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New federal funding will grow the reach of a national Sarnia-based not-for-profit aimed at helping companies develop new bio-based technologies, allowing it to open a new facility in the Brockville area. Economic Development Minister Mélanie Joly was to announce Thursday in Sarnia that Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) will receive $15 million to expand into the Brockville area, helping foster the still-fledgling bio sector in Canada.

Edwardsburgh/Cardinal is putting the final touches on its application to become the potential site of a new auto plant. Mayor Pat Sayeau said his township will have its submission ready before the March 31 deadline of a provincial government competition that asks municipalities to nominate land suitable for a new factory.

For highlights of our regular Council meeting held on January 23rd and our Committee of the Whole meeting which was held on January 7th, please see our attached Media Release.

A new report reveals the cities that are seeing the strongest immigration currently; and those that are seeing the most exits. Read the full story.

For highlights of our regular Council meeting held on December 19th and our Committee of the Whole meeting which was held on December 3rd, please see our Media Release attached.

Ontario is launching a provincewide Job Site Challenge to identify shovel-ready mega sites where automakers or other advanced manufacturers could invest in Ontario by building a large plant, creating thousands of good-paying direct and supply-chain jobs.Proposals will be accepted between January 1 and March 31, 2020.

The highlights of the regular United Counties of Leeds and Grenville Council meeting held November 21, 2019 and Committee of the Whole meeting held November 5th are: Company hired for Maple View Lodge expansion, and Council planning ministerial seassions for the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA).

Please note CP is performing regular maintenance to the rail crossing on County Road 18 from October 28-31, 2019. Signs will be posted with a detour route by CP.

Business owners are upbeat about the future of Leeds and Grenville with 40 per cent saying they would be expanding during the next 18 months. Those expansion plans are forecast to create 349 new jobs and increase commercial and industrial floor space by 139,390 square feet, according to a Business Expansion and Retention study of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.

A second cannabis company is setting up shop in North Grenville. Era Cannabis plans on building a 10,000 square foot facility on Townline Road in Kemptville.