WHAT:  The March 2008 provincial budget included $100 million to improve the condition of social housing units, with $5.5 million allocated to the Region of Peel.

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Jim Watson, will make the funding announcement at Fletcher’s Creek Co-operative in Mississauga. The 79-unit

Co-op, constructed in 1993, will receive $2.5 million for much-needed roof repairs, window replacements and improved ventilation systems.

WHO:    Jim Watson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing

        Emil Kolb, Regional Chair, Region of Peel

        Councillor Paul Palleschi, President, Peel Living

        Keith Ward, Commissioner, Human Services, Region of Peel

        Charles Sparks, President of Board of Directors, Fletcher’s Creek Co-op

        Board of Directors, Fletcher’s Creek Co-op and Co-op residents

WHEN:   Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 1 p.m. *Photo opportunity at 1:20 p.m.

        

WHERE:Fletcher’s Creek Co-op, 1400 Bristol Rd. W., Mississauga, ON

        (Creditview and Bristol Road) – at units 28 and 29

       

The Regional Municipality of Peel was incorporated in 1974 on the principle that certain community and infrastructure services are most cost-effectively administered over a larger geographic area. The Region of Peel serves more than one million residents in the Cities of Mississauga and Brampton and the Town of Caledon. For more information on the Region of Peel, please call 905-791-7800, or visit www.peelregion.ca .

Released by the Region of Peel on July 3, 2008 at 14:13