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Symon Forbes 15 “We have the opportunity for some was welcomed The Good Food new growth,” said Symon, the town’s to the Town of • Plevna • Oxford Mills new Director of Development and People Protective Services, during an inter Perth as the new Director of De 4 Smiths Falls view at his town hall office on Thurs- - • Merrickville day, Jan. 4. “We need to have that re- velopment and flected by the county’s official plan.” Protective Ser- Perth He admitted that “historically, vices. He replac - 106WILSON Perth has not grown as quick as the es Eric Cosens ST.W.PERTH,ON foodsmiths. Smiths Falls rural areas,” but that he would like to who left the role com • Merrickville see Perth also recognized as an “em- 7 29 in September. ployment centre” for the area. Desmond Devoy/ Perth Symon took over his role in Sep- Metroland Sam tember, with his arrival timed to over Bruce Peninsula boy • Rideau lap with the final weeks of his prede- Lima - Symon was born and raised in Wi- Mississippi Mills from 1999 to 2008, 7 10 rry 15 cessor, Eric Cosens, whom he called arton, Ont. Denture 29 Fe “a peer colleague of mine. before moving on as the director of Personal hobbies • Maberly “I am a small town boy. I spent planning for North Grenville from Clinic 7 • Jasper He is a true pro.” Several important time on the family farm as a kid,” said The only concession that Symon 2008 to 2016. He served briefly as the sought from the town before taking files had been wrapped up by Cosens Symon. “That is where I developed WALK INS • Rideau when Symon arrived and “I will be director of planning and development up his current role was to be able to my love of hunting and fishing.” in South Frontenac in 2017, before WELCOME! 10 rry 15 eternally grateful for the shape he left He attended Trent University in Pe- take vacation time off for the first Fe things in.” taking up his new role at Perth town week of November. 3 Beckwith • Maberly terborough, where he earned an hon- hall in September of 2017. St East 7 • Jasper Symon has spent his entire work- “I was somewhat sheepish in asking ours BSc in geography. He met his wife They have two daughters, Erin and Perth, Ontar ing life in small town planning de- Alyson, a fellow geography student, at for it,” he admitted. But, “it’s an im- io partments across , and now Laura. Both girls attended St. John portant part of my year … The deer 613-267-5462 Trent. (She now works as a watershed Catholic elementary school. Laura that he is working for “the prettiest planner at the Mississippi Valley Con- hunt is my favourite.” small town in Ontario,” he sees it as later attended Perth and District Col- He is a member of a local hunt servation Authority (MVCA). For the legiate Institute, while Erin attended the culmination of “a career’s worth first year after graduation, he worked camp, but his hunter instinct does 29 of effort.” St. John Catholic High School. Laura not end when the deer hunting season as a planning assistant in Peterbor is currently, finishing her landscape 15 ends. Of course, living in Tay Valley ough County’s planning department.- architecture studies at the University ONLINE at Township, an added benefit of work- He then served as a planner in Bruce “Fishing is my passion … Walleye • Toledo ing in Perth is that, for the first time of Guelph, while Erin is in her second is my main target,” though he said he insideottawavalley.com County, for 11 years, starting in 1988. year at Trent, where she is studying in- 10 since 1990, he does not have to endure The family moved to eastern Ontario enjoyed catching trout and salmon in News, events and information on your 29 “an hour-long commute to work!” he ternational development. his native Bruce County. His favourite desktop, laptop or mobile device Frankville • in 1999, as Alyson is from the Ottawa On the personal side, the Symon 15 said with a laugh. “Living close to area, and her parents had retired to local fishing areas are Christie, Pike, work … is quite enjoyable.” family first moved to Beckwith Street and Crotch lakes. See what’s happening by visiting Glen Tay in Tay Valley Township. in Perth, right across from the curl- • Toledo He secured a job as the planner for Away from the fields and streams, www.insideottawavalley.com/ 10 ing club, before moving to Glen Tay he has a 10,000-square-foot vegetable ottawavalley-events • Portland in 2004. garden in Glen Tay, and he says that Frankville • his gardens bring him “great joy.” www.facebook.com/PerthCourier • Westport Burgers, Pastas, @InOttValley Roast rtland Chicken, DIANE’S NATURAL • Po 10 ANTHONY Daily Specials! 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