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Located in scenic Lanark County, Eastern Ontario, Canada |
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About MERA - Our History
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| The building pictured on the left is located in the Village of McDonalds Corners, Lanark County, Ontario. It was a one-room schoolhouse for about 100 years, then became a recreation hall and municipal office for the Township of Lavant, Dalhousie & North Sherbrooke. In late 1997, the township was amalgamated with several other municipalities into the new Municipality of Lanark Highlands and the building was no longer needed as an office.
A group of community members who felt that the building was a valuable community resource arranged to take over its management. The schoolhouse is now a very busy community centre hosting a wide variety of activities reflecting the different interests of local residents. The group, now a registered non-profit organization known as MERA, has assumed responsibility for paying the operating expenses of the building through fundraising activities while working towards making a long-term lease arrangement with the Municipality of Lanark Highlands which still owns the property.
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