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Message from Pat Dunnill, Past Chair (2000-2010)

Message from the Chair in 2010 AGM Programme

Welcome:

2009 was a good year for the Foundation. The Treasurer reports a slight drop off in net funds raised but this was due to a series of economic factors. Both the
Whodunnit? and the Fall Family Festival enjoyed good attendance but the net revenues were down slightly because catering costs increased for the Whodunnit? and the weather at the Fall Family Festival saw some rain also causing a drop in Rubber Duckie RACE ticket sales.

These remarks would normally be directed solely at activities related to 2009 business. However, as this Annual General Meeting in some ways marks the end of one era, and the beginning of another in the History of the Pickering Museum Village
Foundation I will report in more general terms and up to the current date.

June 19th, 2010, was in many ways the biggest date yet in the history of this Foundation. The founders had special dreams for this village back in 1996 when the
idea of a Foundation was first germinated. But foremost among these was to direct efforts at the rapidly deteriorating Brougham Central Hotel in an effort to restore it
on site. It was a long and arduous journey with its ups and downs but it culminated on June 19th with a glorious grand opening for the Brougham Temperance House
representing a special part of Pickering History in the mid 19th Century.

Now four days later a significant portion of the group who worked together through all of our successes are moving on making away for a new group, with new
ideas and new vigour to carry on the Foundation’s traditions. A lot of years of experience will walk out of these doors tonight led by Bill Weston who has given 26
years of quality volunteer time to the Advisory Committee and the Foundation.
Other long service and valuable volunteers retiring include Mary Cook, Bill Utton,Tania Taylor, Cecilia Boudreau along with myself.

Let me say there is a lot here that we all will miss, we all promise not to become strangers to the site and we leave with confidence that new people with new
dreams will generate new successes.

Pat Dunnill, Chair
Pickering Museum Village Foundation

There really is a light at the end of the tunnel and we can see it now. We speak obviously of the completion of the restoration of the Brougham Temperance House (Central Hotel). Thanks to a grant* the City was able to achieve from a programme jointly sponsored by the Federal and Provincial governments the funds are now available to complete this long dreamed of project. Not only that but we are excited to report that many other much needed improvements to our museum village will also occur over the next two summers. In addition to funds already spent on the hotel project by the Foundation and the City, the funds for the new programme break out as follows:

• Federal Contribution $295,000
  Provincial Contribution 295,000
  City Contribution 115,000
  Foundation Contribution 189.000
  Total $885,000

Highest priority was given to the Brougham Temperance House. But other improvements include upgrading the entrance walkway, foundations for Log Barn the Chapel and the Collins House, improvements to the Redman House and a lighted walkway between the Redman House and the Steam Barn area.

Future reports will give you a more detailed schedule for completing all this work but at this point we can only rejoice that it is about to happen and wish to extend our thanks to City Council and staff for all the efforts that went into gaining approval of this grant.

Some dates to put aside right now are the Foundation's Annual General Meeting, June 23, 2010, City of Pickering's retiring CAO Thomas Quinn will be the guest speaker and the Backwoods Players presentation of Whodunit?: Death Hydes July 10, 11, 17 and 18. We look forward to seeing you there.

*Building Canada Fund: Communities Component

Buildings of PMV: Beef Ring Barn | Blacksmith/Wood Shop | Bible Christian Chapel |Claremont Bandstand | Collins House
Duffins Creek General Store | Log Barn | Log House | Miller-Cole House | Oddfellows' Hall
Puterbaugh Schoolhouse | Redman House | Gas and Steam Barn
Brougham Temperance House ~ PMV Foundation's Recent Project

Pickering Museum Village Foundation
2365 Concession Rd. #6, Greenwood, ON L0H 1H0 CANADA
or Rose Cowan rosecowan@hotmail.com

Pickering Museum Village Foundation Reg. #89629 0426 RR0001 (Pickering Village Museum Foundation | 1274905 Ontario Ltd.)

Pickering Museum Village | 905 683 8401 | 1.877.420.4666 | cityofpickering.com/museum
2365 Concession Rd. #6, Greenwood, ON L0H 1H0 CANADA
The museum village is just off Hwy. 7, between Brock Road and Westney Road in the Hamlet of Greenwood.

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