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North. Shore there. exists a

Volunteer Action ‘Centre!’
The volunteer centre acts as

a liaison, matching volun: ‘p.-m.f for interviews s for those _ perience ~ and: to - realize

teers’ skills with the needs s of

President of |
Sales -

“Te ‘don't ‘believe - the

suburbs are dead: I don’t ‘.

believe’ that everybody is

going to be living downtown '.

— the. space. simply: isn’t
available; I-don’t believe that -
Canadians are going:to. have
to make do -with “modest”
housing; J don’t believe that
tomorrow’s. house is going to
be a tiny abode with a single .
garage,” says Griffith, and

he bases his predictions on
market analysis, statistical and Housing. Corporation) smaller lots, “as the cost of
- Canada land makes it.too expensive. .

and . demographic projec-
tions plus the evaluation of
some widely
“facts”.

“It’s not truce that as a. . 24-t0-35 jyear age group. are . going to be | the hot item for _

market matures,
necessarily wants scaniler
homes,” says Griffith.
fact, as this
country’s baby boom
matures, with more and
more double income
families, I think there is
going to be an even greater
interest in bigger, fully
detached or link homes.
After all, these people will
be able to afford a bigger
home, and | think they will
want onc.”

Griffith also feels
suburban living is here to
stay. “This downtown
redevelopment is great,” he
asserts, “and it’s adding a lot
of vitality to the city, but it's
a flurry, not the housing
wave of the future.” With a
downtown condominium
costing as much as a quarter
of a million dollars, Griffith
feels the potential market
able to pay such costs is a
strong but relatively earnil ©
one.

“The suburbs have always.

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his analysis» of current
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and. ‘Statistics. .
figures. “Tm “looking © ‘at:

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- new -households~ in the key

“projected,” he says, “plus:
the number of 35 to 45 year

“In” olds now in households who construction and demand, —
particular can reasonably ‘be expected there will be. a boom

to want to move up to bigger
and better housing. The
Toronto market can expect

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_ skills® are “needed ‘and “the
igh -people are counting on
them. Volunteer. work sits
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forms, as it shows an interest
in community -work and a
desire to become involved
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. The. strong points st steering
- today’s.” youth: into. volun-
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. through 1985.”
Griffith | Predicts a mixed =

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_Sontends, - “modest two or «.

a.
‘minimum. ‘amount of space.
But :there: are. going. to be |
bigger hoines-built too;: for =
-people::with.. families .- and.
‘without, who are willing to.
- pay for. Space and the more.

* luxurious ‘ “Bfestyle that ‘goes.
- with it.”

Griffithseestwobasic trends _
first, the- trend. towards

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