Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 19, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday june 19, 2004 province a5 Richardson and Merie have a vision to build on Assiniboine Parks existing attractions such As the Pavilion gallery museum to turn the Park into a desirable tourist destination. City businesswoman to Lead rejuvenation of Assiniboine Park by David Obrien six years after it was created to run some of the key attractions in Assini Boine Park partners in the Park is now looking for ways to develop a plan for future growth and development. As a first step the non profit group yesterday announced it has hired prominent local businesswoman Irene Merie to serve As partners full time executive director. Merie said one of her goals is to develop a strategic plan for the future of part ners main assets including the Pavilion gallery museum the Lyric theatre and the Leo Mol sculpture Garden. Once that a done a business plan will be developed with the goal of finding new sources of Revenue and making the assets sustainable she said. The facilities Are currently supported by an endowment fund and through fund raising efforts. Merie is a former chairwoman of the Winnipeg chamber of Commerce and the founding chairwoman of destination Winnipeg the City a economic and tourist development Agency. She said she wants to link partners assets with the other amenities in the Park to create a stronger sense of the Park As a major destination for people in the City and across the country. Tourism is a major economic Driver in Winnipeg and we think the Park has a lot of potential for growth in terms of attracting people and events Merie said. Hartley Richardson one of the groups founders said he wants partners to develop a Best business practices approach to the future. That Means ensuring the Well being of what we be got and building on Initia Tives that will make it a real destination said Richardson ceo of James Richard son and sons Ltd. Richardson has been a major proponent of developing Winnipeg a relation ship with Winnie the Pooh the storybook Bear named after Winnipeg. He said partners is working on plans to revise Pooh Friendship Day since its trademark owner the Walt Disney co., decided earlier this year to drop its connection with the event. A Winnie the Pooh museum is still being discussed he said but it would to be a traditional museum with fixed objects and storyline. Richardson said he a like to see Winnipeg a connection with Winnie expanded to Appeal to a broader audience. That could mean developing the historical aspects of the Story instead of focusing Only on the characters created by . Milne author of the Winnie the Pooh Sto Ries. Book by United Way details City a aboriginal Community Mission on aboriginal Peoples and by Aldo Santin the Institute of Urban studies. The books $80,000 budget was the United Way of Winnipeg financed by the United Way the Cen released a Book yesterday that it tre for aboriginal health research described As a snapshot of the City a the Centre for aboriginal resource aboriginal Community. Development and an Anonymous this is the first document of its donor. Kind in Winnipeg Judy Bartlett copies of the Book Are available at chair of the United ways aboriginal no charge from the United Way 477-task group told a news conference 5360, or As of monday through its staged under the outdoor dome at the website Market. It focuses on the ceases and capacities of the Sborigi Schnoor announced that the United Nal Community not just the Way will devote an additional $200,000 to groups working with the Jeff Schnoor former chairman of aboriginal Community. In addition the United Way Board said the data the Agency had hired a new staff per presented in the Book titled eagles son to fill the newly created Post of Eye View will help the Agency deter aboriginal relations. Mine How Best to allocate funds to Bartlett said the United Way had groups working within the Sborigi spent More than two years develop Nal Community. Ing and writing the Book adding Par the 78-Page Book blends inter tic pants established greater Trust views with Community members and and an improved working relation leaders from varied backgrounds ship with members of the City Sabo with a wealth of statistical data original Community. Pulled from different sources include. ing statistics Canada the Royal com City clerks department ? Bureau do Greffie in accordance with the City of Winnipeg charter and the municipal assessment act the 2005 realty assessment Roll for the City of Winnipeg has been completed and has been delivered to the following offices City assessors office customer service Centre main floor 457 main Street civic Centre main floor administration building 510 main Street and is open at these offices for Public inspection. The first Day on which the Board will sit for the revision of the assessments and to hear applications for revision will be on july 13, 2004 in the Board of revision Chambers 2nd floor 300 Assiniboine Avenue Winnipeg and subsequently on such dates and locations As May be required. Persons who believe that an assessment ought to be revised May make application in accordance with sections 42 and 43 of the municipal assessment act . 1989 -1990 c.24 hereinafter referred to As the act which provides As follows application for revision Sec. 42 1 a person in whose name property has been assessed a mortgagee in Possession of property under subsection 114 1 of the real property act an occupier of premises who is required under the terms of a lease to pay the taxes on the property or the assessor May make application for the revision of an assessment Roll with respect to the following matters a liability to taxation b amount of an assessed value c classification of property or d a refusal by an assessor to Amend the assessment Roll under subsection 13 2. Application requirements Sec. 43 1 an application for revision must a be made in writing b set out the Roll number and Legal description of the assessable property for which a revision is sought c set out which of the matters referred to in subsection 42 1 Are at Issue and the grounds for each of those matters and d be filed by i delivering it or causing it to be delivered to the office indicated in the Public notice Given under subsection 41 2or ii serving it upon the Secretary at least 15 Days before the scheduled sitting Date of the Board As indicated in the Public notice. This notice is therefore to inform All persons that the deadline for filing applications against the 2005 realty assessment Roll is 4 30 . On the 24th Day of june 2004. Applications should be addressed to the manager Board of revision the City of Winnipeg 300 Assiniboine Avenue Winnipeg Manitoba r3c 0x6. Where an application is received in accordance with this notice and the municipal assessment act . 1989 ?1990 c.24, applicants will be notified in writing of the Date time and place of the hearing of their application. prior to filing an application against the amount of the realty assessment liability to taxation and or classification of the property you Are encouraged to discuss the matter with the property assessment department at 986-2353. Brent Olynyk manager Board of revision the City of Winnipeg 300 Assiniboine Avenue Winnipeg Manitoba r3c 0x6 dated this 10th Day of june 2004. important note All applications must be filed on a Board of revision assessment application form which can be obtained at the Board of revision offices at 300 Assiniboine Avenue or by calling 986-2700. conform ment Aux dispositions de la Charte de la Ville de Winnipeg it de la Loi sur a valuation municipal Nous Avons or Par Ler led valuation Foncil re de 2005 de la Ville de Winnipeg Eten Avons a pos Une Copie Aux bureaus suivant Bureau Del value eur municipal 457, Rue main rez de Chausse Centre de service ? la client be Centre municipal imm Euble Del administration 510, Rue main rez de Chausse Ces copies Dur be sont ? la disposition Des personnel quid silent Les examiner. 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