This past Monday and Tuesday, Ogilvie, Ogilvie and Company, a company that, as their website states "provides a comprehensive blend of public facilitation and constructive engagement utilizing a team of experienced professionals and specialists", came to Millbrook at the request of ORCA and our Township Offices.
Robb Ogilvie and Ron Kervin, consultants with the above company, were both at the Legion in Millbrook and going door-to-door in the village, gauging peoples' opinions about the future of Needler's Mill, the dam and the pond.
This blog site is confident that the overwhelming majority of people they spoke to were supportive of keeping all three and restoring the Mill as well. There will be two more opportunities coming in October and early November to provide continuing input to this critical issue. Millbrook Cavan Historical Society will do everything they can to ensure all of you are in the loop. Ogilvie and Ogilvie's final report to ORCA and Cavan Monaghan Township is expected to be delivered in late November.
If you didn't have the opportunity to receive their questionnaire, please email the Historical Society at mchs@nexicom.net, or call 932-2720. We want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to contribute to this process. If you would like to request it directly from Ogilvie and Ogilive, please email Robb Ogilvie at robb.ogilvie@mobalizers.com, or call him toll free at 1-866-38-MOBAL (1-866-386-6225). You can also call Ron Kervin at 705-743-9864, or email him at ron.kervin@mobalizers.com.
To that end, we distributed a two-page flyer, both at the Zucchini Festival and by email blast last weekend. If you would like a copy of that, please let us know!
Your Historical Society is confident that this firm has the experience and knowledge to do what they have been hired to do and that their final report will truly reflect the thoughts, memories, dreams and aspirations of the people they spoke with.
Remember, its only history as long as someone continues to tell the story!
1 comments:
Hello Millbrook & Cavan Historical Society:
I am just writing to you in response to your flyer request for emails of support. We need to preserve the dam and the mill at all costs. Both are major components that form the identity of Millbrook. It is a shame that the infrastructure grant is not going towards a total restoration of both the dam and the mill; rather it is intended for a water diversion project that if completed, could well mean widespread environmental devastation.
Jane Zednik
Campbellcroft, ON
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