Cobourg Council – Not Quite Time to Proceed on Brookside

In City Hall

By Cecilia Nasmith/Today’s Northumberland
Despite all the good ideas coming in on what should become of the former Brookside youth correctional facility, Cobourg Mayor John Henderson told council this week that it’s not quite time to make decisions.

Henderson spoke of an Infrastructure Ontario meeting this week with Northumberland-Peterborough South MPP David Piccini, and said that it is still not confirmed that the disposition process has yet reached Stage Three – the point at which they solicit expressions of interest in the property at 390 King St. E. At that point, they mayor said, “we determine how we would like to proceed.”

That is the time to start serious deliberations, he continued.

“Any interest that has been show – any e-mail, any phone call – has been taken and consolidated for the right moment for the right purpose for the right discussion.

“It is open to upper-tier (municipalities), lower-tier, non-profits and – depending on the question – we might find Indigenous First Nations might have an interest in it.”

Cecilia Nasmith
Author: Cecilia Nasmith

Join Our Newsletter!

Want to keep up to date on news and events in Northumberland? Subscribe to newsletter!

You may also read!

Letter To The Editor – Reader Stands “Firmly” with Mayors Position on 310

(Today's Northumberland file photo) Dear Mayor ClevelandThe situation in Cobourg regarding 310 Division and the Transition House shelter has raised

Read More...

City of Belleville Introduces New Land Maintenance By-Law

The City is pleased to introduce the new Land Maintenance By-law (By-law 2025-117) which will take effect tomorrow (July

Read More...

Peterborough County OPP – Scarborough Man Charged After Angler Threatened on Lake (Name Released)

A fisherman on Lower Buckhorn Lake was threatened while out on the water. On Sunday June 29, 2025, just prior

Read More...

Mobile Sliding Menu