Station parking lot could be green space

Editor:

I am as yet not a resident of Creemore but soon hope to be and am therefore sorry to have been unable to attend the recent meeting concerning the fate of the TD bank. Being of European descent I realize the importance to a village of a central square, plaza, platz, or piazza to the cultural events and festivities of village life, not to mention a location for villagers to pass a warm summer’s night in the company of their neighbours.

I have always felt the Station on the Green was a mistake. While I realize the train was an important lifeline to the world for rural villages, anyone growing up in a small town will remember that, except for the few moments surrounding train time the local station was a lonely and deserted place. Since the war memorial is flanked by two roads leading to Library Street it should have been possible to incorporate the northern one into a large inviting community square. Instead those in charge chose to build a “faux” railway station and a large parking lot both of which are deserted most of the time.

The TD property offers a relatively small amount of additional space for its potential cost. Perhaps the village would be better served to turn the old bank into an income generating property whose proceeds could then be used to return the Station parking lot and the north road and war memorial property into a truly inviting green space for all to enjoy.

Walter Sickinger,

Mulmur.