{"id":32655,"date":"2017-06-19T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=32655"},"modified":"2017-06-19T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T12:34:00","slug":"concerned-local-residents-organizing-meeting-to-save-madill-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/concerned-local-residents-organizing-meeting-to-save-madill-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerned local residents organizing meeting to save Madill Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been following our stories on the future of Madill Church, you may be interested in a meeting this week organized by concerned local residents.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Anyone interested in discussing options for saving the historic church are welcome to attend the meeting on Wednesday, June 21 at 7:00 p.m. in the community room upstairs at Robinsons Independent Grocer.<\/p>\n<p>Madill Church was built in 1873 and is one of Huntsville&#8217;s oldest buildings. It is also one of the few examples of a pioneer square-timbered church remaining in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>On May 25, a representative from the Toronto United Church Council of the United Church of Canada (UCC) &#8211; the UCC owns Madill Church &#8211; was before Huntsville&#8217;s General Committee to confirm that the United Church has no further use for Madill Church. (Read the story on Doppler <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/town-needs-partners-to-come-forward-to-prevent-demolition-of-historic-madill-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span>.)<\/p>\n<p>The Town has since sought public input via a survey (open until July 3 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/survey.huntsville.ca\/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=n4L03ll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span>) and has said that partners will need to come forward if the church is to be saved.<\/p>\n<p>Related stories:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/town-needs-partners-to-come-forward-to-prevent-demolition-of-historic-madill-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Town needs partners to come forward to prevent demolition of historic Madill Church<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/fate-historic-madill-church-still-unknown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fate of historic Madill Church still unknown<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/board-trustees-clarifies-state-madill-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Board of trustees says Madill Church needs significant work to prevent demolition<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/will-fate-huntsvilles-historic-madill-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What will be the fate of Huntsville\u2019s historic Madill Church?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been following our stories on the future of Madill Church, you may be interested in a meeting this week organized by concerned local residents. 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