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Bluewater Consultant Seeks Local Values

A consultant hired by the Municipality of Bluewater is starting to gather input from local residents.

Bill Irwin says he'll be talking to people throughout the municipality in formal meetings over the next few months, but also at social and sporting events.

He wants to find out what they value in their communities and what changes they would like to see.

Irwin stresses the process will be a grass roots, not top-down approach, and the finished product will reflect what the residents of Bluewater have told him they want.

He hopes to have a draft report by the end of September or early October to take to the community and Bluewater council.

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