There are some familiar names among the committee and working groups that will oversee the Grand Trunk project in Stratford.
Stratford City Council chose thirteen committee members, eight chairs, five working groups, and two coordinators for the Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee at their meeting on Tuesday night.
Former Stratford Mayor Dan Mathieson was chosen by council as Chair of the committee and current Mayor Martin Ritsma will also serve on it.
The full list of the members, chosen out of 59 candidates:
|
Position |
Member Appointed |
|
Citizen at large |
Barb Cottle |
|
Economic Development |
Franklin Famme |
|
Development |
Andy Bicanic |
|
Accounting |
Stephen Mitchell |
|
Stratford Lakeside Active Adults Association Member |
Trudy Jonkman |
|
Youth |
Georgia Neely |
|
Education |
Mark Vandenbosch |
|
Theatre |
Ron Dodson |
|
Design |
Nic Flanagan |
|
Legal |
Paul Parlee |
|
Land Use Planning |
Melanie Hare |
|
Co-Chairs of the Partnership Working Group |
Karen Haslam and Herb Klassen |
|
Chair of the Vision, Planning & Architecture Working Group |
Melanie Hare |
|
Chair of the Real Estate, Legal & Finance Working Group |
Franklin Famme |
|
Co-Chairs of the Communications, Advocacy & Civic Engagement Working Group |
John Kastner and Andrew Hilton |
|
Chair of the Infrastructure & Environmental Working Group |
Steve Cooper |
|
Working Group Coordinators / Liaison |
Alan Kasperski and Ray Harsant |
