North's next "smart" community.Developer set to unveil final plans for a $250-million project in Haileybury A Thunder Bay Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. developer is moving ahead with plans to create a resort-inspired 'smart' community in Haileybury, one he is billing as Ontario's premier place to retire. Ray Williamson's Bayport Village will be an extension of a revitalized $250-million downtown project extending southward south·ward adv. & adj. Toward, to, or in the south. n. A southward direction, point, or region. south along the Lake Temiskaming shoreline, linking the waterfront to the site of the new retirement community. Williamson is still seeking financial backing for his multiphase Mul´ti`phase a. 1. (Elec.) Having many phases; Adj. 1. multiphase - of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle development, weighing his options between pre-selling the units and proceeding with construction, or building the units on speculation. He intends to hold a press conference in Haileybury in early July to unveil his partnership consortium and outline additional details on how the project will unfold. Williamson says his project team is finalizing the engineering and marketing plans for the town in gearing their future advertising campaign towards retirees in southern Ontario and the Ottawa Valley The Ottawa Valley is the valley surrounding the Ottawa River for the west-east portion of its path through the Canadian Shield from Mattawa to Hawkesbury. Because of the surrounding shield, the valley is narrow at its western end, then becomes increasingly wide (mainly on the region. Townhouses and condominiums will be in the $189,000 to $205,000 price range - a tempting offer for southern Ontario retirees to scale up their accommodations in the unspoiled beauty and spacious living of northeastern Ontario Northeastern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and east of Lakes Superior and Huron. Northeastern Ontario consists of Algoma District, Sudbury District, Cochrane District, Timiskaming District, Nipissing District, Manitoulin , says Williamson. Approvals are still needed for zoning of the 400acre site, much of it vacant, along with some official plan amendments and technical studies needed for a proposed 36-slip marina as part of a Phase 1 condominium condominium In modern property law, individual ownership of one dwelling unit within a multidwelling building. Unit owners have undivided ownership interest in the land and those portions of the building shared in common. complex. The first phase, encompassing a 70-unit townhouse town·house or town house n. 1. A residence in a city. 2. A row house, especially a fashionable one. and condominium development, will be an expanded version of his 'smart home' subdivision in Thunder Bay known as Sterling Village, a 60-home community designed for seniors. Each unit is wired with a high-tech computer system which controls and monitors household functions such as utilities, security and lighting. In "smart" townhouses and condominiums, homeowners gain the full benefits of technology. Easy-to-use computer touch screens will provide e-mail and videoconferencing A real time video session between two or more users or between two or more locations. Although the first videoconferencing was done with traditional analog TV and satellites, inhouse room systems became popular in the early 1980s after Compression Labs pioneered digitized video systems capabilities, online banking and shopping access, distance education opportunities and direct links into municipal services This article or section deals primarily with the United Kingdom and does not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and health-care providers. "(In the North) we're still building homes with 50-year-old technology compared to the rest of the world. It costs more to change infrastructure in finished homes to accommodate new appliances and conveniences than to build brand new homes with new technology in place. Since unveiling his master plan two years ago, he's experienced a ground swell Noun 1. ground swell - an obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression; "there was a ground swell of antiwar sentiment" transition - a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another of across-the-board community support. James Smyth, Haileybury's clerk administrator, says the project is a much-needed economic boost for the town of 4,700 caught in the doldrums of youth migration, unfulfilled promises of government jobs and layoffs in the mining industry. The prospect of new home construction and upgraded infrastructure to appeal to active retirees has won the support of the townspeople, he adds. "The concept always appealed to us and (Ray Williamson) further enhanced it with additional amenities like the 'smart' home technologies," says Smyth. "We've always wanted to do something to in-fill the downtown and this seemed like a logical choice." "We just think we have a jewel that needs to be sold," Smyth says, "With the location being on the shores of Lake Temiskaming, and the potential for boating and accessing the Ottawa market through the waterway, we think would sell the project." |
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