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Kirkland, Québec ENGLISH: The Town of Kirkland is a young and dynamic municipality divided into four natural quadrants created by the East/West corridor of the Trans-Canada Highway (autoroute 40), and the North/South axis of St-Charles Blvd. Its population of approximately 19,000 inhabitants, largely made up of young families, comprises a fair-sized portion of senior citizens. Kirkland's ease of access and proximity to essential services, its innovative management style, the quality of its municipal services and environmental efforts, and its eye-catching beauty, coupled with demanding construction norms and severe restrictions to commercial and industrial privileges contribute to making Kirkland the envy of its municipal neighbours, and engendering a certain pride of residency amongst its citizens. Kirkland has championed efforts in the environmental sphere, as one of the pioneer municipalities in the MUC's curbside domestic recycling project, and maintaining an ever-expanding list of programmes, including: plastic bag recycling, backyard composting, domestic toxic waste collections, leaf composting, Christmas tree recycling, tree planting programmes, and restrictions on felling, reduced salt-spreading in winter, and the enactment of an effective pesticide by-law. In addition to offering one of the lowest tax rates in the Montreal Urban Community fold of municipalities, the town meets the recreational needs of its constituents, both young and old, by providing more than one hundred different sporting and cultural activities. These activities have been refined and developed, year after year, despite numerous budgetary constraints and crises, which have had to be faced.
In 1992, Kirkland was honoured to be selected by Chatelaine magazine as the only town in the province to make the "top ten best places to live in Canada" list. In 1993, after winning the provincial Villas, Villages, et Campagnes Fleuries contest for the third consecutive year, the town was raised to the prestigious "Excellence" class, which it has maintained to this date, acquiring an additional three irises. In 1997, in its first year of participation, the Town of Kirkland was awarded 4 out of a possible 5 blooms, and received the National Capital Commission Award for best flower arrangements in the national "Communities in Bloom" contest. In September 1997, in an article published in the business periodical Les Affaires, Kirkland placed 18th out of the top 100 municipalities in the province of Québec, having managed their finances most effectively during the period 1991 to 1994, and ranking Kirkland atop the list of 29 Montreal Island municipalities. All of these important considerations are directly resultant from the unique community spirit and involvement, which has existed since Kirkland's inception in 1961. Kirklanders have always put heart and soul into participating in the towns' activities and lifestyle development, and this is an ideal opportunity for me to express my thanks for all of their tireless efforts over the years.
JOHN MEANEY, Mayor |
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