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"ttttt You No. 24 W, June 12, Offering true spirit of summer camp Bringing the outdoor camp experience to urban Waterloo is the goal of Camp Critter, a new residential day camp established by Valerie Capping (left) with help from program coordinator Karen Brown (right) - and Roscoe. Ctteo_Nt0rr Melodoe Martinuk Chronicle Staff Valerie Capping knows what going to summer camp is all about: _ . After a 15-year involvement with the business, which began when she first headed off to summer camp at the age of five and continued as she subsequently served as camp counsellor. cmordinator and director, Copping has some pretty clear ideas about what children should experience through camping. Now, at 27. stte's established her own camp and has a chance to turn those ideas into reali- ty. Capping said her Camp Critter is something new in the Kitchener-Waterloo market - located at the Laurel Creek Conservation Area, it offers "the programs. spirit, tents and fun of a residential camp" but on a daily basis. “The only thing that's different is that our critters don’t sleep here, they go home every evening." she said. WW.OI!W|O 2seqettBatttt_t-t (Cominoed on one 9) Molodoo Martinuk Chronicle Staff The future of Waterloo-Wellington Non-Profit Homes' plans for a esroperative townhouse complex on the former city works yard land in Uptown Waterloo looks brighter today thanks to a city council decision to reduce the property's sale price by some 45 per cent. Aldermen agreed to cut the pur- chase price of the 1.32-hectare parcel of land on Young Street from $295,000 to $62,000 after learning that development of the Waterloo, Wellington project had been jeopar- dized because of the property's susceptibility to flooding. Eliza Moore, a spokeswoman for Waterloo-Wellington Non-Profit Homes told council that the Bright- on Housing Co-operative had been refused Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) tund- ing because of "budget overruns" due to the cost of t1oodproofing the complex to meet Grand River Con- servation Authority requirements. The only way the project can be feasible, she stressed, is if costs are cut sharply, primarily through the reduction in the land sale price. Moore noted that Waterloo-Welling- ton Homes has also had to alter the design of the complex, from apart- ments to townhouses, and reduce the number of units from 51 to 42 to further trim construction costs. "We want to make this project feasible . . . we have a lot of people who want to live here," she said. "The Brighton Housing Co-opera- tive and Waterloo-Wellington Nom Profit Homes are committed to family housing - we're committed to family housin in the downtown area." Price slash will brighten future of co-operative TMWMMQMBMMHM pictunotoVoIvodoalonMponEuonoodinm. WhthcOnlntholouuomtobouMouchod,mo oaisetutmurteotestto-eort-tthouoroof. Would we be ready'? "tth Moore said the project has a "very good chance" of receiving CMHC approval later this year. She added that Waterloo MP Walter McLean will also be bringing “polit- ical pressure" to bear on CMHC to get the project's approval. Development of the Young Street property is a key ingredient in the city's initiatives to keep the Water loo County school board from clos- ing Brighton public school. Coun- cil's goal is to see a residential complex built in the core which would generate sufficient school- aged children to warrant keeping Brighton open. Earlier this year city council called for proposals to develop the site, and after considering four applications aldermen approved the Waterloo-Wellington project. al- though the group did not offer the best price for the property. On the recommendation of city staff council unanimously agreed to stick with Waterloo-Wellington Non- Profit Homes despite the changes that had been made to the original proposal. In their report city planning staff noted that re-calling tenders will only lead to a further delay in construction and they stressed the additional costs which have devel- oped because of the mapping of Laurel Creek's flood plan would equally affect any other proposals. According to Moore construction of the townhouse complex could be completed by fall of ‘86 if CMHC approval is granted this year. She added that Waterloo-Wellington is working with Freure Homes to produce working drawings of the revised townhouse plans so the project could proceed without delay if that approval comes. ”mm