Lorna Bissell Fountain

Kris U’s review gives a good background of Lorna Bissell Fountain.
Where’s the water? Is it suppose to be a fountain?!
For this evening, the fountain became a stage for a play performance!
What an awesome experience.

I took some time to research why this fountain, located in Brampton’s Garden Square (next to the Rose Theatre) bore its name, and who exactly is/​was Lorna Bissell?
While on the national/​international scale, Lorna Bissell was not well known, while serving on Brampton council for 18 years, she was an integral part of the Brampton community for many many years. While the fountain has been around for quite sometime, it was renamed in her honor in June 2010 several months after she lost a 5 year battle with breast cancer.
The most admirable thing I came to learn about Lorna is that she played an integral role in, and was an advocate for, the revitalization of Brampton’s downtown core. Years after her passing, as I walked around the quiet weekend streets of Brampton, I could see the fruits of her (and others) labour. There are elements of «old Brampton» still there, however like the city’s nickname ‘The Flower City,’ there is a beauty in downtown Brampton that has begun to bloom.
If you’re interested in checking this fountain out, as it is quite peaceful, it’s located off of Main Street, in Garden Square next to the Rose Theatre.