Merchandising Opportunity
VENDOR LOCATION
The Town of NEMI is now accepting applications from Vendors
wishing to set up on one of the three municipally owned locations:
1. Information Center
2. Memorial Park (beside Town Office)
3. Manitowaning Plaza (Garden area in front of Expositor office)
Vendors may set up May to October and Utilize 60 square feet of property laid out by the Town staff.
The Vendor will be responsible for liability insurance, any other required permits and fee of $600 and daily clean up.
The Town must approve of the type of items that are being sold
If more than one application is received for the same area a lottery system will be used to determine to successful applicant.
By way of application please submit a letter of your intentions and type of product to
Pam Myers, Box 608, Little Current, Ontario
Or pmyers@townofnemi.on.ca or Town office
Prior to May 2nd.
Press Release- April 1, 2020: COVID-19 Field Hospital to be located in NEMI Recreation Center
PRESS RELEASE
COVID-19 FIELD HOSPITAL TO BE LOCATED IN NEMI RECREATION CENTER
April 1, 2020
Little Current: A joint statement was issued today by Lynn Foster, the CEO of the Manitoulin Health Center (MHC) and Mayor Al MacNevin of the Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands (NEMI) on the placement of a COVID-19 field hospital in the NEMI Recreation Center in Little Current, Ontario.
The field hospital will care for those mild to moderately ill patients with COVID-19 requiring hospital admission, while the Manitoulin Health Center continues to support the critically ill COVID infected patients as well as the non-infected patients. This field hospital has been initiated because the Regional Incident Command Center has directed hospitals to prepare surge capacity plans inclusive of off-site field hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Manitoulin Health Center has confirmed that they have an approval in principle for the location and that they are expecting a final approval in the coming days from the Regional Incident Command Center.
“The use of the field hospital will be activated by MHC if we exceed the capacity of the MHC emergency departments, inpatient units and the ability for our tertiary center including the possibility that Health Sciences North’s will no longer be able to accept patient transfers. MHC’s (Little Current site) close proximity to the facility allows for rapid, seamless transfer of patients between sites and also, minimizes transit time between sites for the physicians and nurses.” said Paula Fields, the Vice President of Clinical Services & Chief Nursing Officer at the MHC.
The Manitoulin Health Center CEO, Lynn Foster, said that “The NEMI Recreation Center allows for the required infection control safeguards and more readily meets our clinical and operational requirements than several of the other sites that we looked at. Although the field hospital will be administrated by MHC, as a third site, we are still seeking support from all of our Collaborative partners and local health care agencies and we will be reaching out to them in the near future. We hope and pray that we will not need to open the center however we need to be prepared for every possibility. “
Ms. Foster also expressed her appreciation to the communities of Assiginack and M’Chigeeng for their willingness to host field hospital sites.
Mayor Al MacNevin stated , “ It is our sincere hope that this facility will not be needed, but Council and I are fully prepared to bring whatever municipal resources are required to work with and assist the Manitoulin Health Center during this pandemic. Our top priority is the safety of our citizens and ensuring that they have the services and care that they and their families need “.
The NEMI Recreation Center is located at 9001 Highway 6, South, in the community of Little Current, Ontario.
For more information please contact:
Administrative- CEO Lynn Foster at 705-368-2300 ext. 2505
Clinical- VP/CNO Paula Fields at 705-368-2300 ext. 2200
Mayor Al MacNevin at (705) 348-1951