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TOP ROOKIE WinghanOronmen's Brad Murray, centre, is.the 1988-89 JOiiii;iCleaguii09100 ofthe
year. Taking part in the trophy presentation are Steve Morris of the Hanover Barons, left, and Al Godfrey,
league official.
Opportunities tour.
a beginning, planner
Last summer's opportunities tour For those municipalities in- vestors through the summaries was
of Huron County by a party of about terested in reviewing the current list also discussed.
35. foreign investor s just the of Roteattalttlyr4terAt Mr. T.904,w The edeL b?
bind Moen ountv olanner eird'the
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of . municipal and business ittliAlialeigliiies."
representatives gathered to discuss Another HCDPD planner, Wayne
the investment opportunities that Caldwell said that while the sum -
resulted from that tour. mary which had is
In addition to investment op- the ideal format, it would not be
portunities generated ,by the tour, , necessary Wallow it exactly.
the Clinton meeting also took a look I Even a written statement which
at the future of economic develop- i included theiicessary information
inent in the -county. would be stdricient, he said.
In last summer's tour, five of the Some business owners and
county's municipalities took ad- :proprietors are reluctant to give out
vantage of the opportunity to attract pertinent information for use in the
the investment capital of the 35 U.K. • sunnaries, ' MITT representative
visitors. Rick Airey said.
Besides Wingham, the other Howev,rtill! -pointed out that. the
MiiiileiPaiitiiii along on the toil; keY.Il.'1„.i,j61111aiibli, __til that,.."21406
included Goderich, Seaforth, Blyth that catrwAavesweit3tre =Mtn%
and Tuckersmith Township. selling tool this becomes overseas.
"It is the beginning of contact with The name of the company does not applicants turned down.
the ministry of induStry, trade and necessarily have to be disclosed — • However, the department is new
tegy •) , and the that information could even be becoming more of a locationservice
44, . -',.'rcontact with in.. under a code — although even that for hivestnients, Mr. Airer Said; and
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,•fr,,, einstw said of the does not guarantee confidentiality. the department needs information.
.
, "Yes, things might get disclosed "What we'll be doing is trying to
get the investors away, froniToronto
and make them , aware of other
oppotunities,” he aaidadding that it
is a good idea *also the atinittaries
to get ideas throne), to the investors.
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While the camp
a contact for the gnaw'
locally will be meeting
there who areInter
• Canadian investment. '
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Therefore,lythe
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Mr. Caldwell said.,
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tion.
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trying to be fair, *there were:
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The County of Huron has been
awarded a unique grant of $62,893 to
ye*. community plannmg
Aga:0440re: -ind'Ootid *Awe and
Nutpn MPP 3ackBiddell tinatittileed
last iteek:
Making the announcement on
behalf of Municipal Affairs Minister
John Eakins, Mr. Riddell said the
unique "block funding" approach
allows the county planning depar-
tment to- prepare muting bylaws,
updates, official plan revisions, and
development strategies for a
nutiber. of municipalities without
making separate aPPlication for
eaeforoject.
• The new grant, which represents
50 perFeat:4 the; ac cos a of the:
programs, will be used for: official
plan reviews for Blyth, the Town of
Goderiek Colborne Township, and
Ashfield Township, new zoning
bylawsforMyth and Bayfield;
strategic development plans for
Seaforth and the comity's central
region; and education and
development of municipal
representatives to allow them to
make their own planning decisions.
East Wawanosh
not ready to
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6.1yffrii!,:tontate rsboeficialas or slip, but the promise is -- this is
it allows for a continued and wider the —"information."
Aside- from those Investors at -
range of contacts with foreign in- tracted by the summer tour, other
vestors, he added.
niethods of attracting foreign in -
The HCDPD planner said business
opportunities can be classified under
three basic categories — an existing
business for sale, an existing a
business with expansion capa-
bilities, or a perceived need for a
certain business in a community.
Circulating a business opportunity
summary among those attending the
meeting, Mr. Tousaw said the
11CDPIY would assist municipalities
incompleting these summaries once
*witless opportunities had been
4dentified,
Some of the points covered in the
summary include ,10eation, the
distances between the
and large cities, ai
description which w„
Ude the
number of years in tion, the
number of eMployeik and com-
petitors in thesame field.
Local inVolVe.' itt is ir
Mr. Tousawsaid,
people in theta,.
what business
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atoi.,base plays key role
velopnitul;'ptrategy
•
County data bases can play a key meeting that in order for a com-
role in helAbg a community put /niniitkto*velop such a strategy, it
together ,a--40Velo"i'', ent strategy, is necessary and very important to
according f./4 me ; r of the Huron have a goad understanding of the
County Department of Planning and area:
DevehipMen ,•, For this reason, he said, data
Brian Th
recently in
called to
summer's d
the stadment. . are able to., lay a key role as
firing a meeting they 6;10' supply.much Information
nt op- on the .various Unities in the
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when about' 35 in i 0,, , ,the ,Ei
U.K. *ba ,
ted five ' -Cottfity Mr.:T1
municitifilitits. as w�ll10,0k at formaticn,
the, future of econoniicdevelopnient the area
,in th�unty. ,, s.;,j, , elataifie
, ..„.....Winghain, the potential contact ;
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ast : -1110.
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iteii*eeiapatilea in
the address,
the ‘ business,
e number of
available for
said.
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Merris council APPreltett_two
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Wining permits and one demolition
gpaekrainit:,at the second January
•thaetiulield recently.
Permits are for: Allan and Jack
bark and Ed Stein, Belgrave, a
garage. Cardiff, Lot 18, Con. 5; a new hog
Ademolition permit was issued to
Fred _Brewer, Lot 25-26, Con. 1, a
barAr and a residence.
11“0060:ctiojettt,
,A3s
;;;;Ipahliesshowinterest.
Jack Kopas, president of the
Wingham Business Association, sent
letters late last year to several local
councils about meeting to discuss
the project.
Morris and Turnberry councils
both said they were not interested in
meeting with the association.
• February 9110, 11 & 12
inside for program detail