WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1987, PAGE 3 Seniors' housing approved at Fairview Lodge site Regional council has given sup- port in principle for the construc- tion of non-profit housing for seniors adjacent to Fairview Lodge in Whitby. Based on a recommendation from social services commissioner Garry Cubitt, council sanctioned an application to construct non-profit housing, under the auspices of Project 3000, for the "frail-elderly" adjacent to-Fairview. Through programming available within the home for the aged, the program will provide supportive services to its residents within the bounds of Fairview's outreach and community programs, to allow tenants to keep their independence. In her address to council, Diane Hamre who chairs the health and social services committee, said that many residents had reached a stage in life where it was becoming more difficult to cope on their own, but were not incapacitated enough to require the placement in an in- stitution. She added that shelter The second phase of renovations at Whitby's Fairview Lodge has been given the go-ahead with ap- proval last week by regional coun- cil of a tender put forth by Partak Limited of Cobourg. The low bid of $2,125,000 was'ac- cepted for the renovation and upgrading of the A and B wings at the senior's facility located at Dun- housing as outlined in Cubitt's report would be "perfect" for mpny local seniors. The report defined the frail- elderly as "those elderly at high risk due to medical conditions, loneliness, recent bereavement, dereased mobility, and lower in- come but do not require in- stitutional care." Based upon current figures, it said there were 23,090 persons age 65 and older in Durham Region in 1986. This figure is expected to increase by 49 per cent to over 34,000 by the year 2001. Hamre stated her department required approval in principle for making an application through Project 3000 with the deadline on March 31. Project 3000 brings together the Ministry of Housing, Ministry of Community and Social Services, and Ministry of Health for the con- struction of low-cost and/or non- profit housing and is made available through provincial grant monies. das and Cochrane Streets. And ac- co'ding to Bill Clough, one of the architects working on the project, construction will commence at the end of April, or the beginning of May at the latest. Completion, said Clough, will take 44 weeks. Clough told the Free Press that the first on-site meeting was scheduled for yesterday, March 31, MISS TORONTO Brenda Hughes helps Tim Kamp put on the jacket he received as the top fundraiser, with $400 in pledges, for the Easer Seals campaign held by Pat & Mario's Restaurant in Whitby. Miss Toronto visited the restaurant Monday night with Scruff Con- nors, Q-107 disc jockey now living in Philadelphia, both arriving in a McFaul luxury limousine. Free Press photo Nomination re-scheduled The Durham Centre NDP nomination meeting originally scheduled for April 27 in Oshawa has been postponed to an undeter- mined date. Don Stewart, riding association president, said the meeting will be held later to allow more time to possible "high profile" candidates for the nomination to declare them- selves. Hamre indicated the construction of any project would be under the auspices of the Durham Non-Profit Housing Corporation and that Durham Region would look after the support services only. Whitby councillor Tom Edwards, himself a long-time proponent of non-profit housing, called the in- formation provided at last Wed- nesday's meeting as "Hot off the press." "We're ready to go on this one," said Edwards, "The recommen- dation came forward without any fanfare, and I commend staff for getting a report done and to us (council) so fast." Cubitt stressed that the recom- mendation only asked for support in principle and did not commit the Region to any specific course of ac- tion. "It does provide a statement of support and an indication of willingness to negotiate detail for the final submission should the and a series of meetings would be held between his staff and residents and their families to keep them ad- vised as to how the construction will affect them. "Many of the residents of Fair- view are quite elderly and we do not want them to be confused or upset about any of the construction, or the fact that they will have to be moved around during the construc- tion," he said. Residents will have to be moved from their respective wings to another while work is being done. He added that construction would begin with the A wing, with all residents being housed in B wing. The process would then reverse when A wing was completed. Health and social services com- mittee chairman Diane Hamre stated allowances had been made to ensure there would be sufficient space to house all residents in one wing by cutting down on ap- plications for beds over the past year. When completëd, there will be upgraded facilities for 200 beds at Fairview, down from the 223 beds now there. "This will get Fairview up to modern standards and let residents SEEPAGE5 FURNITURE& UPHOLSTERY LTD. •ANTIQUES VNO-DIP RESTORED - STRIPPING •CUSTOM eREPAIRS UPHOLSTERY *REFINISHING A large selection of Victorian parlour furniture available 413 DUNDAS ST. E. WHITBY 668-5481 Ministry of Housing look upon the initial application favourably," he stated. dlamre echoed his remarks and suggested Durham's application stood an excellent chance of ap- proval because it had a perfect location beside Fairview Lodge. 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