If the MEV could speak it would quote Mark Twain and say “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”
For the last several years the Town of Milton have been working with a memorandum of understanding with Laurier University & Conestoga College to bring post secondary education to Milton.
Earlier in 2018, the previous provincial government announced the funding for this project amounting to $90 million was approved and “on the way”
Fast forwarding to October 2018, the newly elected provincial government put a “pause” on the funding and many news outlets and residents in Milton thought the project was dead…not going to happen…etc.
Milton Town Council welcomed both Deborah Dubenofsky from Laurier University and John Tibbits from Conestoga College presented upcoming plans for the future of the Milton Education Village and the joint partnership.
Town staff prepared a report for council which can be found here https://www.milton.ca/MeetingDocuments/Council/agendas2019/rpts2019/ES-001-19%20MEV%20Status%20Update.pdf
Both Laurier and Conestoga restated their commitment to making this project work and outlined future plans, updating business plans and advocacy at all levels of government to make this a reality.
The Town of Milton is committed as well to ensure that current plans of having students & courses begin at the anticipated timeline of fall 2019 or spring 2020.
More details to come as the plans continue to making the Milton Education Village a reality.