Quinte is becoming a musical paradise region
If Quinte area music fans don’t get their appetites sated during these summer days, it certainly won’t be for lack of opportunity.
Buster Brown
Often through the generations there are names that come up in conversation, names of past family members that have a certain panache that accompanies their story, a bit of ‘out…
Harmer excited about performing at reborn Camp Picton
She came, she saw, she conquered. Kingston-based Sarah Harmer, an award winning singer-songwriter and intense environmentalist was the first headline act to perform in the now-renovated former drill hall at…
Travel news: P.E.C.’s emerging arts and culture hub, Vancouver Island’s national park trail, Quebec vineyards
This week in new getaway inspiration, from Picton’s emerging Base31 to winemakers in the Eastern Townships.
PEC’s new Alvar festival to be an artistic tribute to nature
Prince Edward County’s landscape is the inspiration for a new August festival at Base31, the historic Picton airport.
The Department of Illumination presents ALVAR: an ecologically-inspired arts festival
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21 to August 21, 2022 Media Contact: Krista Dalby, (613) 919-5640, krista@deptofillumination.org Facebook & Instagram: @deptofillumination www.deptofillumination.org When: Saturday, August 20 + Sunday, August 21 | 8…
Sarah Harmer first performer at Base31 venue in Prince Edward County
Picton’s Base31 is bringing Sarah Harmer to inaugurate the site’s initiative of creative performances.
Get ready Prince Edward County – first major concert featuring Sarah Harmer at the Drill Hall | Base31
What You Need to KnowPrince Edward County is about to get rocked as we host our first major concert event at the Drill Hall. Sarah Harmer is our first major…
Party at Base31
Creative placemaking through arts and culture When Base 31 opened its doors to the public on Saturday, more than 800 people showed up and they partied like it was 1945.
Base31 flies high with unveiling of Aviator’s Garden
Base31 is aiming to be a base of County activity in the years to come and to help locals and visitors get acquainted with that concept, the group hosted a…
Natures Aviators art installation and unveiling
The unveiling plus a look at the first archival community photo selected to be installed on a Base31 building It’s official – Base31 has installed the seven pieces of art…
Ontario Morning from CBC Radio with Ramraajh Sharvendiran
A new project is reminding us that human mastery of flight was inspired by nature. We heard about a public art unveiling this weekend honoring nature’s original aviators at a…
Base31 Community Open House July 9th 2022
What To DoEverything you need to know about our Community Open House. Base31 is excited to welcome Prince Edward County to our Community Open House on Saturday, July 9 from…
Aviators Garden Announcement
The structural art pieces will be featured in the Aviators Garden pictured above. Photo credit: ZMIIMAGERY The Call After a highly competitive round of applications, the finalists have been chosen.…
Base31 needs your cardboard!
Contribute to a large scale public art sculpture being installed this summerIn early May of this year we issued a call out for artists to submit their visions for sculptures…
Wilcox Harmer and Sloan
PEC Community Partners revitalization project
The Loch Sloy Business Park now has a new name and the potential for a bright future.
Celebration of Pride Month
PEC Community Partners revitalization project
The Loch Sloy Business Park now has a new name and the potential for a bright future.
Picton shows its Pride
PEC Community Partners revitalization project
The Loch Sloy Business Park now has a new name and the potential for a bright future.
Rainbow Crosswalks
PEC Community Partners revitalization project
The Loch Sloy Business Park now has a new name and the potential for a bright future.
Call for images and stories from Base31
Everyone has a story.Base31 has a rich and glorious history in both Prince Edward County and with people around the world.Base31Base31 was built in 1940 as part of the British…
Natures Aviators ~ Public Art + Placemaking
The call Over the past century, Base31 played an important role in the nation’s aviation history, first as an air training base, and in the decades since as a hub…
Base31
PEC Community Partners revitalization project
The Loch Sloy Business Park now has a new name and the potential for a bright future.
Loch-Sloy is now Base31: the start of a community-led approach to residential development?
On May 20, PEC Community Partners Inc., christened its vision for the now former Loch-Sloy Business Park and Picton Airport lands as “Base31.”
Loch Sloy Business Park, Airport renamed Base31
Base31 is the new name for the site formerly known as Loch Sloy Business Park and Airport.
PEC Community Partners Inc, announced Friday that inspiration for the new name came from the nearly 700-acre site’s former function as the Royal Airforce’s No.31 Bombing and Gunnery School.
Loch Sloy Business Park, Airport renamed Base31
A historic property in Prince Edward County has a new name that compliments a state-of-the-art vision for the site while honouring its rich heritage.
Major announcement at former Camp Picton site
It was a packed room for the announcement of the renaming and reimagining of the Loch Sloy Business Park and Airport in Prince Edward County.
Prince Edward County’s Independent Voice
The Loch Sloy Business Park now has a new name and the potential for a bright future.
PEC Community Partners Inc. Renames Loch Sloy Business Park to Base31
Picton, ON, May 20, 2022 – PEC Community Partners Inc. is pleased to announce that Base31 is the new name for the site formerly known as Loch Sloy Business Park and Airport. Inspiration for the new name came from the sites’ former function as the Royal Airforce’s No.31 Bombing and Gunnery School.
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Picton Gazette
What is old will soon be new again, at least at the site of the former Camp Picton. After sitting mostly derelict for several decades, the former air base changed hands in December 2021. Plans are already underway to transform the space, beginning with the 70 acre chunk of land that boasts multiple heritage buildings.
In Quinte
Plans to revitalize Loch-Sloy in Picton could be a boon for local the business community while building on the property’s remarkable legacy.
Quinte News
The group working to revitalize Loch Sloy, or Camp Picton, says they are still in the discovery phase of working towards building something they believe will be truly extraordinary.
Toronto Star
A 700-acre property in Prince Edward County formerly home to a Second World War airbase has officially been sold to a group that has vowed to “honour the heritage” of the Camp Picton site.
County Live
PEC Community Partners Inc. – a group of community builders based mainly in Toronto and area announced today it has finalized the purchase of Loch-Sloy Business Park and Picton Airport lands. The property was last listed with a Toronto real estate firm asking $14.9 million.
Quinte News
The sale of the former Camp Picton has been finalized.
The former WWII airbase, a 700-acre property which includes the former Loch-Sloy Business Park and Picton Airport Lands has been sold to Ontario-based PEC Community Partners Inc.
In Quinte
A historic property in Prince Edward County has been sold.
InQuinte News has learned the Loch-Sloy Business Park, formerly Camp Picton, a WWII airbase at 343 County Road 22, was sold last week.
Toronto Star
Tucked away in Picton, Prince Edward County’s largest community more than two hours east of Toronto, sits nearly 700 acres of history — history that can be bought for the price of nearly $15 million.