Valente Development Corporation is reaching out to the community for donations for its third annual food and toy drive.  Over $80,000 has been raised since the initiative began two years ago.  Darcie Valente says the company is collecting non-perishable food items and toys for families in need. She says donations are accepted at their developments in LaSalle, Kingsville, and Lakeshore. “What’s really neat about our concept is that all of the food and the toys that are collected within that…

A “transformational” project that would create a new town centre in the heart of historic Amherstburg has been unveiled by Windsor, Ont.-based Valente Development Corp. The town, 30 kilometres south of Windsor where the Detroit River meets Lake Erie, has a charming history including a fort used in the War of 1812. Its historic downtown, dating almost 200 years, is now seeing a commercial revival with new pubs and cafes, upscale shops and boutique hotels. But the Valente proposal would repurpose…