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A "teeny tiny" movement
Jeff Moorhouse (in purple Lions Club shirt with microphone) is a pilot based at CFB Trenton. Jeff has made good use of his layover time away from home to research
“how to write grant proposals.” For more than five years, Jeff’s efforts in partnership with other dedicated volunteers, and a positive partnership with the municipality
of Quinte West, have helped raise thousands of dollars for exciting improvements in his teeny tiny community of Batawa. A zip line is the latest addition
to their state-of-the-art outdoor learning space for children five to 12 years of age. This new village asset will certainly increase Batawa’s appeal to young families.
Published in
September 2017
- Page 17
Is there a well of new energy burbling up in some very small hamlets? Imagine a 150-year-old map of Canada. A lot of the population in the early settlement days was centred in villages that were generally within an hour or two of larger towns and cities. Many of those villages went into decline as people moved to the cities. But, now there are signs of a tangible resurgence in some of these very small
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