Business View Civil & Municipal - May 2023

143 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 5 Visitors to Wainfleet will be charmed by the nostalgic ambiance of the on-farm shopping, events, and traditions of this idyllic rural township. For the 6,800 people who call Wainfleet home, the township is a tight-knit community deeply rooted in agriculture, celebrating the past while moving towards a vibrant future. Mayor Brian Grant shares, “Wainfleet is definitely community-oriented, you do not live in Wainfleet without knowing every one of your neighbors, or the majority of the township. It’s centered around our arena and our community hall with our fire department, and basically, everybody is an extension of that. Everybody comes out to our Marshville Heritage Festival, our Wainfleet Fall Fair, our farmers market, and our Christmas Market. Even just this year, we did our grassroots Christmas parade, and it was just massive. The turnout from the community is always amazing in Wainfleet.” With farmland making up 92% of the township, Grant notes that this number is locked in through TOWNSHI P OF WA INFLEET ’ 155 York St. London On. Canada N6A 1A8 A local and regional engineering & architectural consulting fi rm committed to provide quality service to its clients p: 519-672-4100 f: 519-433-9351 mail@spriet.on.ca www.spriet.ca Spriet Associates is a company of long-standing in the Community, in excess of 60+ years. Providing services to the general public. sprietassociates • Buildings and Recreational Facilities • Bridges, Culverts, Grade Separations • Municipal Drains • Municipal Engineering • Environmental Engineering • Special Projects