Stone Mills, Ontario

its healthcare facilities. In 2018, the Township purchased the Tamworth Medical Center, attracting and retaining physicians within the community. The municipality has secured funding to expand the clinic to better handle patient traffic and add even more medical services. The expansion is expected to break ground in 2022. In the meantime, the center has become a stalwart of the community. Brooks explains, “Stone Mills struggled to get vaccine clinics safely available to our residents without travel long distances. We partnered with the Tamworth Medical Center and the Newburgh Clinic to offer mass vaccination clinics. One was out of the Stone Mills Public Works Building in Centreville. Overall, there were five including a drive-thru. Our health team administered over 2,500 vaccinations to members of the community. We really tried to be innovative in protecting our citizens.” This proactive approach is exactly what www.jewelleng.ca reconstructed, and rehabilitated County Road 27 and County Road 15 in partnership with the county. The goal was to improve the infrastructure in some of our rural connecting roads. We spent over $1 million dollars redesigning and reconstructing the residential streets of Brock and Durham in the village of Newburgh, near Newburgh Public School. We wanted to improve pedestrian traffic as well as stormwater management. Now both streets have sidewalks suitable for high pedestrian traffic. We also resurfaced and replaced two large box culverts on McQuay Road and Airport Road allowing for better connection and travel times.” In April 2022, alongside the Ontario Trillium Foundation, as well as the federal and provincial governments, the Township will be replacing Tamworth Arena’s aging infrastructure. The scope of the project includes a new chiller, condenser, and underground infrastructure. Improving the area’s assets also extends to