Business View Civil & Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 8

153 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 8 04 | DRAFT MUNI C I PAL I TY OF BROCKTON, ONTAR IO of the municipality’s recovery program, initiated in the first months of the pandemic, which aimed to help keep people shopping locally and assist businesses transitioning to online services. But it was also due to Brockton’s famous community spirit. “We found a huge outpouring of support,” says Peirol. “Our restaurants have been buoyed by large numbers of people ordering takeout. And our business community has banded together. At Christmastime there was a brief spell during the pandemic where they were able to open up and they had a outdoor Christmas market. It was the first time they had done that and it was very successful” The municipality also opened a new parkette that provided picnic tables for people to sit outside and enjoy their takeout meals. “That is expanding to a full-scale beautiful parkette now,” Peirol adds. “In the next year or so we hope to Market Garden Rendering Market Garden will be in downtown Walkerton, and provide a great urban spac and shoppers to relax, and for businesses to hold markets, events, performance