The Rotary Club of Medicine Hat welcomed County Reeve Dan Hamilton to the meeting today. Dan spoke about the large rural municipality which surrounds Medicine Hat and Redcliff and talked about a number of the upcoming projects in the county.
First, Dan spoke about the great enthusiasm that Cypress County has for the construction of the walking trail connecting the City trail network to the Desert Blume development. They are thrilled that Rotary is a part of that project and look forward to its start as soon as the frost is out of the ground in July or Aug......(editors note - hopefully not that long). The other major recreation project is a new boat launch being constructed at the Sandy Point park on the South Saskatchewan River.
Also important is the creation of a signalized intersection in Dunmore, at the intersection near the High School. Construction is expected on this work over the summer.
Dan spoke about a number of other projects, probably none more vital to life in the county that water. The county leadership are developing a water strategy for all of Cypress County. As well, the support for an equestrian center in Dunmore, and an ice surface at the high school are high priorities.
Dan also spoke about a number of interesting green energy projects in Cypress County, including the 91,000 panel solar PV facility at Suffield. With state of the art solar panels, manufactured in South Korea this facility will be an interesting test of large scale solar power production. Dan answered a number of questions and was thanked by PP Karen for attending the club meeting today.