I'm delighted to participate in Cobourg's two hundredth anniversary. I have read a long list of your commemorative events.
Historic towns grow in different ways.
Some of them get wider, expanding out in different directions. Others grow taller, by taking down old buildings to make way for the new. But a few towns like Cobourg just seem to grow stronger, like an old oak tree. You have managed to develop economically and yet guard your local heritage. In fact, I am told that by preserving your quality of life, you have gained business rather than lost it.