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Whenever people talk about how fast Dieppe and Moncton are growing, I gently ask them, "have you been for a walk along Callowhill Drive in Riverview in the last couple of years?"

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Callowhill Drive in Riverview.

Riverview has many growth areas, as more and more people are recognizing its beautiful quality of life and what a great place it is to raise a family. But if your normal travels haven't taken you to Callowhill for awhile, I suggest you make that your neighbourhood walk this week.

You can access it from a number of directions, but for simplicity's sake, I suggest you go to the bottom of Goldsboro Road which runs off White Pine just past the Claude D. Taylor School. Go straight to the end of Goldsboro and you will end at the start of Callowhill.

The first part is quite mature but as you progress the lengthy walk to its other end, you will find more and more streets stretching off or it and all manner of new homes being built back there.

Many of them are developed by Bedford Buck and they are not built all as similar models; some are larger and more elaborate than others, but all of them look like great places to live.

While once a new street, Callowhill now shows signs of a maturing neighbourhood, with trees starting to line the front lawns and shrubs and flowers finding their spot to beautify the area. Many yards have children's toys in them, a sure sign that this is a growing, nurturing neighbourhood.

It is a long stroll in this hot weather, and you may want to walk with a buddy who leaves a car at the other end. Either way, you will get your exercise and be invigorated doubly by the knowledge that our town is growing and flourishing, just as are all the others.

If this already is your neighbourhood, but your knowledge and feel for it is limited to a passing glance from a car window as you come and go from your day's rounds, then take some time next week to walk it and get to know it better.

As John Burroughs wrote: "To find new things, take the path you took yesterday."