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Tillsonburg Mayor 'Andy Balazs makes a slice in the
giant birthday cake commemorating Tillsonburg's 100th
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TILLSONBUR own council gave final
reading Tuesday to an expropriation bylaw
clearing the way for acquisition of downtown
properties needed for a new shopping mall.
The proposed development, known as Till-
sonburg Town Centre, will be located east of
Broadway Street and will include a new town
hall.
Altogether, 39 properties will have been ex-
propriated or purchased in putting together
the land package for the $6.8-million develop-
ment.
The centre will include a mall with 180,000
square feet of retail space, consisting of a de-
partment store, a food outlet, and several
smaller stores.
The project is expected to take a year. to
complete.
In other business, council approved con-
struction of a new arena to be built near the
community centre.
The cost of the new arena, estimated at
$375,000, is to be covered by cash from the Li-
ons Club, $100,000; Wintario, $85,000; a citi-
zens' committee, $100,000 and the community
centre, 95,000.
Council also approved replacement of the
roof on the existing arena for $140,000.
Borden building.
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Free Press Woodstock Bureau
TILLSONBURG Construction of the $410,
000, 12,000-square-foot Borden (Industrial)
Laboratory building in the Forest Hill Indus-
trial Park will begin immediately, Tillsonburg
industrial commissioner Gerald W. Layne said
Saturday
The company, which employs 30 persons, is
A cairn with plaque commemorating the Brownsville public school was officially unveiled Sunda,
a gathering of former pupils. The cairn is built with bricks, and contains the insignia and bell fr
the old school building. Mrs. Edward Harris, a former teacher, unveiled the plaque. Owen Bawl
served as chairman of the cairn committee. "