Update on Brookside

As reported earlier, James Bisson gave a presentation at the Community protection and Economic Development Standing Committee on September 4.  He pointed to the fact that there was no County plan for what to do when Brookside was sold – or not.  He asked the Town to address a number of items and he succeeded in getting Council to ask for a report from Staff on these issues (more below).  In the discussion, Mayor Cleveland commented that there has been a lot of talk about what to do about the symptoms (homelessness, increased crime, addictions, overdoses etc.) but there should instead be a focus on the “sickness” – that is, the County’s performance.  He said that Cobourg should be thinking… Read complete articleUpdate on Brookside