The Creemore Echo Community and its Volunteerism

Editor:

It was with great curiosity and interest that I read the long list of Creemore Echo supporters that was recently published in the Creemore Echo. I particularly noticed that a large percentage of the donations came from the area south of Creemore reaching deep into the Mulmur Township. It should be noted that these patrons/residents also recognize the importance of supporting the small local paper to learn about local issues, local events, and services. Since Mulmur has no towns of any size, Creemore is usually the selected town of reference for shopping etc. for many Mulmur residents Thus it might suggest that The Creemore Echo should not only include news from the south end of Clearview (Stayner south) but also the north end of Mulmur and if necessary on a larger geographic county scale for the south end of Simcoe and north Dufferin news as Stayner, Collingwood and other areas report their own local news in their papers Mulmur electoral candidates should also be reported as well as Clearview candidates as this is how all residents can learn more about the local candidates. Both township council meetings could be summarized. Ditto for health reports as Creemore is in the southern portion of Simcoe, a County that covers a very large area to Muskoka.

I was really delighted to note that last week’s Creemore Echo contained more news and information about Mulmur than usual. There was a well written, informative article about the Armstrong Estates proposed plan of development within the Mansfield settlement area. Another article of general interest was the discussion of the canola crop damage in fields where there were no fences or signage to deter people from entering. This is important reporting for concerned farmers and uninformed residents or visitors to the area. However, in my opinion the best written and most informative article was about the Pine River Nature Reserve where the article discussed the transformation of 400 acres of land that was given to the Bruce Trail Conservancy in 2020. This overdue good news story was so enjoyable to read and follow about how and why the land was accumulated, restored and the cleaned up by various volunteers. The article noted that Jim Cuddy, a local landowner for over 20 years and a well-known Canadian musician (13 Junos!) donated all of the proceeds raised from a local concert to this local environmental restoration project. This is truly a personal example giving back to the local community through volunteerism of talent.