Turning former Bluewater Centre into green park [Video]

The former Bluewater Youth Centre property, south of Goderich, has sat vacant since 2012 when the juvenile jail closed.

The Municipality of Central Huron bought the 300-acre property in 2021 for $5 with ambitious plans to bring industry, and the 200 lost jobs, back to the area.

“We want high paying, highly technical jobs for our youth, so there’s a future here. That would be a great thing to have happen,” said Central Huron Reeve Jim Ginn.

Two years ago, Central Huron signed a letter of intent with Carlsun Energy out of Saugeen Shores to build a hydrogen production facility at the former Bluewater site.

Financing has derailed those plans, so the municipality is going back to the drawing board for what to do with the site that also encompasses 2,000 feet of Lake Huron shoreline.

Enter, GreenLab from Denmark.

Officials with Danish company GreenLab pitched Central Huron council on the possibility of a “green energy circular energy park” for the former Bluewater …