Tue Jul 19, 2005

Becky the builder

BY CHRISTOPHER SMITH
EXPOSITOR STAFF / BRANTFORD

Little Sister Rebecca gets a feel for driving a Bobcat, supplied by CRS Contractors Rental Supply, at A Day in the Life of Construction on the transitional YM-YWCA site at Clarence and Wellington. King & Benton Redevelopment Corporation gave children an up close and supervised view of different aspects of construciton sites and skilled trades. Display stations gave children a chance to ride a scissor jack, test a well and operate an interactive electricity display.


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Thu Jul 14, 2005

Classroom For A Day

BY MICHAEL-ALLAN MARION
EXPOSITOR STAFF / BRANTFORD

YM-YWCA’s new home to be used Saturday to teach children about construction careers.

Mounted jointly by the Y, King & Benton Redevelopment Corp. and Big Brothers of Brantford and District, the event, from 10 a.m. to noon, is an opportunity to introduce children to the realities of construction sites and demonstrate the value of skilled trades.

The idea for the event began when Big Brothers asked King & Benton president Steve Charest to participate in one of their monthly special events in May, said Colleen Armstrong, the company’s project co-ordinator.

While driving some little Brothers around the downtown in his Hummer, she said it occurred to Charest that the Y project offered an opportunity for another educational event.


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Thu Jul 07, 2005

Ethanol fuels up

The last pieces of the puzzle have fallen into place for the $86 million ethanol plant to be built in the northwest Brantford. The provincial and federal governments will help finance the plant and Ontario is making sure there is a reliable market for the cleaner-burning gasoline additive.

Integrated Grain Processors Co-operative will begin construction next spring in the Oak Park North business park north of Highway 403. When completed in 12 to 14 months, the facility will process 11.8 million bushels of corn a year into 125 million litres of fuel. The plant will create 35 high-paying jobs and $175 million a year in direct and indirect revenue.


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Tue Jul 05, 2005

A nod to Holmedale's heritage

The former Harding Carpets will be renamed the Holmedale Business Centre as part of King & Benton Redevelopment Corp.’s final steps in its project to reclaim the former brownfield site.

In a news conference, officials from King & Benton, the Brant Historical Society, the city’s heritage committee and the Holmedale community advisory committee unveiled the new name for the transformed warehouse-distribution centre, along with plans to open a Holmedale Community Heritage Room.

Stacey McKellar, director curator at the Brant Museum and Archives, said the room will make a welcome adjunct to the area’s historical displays.


Cindy Macdonald-Krueger, chairwoman of the heritage committee, is equally enthused.

“The approach is fabulous,” she said. “It’s an excellent reuse of an old building. I don’t know anywhere else that this has been done, certainly not in this town.”

The company has set up a Web site where people can visit and post memories. The Web site is www.holmedaleheritage.com.


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