BIA Shopping Passports Encourage Shoppers to Spend Locally This Season
The first Passport draw winner was Kathy Powers. Congratulations, now get shopping, everyone! BIA Christmas in the Village committee members Charlotte, Deanna, Kate, and Louise looked for another way to encourage local shopping and promote local businesses when it became clear that Christmas in the Village was not a go. They came up with…
Orange Lodge Legacy Gift Expands Outdoor Fitness Options
Orange Lodge Legacy Gift Expands Outdoor Fitness Options The Adult Outdoor Equipment area has been installed and is ready for action beside the children’s playground at the Cavan-Monaghan Community Centre. Now adults and children can get fit together. It was funded by a generous gift from the Millbrook Orange Lodge, whose members wanted to…
New Business Hopes to Provide Custom Cannabis Production for Retail Users
November 2nd will mark a first for the township. It’s the day a business moves into the township with the plan of becoming a local cannabis producer. Ivan Lloyd is the founder of Green Grow Farms, and his is a novel plan. Next spring he hopes to break ground for the construction of two…
Sunday Night League Begins With New Format
Sunday evenings are not the same without League organizer Marion Olan keeping tabs on the boys. Marion has been involved in the league since its first game in 1971, when she operated the time clock. Over the past 48 years she has prepared schedules, managed league finances, and kept the player statistics on which…
CIP Plan Stimulates Local Investments
The results of the 2019 Millbrook Community Improvement Plan (MCIP) were reviewed at the October 5th Council meeting. It was established to stimulate investments in businesses within the downtown Millbrook business area through incentives to subsidize investment in Façade and Signage improvement, Building and Site Improvement and Sidewalk Cafes. The objective of the incentive…