<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><base href="x-msg://329/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div dir="ltr"><div>Great to see Councillor Yvonne Fernandes speaking up in support of the Regional Official Plan and the decades of efforts to protect the SW corner of Kitchener. I'm forwarding an e-mail from her below to GREN encouraging our members to speak up for the ROP.</div><div><br></div><div>Kevin.</div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:fonka25@hotmail.com">fonka25@hotmail.com</a><br>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:all@gren.ca">all@gren.ca</a><br>CC:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Subject: Do you want to support the Region's Official Plan<br>Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 22:35:33 -0400<br><br><div dir="ltr">Hi Everyone,<br>As the battle continues between the Region and the development industry, folks I respect have moved the issue along further by setting up a website as well as a Facebook site and a Twitter account.</div><div dir="ltr"><br>I know many of you are interested in seeing the Protected Countryside stay and urban sprawl be reduced. Please visit the following link to this website:<br><a href="http://www.smargrowthwaterloo.ca" target="_blank">www.smartgrowthwaterloo.ca</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or Facebook<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SmartGrowthWaterloo" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/SmartGrowthWaterloo</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br>If you Twitter please add a tweet of support to @SmartGrowthWr<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Also I have written a letter to the Editor in response to April 4 article and Deb Swidrovich's editorial letter.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>I hope you see the benefit in sharing the above information widely.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Let's show the support for the Regional Official Plan!<br>Regards,<br><br><div><font face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive"><strong><font size="4"></font></strong></font><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><b><span style="line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Script MT Bold'; font-size: 14pt; "> Yvonne Fernandes<img alt="" src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w3/ltr/emoticons/rose.gif" width="19" height="19" style="width: 31px; height: 19px; "></span></b> </div></div><div><font face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive"><strong>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,committed people can change the world, indeed it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead</strong></font></div><div><font face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive"><strong><font size="4"></font></strong></font> </div><div><font face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive"><font size="4"></font></font><em><font face="Comic Sans MS"><strong> <font color="#1b703a">Follow your dreams of a better world, and keep on trying, even when there seems to be little hope, because it is the right thing to do." Robert Alan<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><br></strong></font></em></div><div><font face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive"><strong><font size="4"></font></strong></font> </div></div></div></div></div></div><br></body></html>