“Welcome Walkway installed at Arts and Cookery Bank”

Welcome Walkway installed at Arts and Cookery Bank

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 10:57 AM PDT

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The Arts and Cookery Bank in West Lorne has taken another stepping stone towards completion, so to speak.

On May 28, supporters of The Bank on Graham Road visited the site to install the stone bricks in the "Welcome Walkway", outside the main reception entrance of the building.

The bricks are part of a fundraiser; people bought each brick for $100, and they could get them inscribed with the names of a chosen loved one. About 50 bricks were sold.

"It was a way for people to honour, celebrate or remember their loved ones," said Grace McGartland, Arts and Cookery Bank Chair. "The fundraising money is going to the programming, that will involve community events, programming for students, programming for seniors and adults."

When completed the Arts and Cookery Bank hopes to be a cultural hub, combining Dutton-Dunwich, West Elgin, Newbury and Southwest Midddlesex, and be a tourism site that promotes the value of a rural lifestyle through historic photo collections and local food.

Bricks are still being sold for the Heritage Pathway, which will be located on the other side of the building. Anyone interested should call (519) 768-9986. That pathway will be installed June 25.

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010