The Pioneer Village has been approved for 2 positions from Young Canada Works, but Melissa Matt is still waiting to hear back from Canada Summer Jobs. Melissa advises she will be reviewing resumes to be ready to hire when/if the time comes. We don’t know if camps are going to be cancelled outright or only run later in the summer. A new Summer Grounds Attendant was hired but his start date was after the isolation began, so he has never actually been “hired”. Apart from a week and a half on holiday and some time working from home, Melissa Matt, the curator for the Pioneer Village and Archives, has been on site and working on the collection where time permits. The plan is to go forward as ‘business as usual’ for Harvest Day and Old Fashioned Christmas, but Canada Day will
likely be an online/outreach event.
Warmer weather needs to begin before cleaning and opening the buildings may start allowing them to air and dry out. No news yet on the schoolhouse as no work had commenced as yet and will not likely occur until all of this is over. A roofer came to take measurements on the Mann house and Noble hose to make a bid on reroofing. Melissa advises that she is being redeployed to help in the Waterworks Department and started there on Monday April 27th. She does not know how long she will remain there, or if she can split her time between the Village and that department. If you have any concerns or needs, please don’t hesitate to contact her, as she will continue to monitor her e-mail.
All community centres and facilities in the Town of Georgina will continue to be closed through May. Unfortunately, we will have to continue cancellations of our Board meetings as well as all future activities. Let us hope we can resume our regular schedule of by the end of summer. In the meantime we can remain in touch by email and phone. Please share your thoughts, ideas and concerns in order that we may proceed with our mandate and the goals of the Georgina Historical Society.