A new daycare centre is being proposed on a former credit union property in Feversham.
On April 29, Grey Highlands council held a public meeting to hear comments about a rezoning proposal that would convert a former bank on Grey County Road 2 into a daycare centre. The bank, a former branch of the Dundalk and District Credit Union, closed last year after an armed robbery.
The rezoning application would add an exception to the property’s highway and service commercial designation that would permit a daycare and private school in the former bank building.
“This proposal is an exciting one – to bring daycare services to this community,” said the project’s planning consultant Bill White. “The daycare and private school will meet an important demand in the community.”
If approved, the daycare would include 34 spaces for children and would employ eight staff members. The spaces would be subsidized. Private school was added to the proposed zoning exception to allow children over 10 years of age to attend the daycare.
Property owner Sandy Gott said she jumped on the opportunity to acquire the bank property.
“I thought it would be a great idea to try and convert that to a daycare,” Gott said at the meeting. “It’s a good lot. It’s a good building.”
The plan would see the existing building converted into a daycare facility. No building expansion is planned.
At the meeting, one property owner expressed several concerns including: parking, tree protection and the expansion of the property’s septic system.
Council did not make a decision at the meeting. A full report will come to a future council meeting with a recommendation from planning staff.
