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scratchmyback
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 Posted - 09/02/2009 : 10:03:38 AM
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Is there a Canadian Lawyer, one who knows Ontario Provincial laws, who would be willing to help our group fight expulsion from Glen Echo Nudist park in King Township, Ontario?
I am a member of a 54 year old park in Southern Ontario Canada. Our park is in real trouble. Just a few days ago, our members received a 'letter of notice', nothing legal but a letter from the owners informing us that they *did not* sell the park to a naturist sympathetic buyer & we will have to be out by Oct 1st - in 4 weeks. We need help fast to make sure that we have a chance at fighting this.
The park land is also in an area called the Oak Ridges Moraine preserve, a very environmentally important area. It is feared that the park may have been sold to speculators/developers.
At least we need to have this stalled for folks to have possible opportunity to remove their property - trailers, permanent additions & individual cottages.
At best we would dearly love to have a lawyer assist us in petitioning the courts to possibly force the owner to allow us to buy the park instead. We know this kind of petition has been successful in other Canadian trailer/mobile park situations.
Any kind of assistance or suggestions would be appreciated since this deadline looms large & the sound of demolition & chain saws throughout the camp are already echoing as people attempt to move, or are destroying their property instead of leaving behind.
Thanks for reading!
Scratch My Back!
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rooftopwilly
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Posted - 09/02/2009 : 5:28:00 PM
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Sorry I can't help, but I'm a bit confused. You state you received "a letter from the owners informing us that they *did not* sell the park to a naturist sympathetic buyer & we will have to be out by Oct 1st". I guess where I'm lost is that if the park was "sold" to a naturist sympathetic buyer, then isn't the naturist sympathetic buyer the owner?
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Posted - 09/03/2009 : 12:18:54 AM
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rooftopwilly, what scratchmyback means is that there was a plan to sell to a naturist sympathetic buyer, but that plan failed, and now it was sold to a buyer who is not sympathetic to nudists. Here is some background information for everyone:
From TheStar.com - Aug 28, 2009
Nudists are losing a place to hang out
Aug 28, 2009 04:30 AM
Robyn Doolittle
Staff Reporter
Glen Echo park members receive eviction notices as Ontario's first naturist retreat prepares to close
By this time next month, about 150 nudists will be cast out of the province's oldest naturist retreat because their 100 acres of Eden is being sold to a private owner.
The several dozen nudists who live within Glen Echo's grounds on campsites got their eviction notices on Tuesday.
"We have to be out by Oct. 1," said Keith Scott, a member since 1995.
"We're all very disappointed. You suddenly lose your second home, our home away from home."
The nudist movement in Ontario had its genesis with Glen Echo Park, which was founded in 1955 as a cooperative. Most in the community got their first taste of naturism at the site, which is nestled along the Oak Ridges Moraine in King Township. In its mid-1990s heyday, as many as 350 families were members. But interest in the movement has sagged across the world in recent years.
Glen Echo's owners, Mary and Edward Todorowsky, are approaching 80. Since 2005, they've been trying to sell to someone within the nudist community, who would keep their sanctuary open.
But after four years of trying and several failed offers, the Todorowskys gave up. The property was sold for a rumoured $2 million.
There are three other nudist resorts in and around the GTA – Four Seasons, Ponderosa and Bare Oaks, which is not far from Glen Echo.
"Losing a club is not good for naturism," said Stéphane Deschênes, who owns Bare Oaks. "It just means there's less space. So many people have grown up in Glen Echo. It's just really sad."
Four Seasons, which is located just south of Guelph, does have campsites available for $350-$450 a month. Like Bare Oaks, it has been undergoing a massive transformation over the past few years.
Hoping to attract a younger crowd, both resorts are moving away from the old "roughing it with nature" mentality by installing plumbing, electricity hook-ups for trailers and satellite television.
"We just added Wi-Fi," said Four Seasons manager Tom Landers. "I've been talking to the owner of Bare Oaks and both of us feel that this market is in its infancy."
The pair even discussed launching joint marketing to promote the naturist lifestyle, which Deschenes explains is about being at one with nature and not about being naked.
Reached at Glen Echo, it's apparent Edward Todorowsky isn't thrilled about losing the camp.
"I really have to go," he said. "We only have a short time to move."
Meanwhile, Glen Echo members are crossing their fingers the deal will still fall through.
"It's very short notice. I don't know how I'm supposed to move everything out of here in a month," said one member, who has built a permanent cabin on his site that will likely have to be abandoned.
"Then – where are any of us supposed to go?"
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