Mahone Bay Old School_A Life and Times_Bob Sayer

For Over a Year: an Empty Building
And so began months of protracted and, at times, mutually frustrating negotiations.
The Town Council did not want the town to be lumbered with a
millstone round its neck, debt, and a rapidly deteriorating building. It insisted
on conditions of improvement and that the Centre pay taxes. The Society
was concerned the Town was driving a hard bargain with a not-for-profit,
volunteer registered Society.
The Document’s Opening and Closing
Finally, The Good News
The facts in the June 13, 2001 story were detailed and accurate. But the negotiations
continued and it wasn’t until September that the agreement was signed.
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