Breakthrough Day?

January was a quiet month as far as the blog goes......Waiting for something to report I guess.  It's been quite a while since the CAF Funding was announced in June and we eventually erected the CAF sign in Port Burwell,.    We optimistically believed that we would have Ojibwa here by spring,  but reality eventually overtakes optimism and we discovered how complicated the funding process actually is....

 Pictured here are Ron Bradfield of Bayham Township and Al Montgomery, Project Co-ordinator Mounting signage announcing CAF Funding at the Port Burwell site Dec 4/10


 .....While we waited for action, we stayed busy here at Project HQ.  We have been hard at work on marketing plans and working out the details for site preparation at Port Burwell.   We sweated out a series of seemingly endless delays and continuous requests for more info from CAF,   trying to figure out how much we could get accomplished before the spending deadline of March 31.  "Use it or Lose IT"  was the mantra and since we couldn't possibly move Ojibwa before the deadline it seemed as if the entire budget might get consumed in a winter construction project, where costs are forced up by a number of factors.

Well today a breakthrough!   CAF has informed us that they are moving the paperwork forward as we speak.

Looks like this project may finally have wheels!!!