“Heather and Stephen Tobey have donated the land and the Municipality of Brighton are waiving the fees. We have the lawyers, Sam Burgess and Dan Thompson waiving their fees for the buyers and sellers. So it’s all starting to take shape as various trades and suppliers donate their supplies or time and effort to build this house.”
Brighton Council approved waiving all related municipal fees following a presentation by Warner at Monday’s council meeting.
Mayor Brian Ostrander says Brighton has always been supportive of the Foundation and Trenton Memorial Hospital.
“It’s nice to see the Tobeys stepping up and helping out here in Brighton to make a Homebuild for Healthcare, and council was pleased to be able to unanimously support the waiving of building and development fees for that purpose.”
“So we’re hoping in January we’ll be able to identify a very large piece of equipment or certainly a lot of equipment to support a certain program. The Tobeys have set a conservative objective of $400,000 so we’re looking for something really big.”
Warner says the government doesn’t fund medical equipment so a donation like this is huge for the Foundation.
This year alone, the Foundation is looking to raise $2.1 million for the hospital.
Proceeds from the last Homebuild for Healthcare in 2020, raised $350,000 for a new x-ray machine for Trenton Memorial.
