A PRESENTATION TO TORC

MUNICIPAL CULTURAL PLANNING

PARTNERSHIP FORUM

MUSKOKA

MARCH 26, 2009

MAYOR D. LAURENCE MAWHINNEYTOWN OF LUNENBURG

NOVA SCOTIA

 675 are senior citizens Another 400 are under the age of 19

leaving a work force of 1240 people But in Lunenburg we have full time jobs

for 2000 people and seasonal jobs for over 500 people

Wouldn’t It Be Great If Every Community

Had This Kind Of Employment

ACCORDING TO CENSUS CANADA 2006THE TOWN OF LUNENBURG HAS A POPULATION

OF 2315

 Small Town Problems - Pride - Progress

History and Heritage The Culture of Change or Resistance to it

Partnerships for Progress Building on our strengths Finding the right combination National Historic District in 1992 The UNESCO Nomination 1993 -94 The UNESCO Inscription December 9, 1995

Article 1

For the purposes of this Convention, the following shall be considered as "cultural heritage":

monuments: architectural works, works of monumental sculpture and painting, elements or structures of an archaeological nature, inscriptions, cave dwellings and combinations of features, which are of outstanding universal value from the point of view of history, art or science;

groups of buildings: groups of separate or connected buildings which, because of their architecture, their homogeneity or their place in the landscape, are of outstanding universal value from the point of view of history, art or science;

sites: works of man or the combined works of nature and man, and areas including archaeological sites which are of outstanding universal value from the historical, aesthetic, ethnological or anthropological point of view.

 Article 2

For the purposes of this Convention, the following shall be considered as "natural heritage":

natural features consisting of physical and biological formations or groups of such formations, which are of outstanding universal value from the aesthetic or scientific point of view;

geological and physiographical formations and precisely delineated areas which constitute the habitat of threatened species of animals and plants of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation;

natural sites or precisely delineated natural areas of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty.

Heritage By Laws Conservation District My Home Is My Castle Adapting To Change Cultural Planning Growing Pains

Everyone Gets Involved Education Initiatives Tall Ships And New Crews Artists In Residence The Sky Is The Limit Partners Again - A Communication Challenge

Economic Growth

New Water Treatment Plant New Waste Water Treatment Plant New Fire Hall And Community Center New Provincial Building New Recreational Facilities An Enhanced Library A Dozen New Restaurants A Score Of Bed And Breakfast Operations New Educational Opportunities - College And

University New Business Development - List A Working Waterfront - Still In Progress Walking Trails An Artists Co-operative

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