Halton. (Please refer to attachment for details). Please contact the office of United Way of Halton Hills for tickets or information about the President’s Ball. If you are able to donate to our silent auction. I served as campaign chair from 2002 - 2005. The United Way is an organization that is close to my heart. Please support them and remember to "Give Where Your Live".


Ph: 905 877-3066

Georgetown Seniors Centre Open House

Today was the Georgetown Seniors Centre Open House BBQ with your favorite hot dogs and corn-on-the-cob are the fare being offered for a nominal price. Afterward I had a tour of the fabulous facility that our seniors enjoy. In Talking with some of the seniors present they really enjoy being part of the Seniors Centre, there is a lot of activities for our seniors including day trips to music events and vacation destinations. There is a lot of resources that they can take advantage of as well. What a wonderful facility for our seniors to be proud of and enjoy.

Official Opening Ceremonies Halton Hills Fire/EMS Facilities

In March 2008, the Town of Halton Hills Council approved the recommendations to commence the construction of the new Joint Fire/EMS Facility at 53 Maple Avenue and the Fire Headquarters Facility at the Eighth Line and 10 Side Road. Construction of the two facilities was completed in the Summer2010.

Official Opening Ceremonies Event for two facilities


1. Halton Hills Fire Department Headquarters Station 14007 10 Side Road, Georgetown Friday, September 10th at 10:45 am

2. Halton Hills Fire Department & Halton Region EMS Station 53 Maple Avenue, Georgetown Friday, September 10th at 11:30 am

The investment in fire protection, prevention and emergency medical services will benefit the Halton Hills community by increasing co-ordinated, effective and efficient service delivery for Halton Hills residents from one facility at 53 Maple Avenue, and delivering a new fire headquarters to service the greater Halton Hills area at Eighth Line and 10 Side Road. Both buildings are designed to be environmentally friendly
meeting state of the art LEEDTM certifications.

The North Halton Celtic Historical Society celebrated today their Incorporation

The North Halton Celtic Historical Society celebrated today their Incorporation meeting today at Ballinafad United Church. It was wonderful to be apart of these celebrations, of local residents joining together to preserve the heritage of our ancestors which formed part of the great town we live in.


The new organization, which takes over from the Friends of Fallbrook Farm, has developed a work plan that would see the original McClure cabin on the Fallbrook site on 27 Side road restored and the later additions on the cabin rebuilt and reused for rental for a caretaker/curator of the property. Halton Hills council is considering placing a historical designation on the 19th century square log house located within the Silver Creek Conservation Area on 27 Side road, as well as the 27 Side road stone arch bridge, and McClure mill site.

What is Eye See... Eye Learn?

Kindergarten children in Halton Schools are able to participate in the Eye See…Eye Learn program.

The Eye See…Eye Learn program was developed to raise awareness among parents of the importance of having their children’s eyes checked before starting school.


Children, who cannot see the board, focus on a picture or follow words in a book may struggle to achieve their full learning potential. Vision problems can also impact their hand-eye coordination for physical activities and even impact their social development. In fact, 80 percent of learning comes directly through vision.

The Ontario Association of Optometrists recognizes the important link between eye health and learning, and recommends comprehensive eye examinations for all children entering kindergarten. The Eye See…Eye Learn program will help make sure our kindergarten students get the best start to learning.
 
Entry forms are distributed only through kindergarten teachers and are non-transferrable to other children.


Participating children who require a pair of glasses with receive them free of charge courtesy of our participating industry sponsors Bo Optik and HOYA Vision Care.

Vision and Learning

Good vision is an important part of learning...

•80% of classroom learning is done through the eyes

•1 in 6 children have some form of vision problem

•Children with poor vision often find it difficult to focus on their work and may be misdiagnosed as having a learning or behavioural disability

•Good vision is vital to developing skills such as reading, copying and hand eye coordination

Regular eye examinations can identify health problems and conditions such as a turned or lazy eye. These conditions may be treated successfully if they are found early in a child’s life.

Children rarely complain of vision problems, or are even aware of them. Most children believe everyone sees the world like they do.

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GTA West Corridor study

The Ministry of Transportation has been looking for solutions to move people and goods throughout the GTA. This proposed project is an 8 lane highway between Brampton and Milton, cutting through our town, which would have negative impact on our rural residents and our farming community. This project would place a lot of pressure to urbanize the area around the highway, thus creating another Georgetown South area, loosing the rural nature and character of our town.


As your ward 2 councillor I will:

 Listen to your concerns and bring them forth to council

 Ensure that the solution selected dose not interfere with the rural nature & character of our town

 Ensure that our farming industry remains viable & sustainable.

 Propose alternate solutions to limit the urbanization in our rural areas.


Vision a 'nightmare' | ‘Preferred’ new highway would be ‘devastating’ to town

 More information can be found at http://www.gta-west.com/

Business in Halton Hills

Our community is made up of a variety of business ranging from retail, wholesale, manufacturing, restaurants to rural and farming, all providing a range of goods and services in our local economy. Our business community employs hundreds of local residences. It is important that we encourage growth in this area’s well at the same time promoted development of new business. The business community is large contributors to our tax base as well as building and maintaining of facilities that we all enjoy.


As your ward 2 councillor;

I will work with our community partners ( BIA’s and Chamber of Commerce) to develop new and creative ideas to ensure that our businesses are viable and sustainable.

I will work with our business community, to listen to their concerns and help them with expansion and development ideas.

I will work to help bring new businesses to our 401\407 gateway

I will endeavor to expand economic development in Halton Hills

Georgetown Bread Basket is running short on a few items

Georgetown Bread Basket (food bank) is running short on a few items—canned meat, canned milk, canned pasta, canned tomatoes, canned juice, flour, jams and spreads, powdered milk, rice, sugar and large soups. Thanks for your help. Any items can be placed in the food bank bins at Food Basics, Metro (north and south) and Real Canadian Superstore and food bank volunteers will pick up. Should you have a garden and are willing to share your produce with the less fortunate, your fresh food donations are also welcome at our location, Unit 12, 55 Sinclair Avenue.

Georgetown Bread Basket provides food to those in need who meet the eligibility criteria * delivery service is not available * Bread Basket serves the Greater Georgetown area * based on financial need * food bank services can be accessed on a monthly or bi-weekly basis.


The Georgetown Bread Basket is a registered not-for-profit community food bank. It is operated completely by volunteers from within the community

My commitment to you and our community

As your ward 2 councillor, I will offer an approach that:

• Is proactive

• sets priorities

• is fiscally accountable

• ensures that our residents & business’s are genuinely involved in the decision-making process.

I will apply this approach to serve the people in our town.

One of my goals is to amend the planning process that ensure’s the residents and business’s are true partners in decision making processes that will affect their homes, business and neighbourhoods, rather than be subject to them.

I am guided by a commitment to listen to the constituents of my ward and make sound decisions based on evidence.

I will work to help make Halton Hills a better place to live & work in.

Wildwood Road Construction

The 2.5 Million dollar reconstruction project on Wildwood Road is almost completed. The project undertaken was over two years with the reconstruction of Wildwood Road from Erin Street to Confederation Street, and the construction of the storm sewer outlet on Erin Street and Credit Street, including the construction of several retaining walls and sidewalks which will be a real pleasure for the residents of Glen Williams.


The construction has changed the look and feel of Wildwood Road, However in the end it will be all worth it, due to flooding and road wash outs over the past many years. The addition of sidewalks and retaining walls makes Wildwood Road a real beauty as well as protecting pedestrians, who use to take their lives in their hands walking down the road.

Elect Norm Paget 2010 Halton Hills Councillor Ward 2

Norm’s dedication and commitment, demonstrates his passion to make Halton Hills a better place.

Everlast’s Proposal for Barber Mill site

Along the banks of the Credit River is the old Barber Mill historic site. With the passing of time the buildings are deteriorating. A partnership between the developer the Town of Halton Hills and Credit Valley Conservation needs to be created to bring about new life to the area. This area could create new retail outlets, and hotel making it a showcase and tourist destination in our community, while creating local employment opportunities, and restoring a significant part of our past heritage. Purchasing the property by the Town makes no sense at all, when we have a private company who is willing to restore and maintain the property. It’s not in the public’s best interest to purchase this property as the restoration and on going maintance costs would be a heavy load on the tax payers.

Photo's by skeelio

New Arena’s

With the retirement of the Memorial Arena in Georgetown, puts a strain on the existing facilities. Halton Hills being a large Hockey town has forced teams to locate to other facilities out of town. We need to ensure that there is plenty of affordable ice time available in our community. Council approved $40,000 for a Functional Servicing Study with respect to the location of any new arena and a detailed work plan and costing for preparing the sites for actual construction of the arenas. This is the start of the necessary work that needs to be done to resolve the arena shortage.

GTA West Corridor Study

The Ministry of Transportation has been looking for solutions to move people and goods thought the GTA. They are now considering 2 alternatives 4-2 and 4-3. We must ensure that whatever option will be chosen does not interfere with the unique nature and character of our community and protect our agriculture land, to ensure that the farming industry remains vibrant and sustainable. Alternative 4-2 is the best solution to limit the impact on our community. For more information: www.gta-west.com http://www.insidehalton.com/community/haltonhills/article/858250

Norm’s dedication and commitment, demonstrates his passion to make Halton Hills a better place.

Norm in the News

Helen MacCormack is new president Chamber ushers in new board

Independent & Free Press, 20 Oct 2006 , page 9

The Year that was - outgoing President Wendy Hue

Independent & Free Press, 11 Oct 2006 , page 1

Business of the year

Independent & Free Press, 1 Mar 2006 , page 3

Editorial: Talk it over

Independent & Free Press, 13 Jan 2006 , page 6

Litter fighters

New Tanner, 20 Oct 2005 , page 7

Outgoing president gave Chamber a face

Independent & Free Press, 12 Oct 2005 , page 9

Chamber honours longtime volunteer

Independent & Free Press, 7 Oct 2005 , page 4

First Gulf Corp. moves into the neighbourhood

Independent & Free Press, 21 Sep 2005 , page 5

United Way of Halton Hills starts its 2005-2005 campaign

Independent & Free Press, 14 Sep 2005 , page 3

Something fishy about biz of the month

Independent & Free Press, 14 Sep 2005 , page 15

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 7 Sep 2005 , page 12

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 10 Aug 2005 , page 27

Halton Business of the Month: repeat winners

New Tanner, 14 Jul 2005 , page 6

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 6 Jul 2005 , page 20

B.I.G. Show a 'great first step'

Independent & Free Press, 8 Jun 2005 , page 11

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 8 Jun 2005 , page 24

Acton honours Linda Dougherty 'Mother Teresa of the North'

New Tanner, 19 May 2005 , page 6

Life Chiropractic named Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 27 Apr 2005 , page 19

Businesses to give the town a makeover

Independent & Free Press, 20 Apr 2005 , page 1

Town to undergo 20-Minute Makeover April 22

Independent & Free Press, 13 Apr 2005 , page 3

Nail biter

New Tanner, 7 Apr 2005 , page 3

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 6 Apr 2005 , page 18

McMaster's named Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 23 Mar 2005 , page 26

Town criticized for not consulting businesses on draft licence bylaw

Independent & Free Press, 9 Mar 2005 , page 4

High speed

New Tanner, 3 Mar 2005 , page 6

Best in business honoured

Independent & Free Press, 2 Mar 2005 , page 3

Budget gets lukewarm review from Chamber, local MP

Independent & Free Press, 25 Feb 2005 , page 8

CPI lends hand to United Way

Independent & Free Press, 18 Feb 2005 , page 11

Banner day for Chamber

Independent & Free Press, 11 Feb 2005 , page 9

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 9 Feb 2005 , page 13

Scotiabank helps out UW

Independent & Free Press, 5 Jan 2005 , page 7

Cmpany aids United Way

Independent & Free Press, 17 Dec 2004 , page 22

Average Acton home price now $243,773

New Tanner, 16 Dec 2004 , page 3

Main & Miller Plaza officially opens

Independent & Free Press, 15 Dec 2004 , page 16

Bonspiel bucks

Independent & Free Press, 10 Dec 2004 , page 8

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 8 Dec 2004 , page 22

Deal will jump-start 401 Corridor work

Independent & Free Press, 3 Dec 2004 , page 3

Mayor says town is 'gearing up for business' : At annual Christmas Luncheon

Independent & Free Press, 3 Dec 2004 , page 9

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 24 Nov 2004 , page 24

'Abandoned' GO bus shelters saved

Independent & Free Press, 17 Nov 2004 , page 8

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 3 Nov 2004 , page 12

Fibre Optics company earns chamber award

New Tanner, 28 Oct 2004 , page 3 , 4

Around town...in pictures

Independent & Free Press, 6 Oct 2004 , page 7

United Ways sets $300,000 goal

Independent & Free Press, 22 Sep 2004 , page 1

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 15 Sep 2004 , page 18

Literacy champs honoured

Independent & Free Press, 30 Jul 2004 , page 10

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 28 Jul 2004 , page 16

Talk about slow players!

Independent & Free Press, 2 Jul 2004 , page 3

Smoke 'em if you've got 'em, because town is ready to go 100 per cent smoke-free July 1

Independent & Free Press, 30 Jun 2004 , page 9

Raise funds to hlep in hospital fight

New Tanner, 24 Jun 2004 , page 10

Chamber presents honours

Independent & Free Press, 23 Jun 2004 , page 24

Town takes hospital fight to Queen's Park next Thursday : 'We're mad as hell,' says mayor

Independent & Free Press, 9 Jun 2004 , page 4

Doctors thanked

Independent & Free Press, 2 Jun 2004 , page 9

Grit budget gets poor reviews : OHIP cuts 'short-sighted'

Independent & Free Press, 21 May 2004 , page 5

Council rebuts Davis charge : Calls firms 'corporate welfare bums'

Independent & Free Press, 14 May 2004 , page 13

Business of the month

New Tanner, 29 Apr 2004 , page 7

Business of the Month - Tanners

Independent & Free Press, 21 Apr 2004 , page 27

Chamber lauds Town for developing 401 corridor

New Tanner, 1 Apr 2004 , page 16

Thumbs up to federal budget : Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce gives

Independent & Free Press, 26 Mar 2004 , page 5

Business of the month

Independent & Free Press, 17 Mar 2004 , page 11

HH Chamber: Business of the month

North Halton Compass, 5 Mar 2004 , page 7

They're first rate

North Halton Compass, 5 Mar 2004 , page 14

Chamber presents 2003 Business Awards

Independent & Free Press, 3 Mar 2004 , page 11

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 25 Feb 2004 , page 21

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 4 Feb 2004 , page 22

RBC aids United Way

Independent & Free Press, 16 Jan 2004 , page 9

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 14 Jan 2004 , page 19

Boston Pizza named

Independent & Free Press, 3 Dec 2003 , page 20

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 19 Nov 2003 , page 19

Raise a glass!

North Halton Compass, 1 Nov 2003 , page 15

Business of the month

New Tanner, 30 Oct 2003 , page 7

Business of Month

Independent & Free Press, 22 Oct 2003 , page 10

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 15 Oct 2003 , page 21

401 Corridor opened

New Tanner, 2 Oct 2003 , page 6

Town, regional officials celebrate introduction of 'Big Pipe' to corridor

Independent & Free Press, 26 Sep 2003 , page 9

A grrrreat opening

North Halton Compass, 19 Sep 2003 , page 1

Shall we dance?

Independent & Free Press, 19 Sep 2003 , page 1

United Way eyes $300,000 for 2003-2004 campaign goal

Independent & Free Press, 19 Sep 2003 , page 1 , 10

Chamber, Mayor meets with visitors

Independent & Free Press, 17 Sep 2003 , page 22

Business of the month

Independent & Free Press, 3 Sep 2003 , page 22

Chamber is eyeing train station to be new home on land at Dominion Gardens

Independent & Free Press, 6 Aug 2003 , page 1 , 4

photograph

Independent & Free Press, 1 Aug 2003 , page 12

Joint Chambers Host Manley Breakfast

Independent & Free Press, 16 Jul 2003 , page 8

New owner at Little Caesars

Independent & Free Press, 2 Jul 2003 , page 11

photograph

Independent & Free Press, 18 Jun 2003 , page 21

Town, Crime Stoppers team up

Independent & Free Press, 13 Jun 2003 , page 9

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 4 Jun 2003 , page 19

Web site updated

Independent & Free Press, 21 May 2003 , page 11

Thanks Docs

Independent & Free Press, 2 May 2003 , page 9

In Appreciation

New Tanner, 1 May 2003 , page 1

Apple of their eye

Independent & Free Press, 30 Apr 2003 , page 18

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 23 Apr 2003 , page 21

Chamber sees Ontario budget as mix of good, bad, uncertain

New Tanner, 10 Apr 2003 , page 8

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 9 Apr 2003 , page 19

Chamber has mixed opinion on Ontario budget

Independent & Free Press, 2 Apr 2003 , page 11

Chamber members to do 'hard time'

Independent & Free Press, 21 Mar 2003 , page 9

Chamber honours best of 2002

Independent & Free Press, 12 Mar 2003 , page 9

Mold-Masters named year's top business

Independent & Free Press, 7 Feb 2003 , page 1 , 3

Vet clinic named Business of Month

Independent & Free Press, 29 Jan 2003 , page 10

Business of the month

New Tanner, 19 Dec 2002 , page 18

Topper's is welcomed to town

Independent & Free Press, 6 Nov 2002 , page 20

Salon Marcel is Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 30 Oct 2002 , page 9

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 2 Oct 2002 , page 11

Penrice receives Chamber award

Independent & Free Press, 25 Sep 2002 , page 12

Civic pride

New Tanner, 19 Sep 2002 , page 7

Business of the month

Independent & Free Press, 21 Aug 2002 , page 19

Starlight serenade

New Tanner, 15 Aug 2002 , page 9

Firestone is the Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 12 Jul 2002 , page 16

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 10 Jul 2002 , page 17

Time out for Award

New Tanner, 9 May 2002 , page 5

April's best business

Independent & Free Press, 24 Apr 2002 , page 15

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 3 Apr 2002 , page 17

Downtown Spa

Independent & Free Press, 20 Feb 2002 , page 12

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 6 Feb 2002 , page 17

New Year heralds new era for the Chamber of Commerce

Independent & Free Press, 23 Jan 2002 , page 1

Business of the month

New Tanner, 17 Jan 2002 , page 5

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 19 Dec 2001 , page 16

Business of the Month

Independent & Free Press, 16 Nov 2001

Business of the month

Independent & Free Press, 24 Oct 2001 , page 9

Local dad hopes 2001 is better for cancer-striken daughter

Independent & Free Press, 5 Jan 2001 , page 4

Newly-elected chamber of commerce board plans active year

Independent & Free Press, 1 Nov 2000 , page 24

Acton's Willow Lane Natural foods: Business of the month

Halton Compass, 15 Jul 2005 , page 7

Shop Georgetown

Halton Compass, 4 Mar 2005 , page 10 , 11

Mayor's luncheon

Halton Compass, 10 Dec 2004 , page 21

Norm Paget BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY

Born in Barrie, Ontario. Norm Paget graduated from Ryerson Poltechnical Institute with a diploma in Electronic technology. After post secondary education Norm went to headed up his family run business, where he over saw the day-to-day activities, until pursuing a career in Real Estate in 1989.


Norm serves on a number of local community groups, such as the Glen Williams Town Board, the Canada Day Committee, Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce, Crime Stopper and numerous other committees at the Region of Halton.

In 2001 Norm Paget was elcted as President of the Halton Hills chamber of Commerce,and served from 2002-05, Norm still gives his guidance and expertise to the business community. Norm has represented our local business community at a number of events through out the years; In 2005 he hosted breakfast with the Honorable John Manley, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada here in Halton Hills. Through his strong leadership and business skills he was able to restructure and rebuild the chamber of commerce.

Norm is also a member of the Canadian Real Estate Association, The Ontario Real Estate Association and the Brampton Real Estate Board, and helps out on numerous committees in these organizations as well.

Norm is also involved in numerous community groups and boards;

• The United Way of Halton Hills as Campaign Chairman from 2003 - 2005
•  Glen Williams Town Hall
•  Halton Region Development Charges Advisory Board 
•  Halton Hills Anti Vandalism
•  Junior Achievement Executive Team
•  Litter Bug Campaign
• Ontario Governing Council Ontario Chamber of Commerce
• Save our Hospital community leaders group
• Physician Recruitment committee
•  supporter of the Children’s Miracle Network
• Regional Municipality of Halton Citizens Committee review of salaries.

Norm has been involved in other local initiatives; Sign by law, Go transit shelters, Communities in Blooms, Halton Hills Road Trip. Norm is also involved in his church, and is a member of the planning committee of Community Unity, a committee of the Georgetown & Area Ministerial Association. He also assisted leading “Just ME & The Kids”, a program designed to help single parents and their children deal with the trauma of divorce.

Norm is currently a member of the Georgetown Optimist club, as president elect.

Norm’s dedication and commitment, demonstrates his passion to make Halton Hills a better place.

When not at work or volunteering his time Norm enjoys camping, boating, and putting the finishing touches on his back yard pond.

Paget enters Ward 2 race

The race is on in Ward 2.


Former Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce president Norm Paget has filed nomination papers yesterday (Wednesday) to run against Ward 2 incumbents Bryan Lewis and Joan Robson.

The deadline to file as a candidate is Sept. 10. For more details go to www.haltonhills.ca and click on Election 2010.

Ward 2 Race