6 Friday, May 21, 2021 brooklintowncrier.com Brooklin Concrete Site Plan To Host Virtual Meeting By Aramis Lerma-Garabedian New residential developments have been proposed on the site of Brooklin Concrete Products at 6760 Baldwin St. north, corner of Columbus Rd. The five-year plan would completely replace the company which has existed since 1952 and has 30 employees. The development proposal includes detached residential dwellings, town houses, a 12-storey condominium apartment building with ground floor commercial use, and a park. To implement the proposed draft plan of subdivision, a virtual meeting has been called to discuss the proposed amendment of zoning bylaw 1784, to change the zone category from M1 - Restricted Industrial zone, to M1-BP - Brooklin Secondary Plan Industrial Zone, and D(NR) - Development Zone. The meeting will be at 7 pm on Monday, May 31, 2021, with live streaming on the Town of Whitby's website: https://www.whitby.ca/en/townhall/live-stream.aspx. For information on how to participate in the public meeting, visit https:// www.whitby.ca/en/town-hall / participation-at-public-meetings. aspx Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre Expanding The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre has announced its goal to raise $5 million to expand and renovate the current facility. The announcement provided insight to the campaign's progress to date, including the formation of several volunteer committees as well as the introduction of the campaign's Chair, Fred Eismont and Special Advisor, Dr. Gary Polonsky. "We expect patient demand will double in the next five years," said Lorrie Hagen, Executive Director "Expanding the centre is a necessity to ensure that no one with type 1 diabetes is turned away; the need is now." Additional space The Building on the Best Campaign will allow for a renovation of the two existing structures and an addition of a supplementary conjoining space. Upon completion, the new centre will have full first floor accessibility, 18 patient counselling spaces, a new large event and education space, sux meeting rooms, and an additional clinic room with a children's play area. The Best Centre delivers one-of-a-kind patient-centred healthcare ex- clusive to type 1 diabetes. As Canada's only stand-alone centre and charitable organization specializing in type 1 diabetes, the staff provides highly responsive and individualized care. The interdisciplinary clinical team includes registered nurses, dietitians and social workers who provide frontline healthcare and education throughout patients' lifetime. Quick Facts Type 1 diabetes is an incurable, complex disease. It must be managed 24-hour a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre sees almost 2,000 patients and conducts more than 9,200 healthcare interactions per year to support patients living with type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is a disease in which the pancreas does not produce any insulin. Insulin is essential to help the body control the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood. Roughly 5-10 per cent of people living with diabetes have type 1 diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes. Type 1 diabetes generally develops in childhood or adolescence but can also develop in adulthood. People with type 1 need to inject insulin or use an insulin pump to ensure their bodies have the right amount of insulin to survive. For more information visit: www. charleshbest.com or www.buildingonthebest.ca Amy Spring: 416-837-3117 or email: Amy@charleshbest.com