Shirley Sedore | Dec 02, 2015
The present council and staff of Frontenac County seem to be unaware of much information surrounding Pine Meadow Nursing Home and I was surprised when I read your article Pine Meadow Denied Funding By County of Nov. 26. I was chairman of Land O' Lakes Community Services board at the time the province awarded not-for-profit beds. The mandate for Pine Meadow was to serve north Frontenac County and north Lennox & Addington County. The ten townships as they existed at that time all sent representatives to the preliminary planning meetings. We received great support in our fund raising efforts from the general public, Barrie Township and Lennox & Addington County and its townships. The article mentioned a statement by County staff that such a grant would open the door for other not-for-profit nursing homes with Frontenac County residents to ask for grants. Unless not-for-profit beds have been awarded since Pine Meadow opened, the only other one is in downtown Toronto. I find it very sad that a County with a much greater tax base than Lennox & Addington should decide to ignore their northern residents.
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