The round table committee working on the Rural Community Project wanted to inform the public that the petition for the feasibility study will be made available for signing up until mid December.

Simply email the following committee members they will stop by your home or group meeting with the petition. The committee welcomes any opportunity to come to your location to talk about the Rural Community Project.

Pierre Beaudoin 
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Wayne Lenehan
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Susan Jonah 
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Carla Ward
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Peter Michaud
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The Upper Kingsclear Fire Department is hosting a Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, November 26th from 7 am to 11 am.  

All funds raised will be used to support the Combat Challenge Team. The breakfast will be held at the Upper Kingsclear Community Centre located at 22 Mazerolle Settlement Road.

The cost of the breakfast is a minimum $6 donation.  

Please join us for a great breakfast in support of your community.

The local service districts of Kingsclear and Hanwell are considering amalgamation.

A rural community study committee made up of representatives of both local service districts has enough names on a petition to ask the provincial government to launch a feasibility study into the merger.

Read the full Daily Gleaner article here.

At public Open House meetings on October 17 and 18, the Rural Communities working Committee outlined the Rural Communities concept to about 130 Hanwell and Kingsclear residents. Information on the Rural Community model along with some mapping information was made available for residents.

The potential rural community would consist of both Hanwell and Kingsclear merged into one Rural Community with an elected mayor and council. The purpose of the meeting was not to determine any direction but to respond to questions regarding the concept. To proceed further, a petition needs to be signed by at least 25 residents from each LSD asking the Minister of Local Government to proceed with a feasibility study.

If a feasibility study determines that the idea has merit, residents of both Kingsclear and Hanwell would vote in a plebiscite whether or not to join together.

The committee chair, Peter Michaud, thanked all the residents who came out to become informed. The petitions will be made available to the public at the Kingsclear Recreation Hall on October 27 from 7pm to 9pm for residents to sign.

Committee members will also have the petition available for residents to sign it. The goal is to have the petitions presented to the Minister of Local Government in November to ask the government to proceed with a feasibility study.

For more information:

Download a PDF presentation of the Hanwell and Kingsclear Rural Community Project

Our Communities, Our Future Q and A

Rural Community Fact Sheet

Email:

Peter Michaud

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Pierre Beaudoin

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