Rapid Growth: Claudette Zabsonre

Claudette Zabsonre: Fast forward and like many municipalities surrounding Toronto, rapid growth has descended upon the town and its impact is felt to the core. From 2006 to 2011, Whitchurch-Stouffville grew by 54.3 per cent, making it the fastest growing municipality in Canada. In the seven years shes lived there Claudette Zabsonre has seen the changes wrought by rapid growth. Its not the rural community it was, said Zabsonre. And while hard infrastructure like road expansion is moving forward to accommodate growth, health and social services havent kept pace with the changing needs, according to The Star. Whitchchurch-Stouffville has many needs because of growth, she said in an interview and It wasnt long ago Whitchurch-Stouffville was a sleepy, bucolic community that described itself as the Country Close to the City the best of both worlds. Its what United Way York Region heard time and again during public meetings in all nine York municipalities. Zabsonre was among those to have her say. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.