The Our Town - Clarenville Blog by Paul Tilley

Several months ago, I wrote a post on my blog about development in Clarenville. In the post, I referenced the importance of communication with residents to alleviate any concerns that they might have about a neighbouring development. The development that I wrote about in February 2011 referenced concerns about flooding and timelines for completion. The development is still ongoing and today there was evidence of concern of potential flooding and impact that the development will have on those people who live on Prince and Viking Streets.  Culverts on those streets are almost full today after last night's rain. In fact, work had to be done early in the morning to divert water away from houses. While it looks like there are plans in place to divert water, it's not done at the moment and those who live in the area are not aware of future plans. It's very disconcerting, particularly with Hurricane Igor still in peoples' minds and hurricane season upcoming, to se...

On Monday the Town of Clarenville held an information session to update people on the progress and direction of their efforts towards developing a new “Brand” for Clarenville.  For the layman this means that Clarenville is working to find a way to better talk to people and for people to talk to it.  Branding helps contribute to the sizzle that helps promote the steak – us. Towards this goal the Town has contracted with Pilot Communications.  Over the past few months Pilot has consulted and developed a new Logo, designed a new Website and is developing a communications strategy for the Town. The Sizzle Pilot’s research has revealed some key points that most of us would easily agree with such as: Clarenville is growing and there’s lots of economic potential in the town There is not a lot of “push” of information about Clarenville out to the rest of the world. We have a good balance of urban pleasures and rural tranquility. We have a great hockey ...