The City of Greater Sudbury is required by law to review and update its Official Plan (OP) every five years. The OP review was initiated earlier this year and provides an important opportunity to ensure that it reflects and balances local interests with provincial regulation. The OP review will explore and propose land use policy…
Over the last year and a half, your chamber has been working with the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) and the government to develop an acceptable and fair policy concerning billboard advertising on northern highways that are being four-laned. We are happy to report that the MTO will now permit billboards to be located on all…
As part of Council’s commitment to balance the need to provide services with the desire to maintain low property taxes, the Finance Committee of Greater Sudbury recently solicited public input for the 2013 municipal budget. While the Committee will begin formal budget deliberations with staff in the fall, the process starts now to ensure that…
Given the current economic opportunities facing our community, setting the right conditions for business success is more important than ever. It is anticipated that our local economy will experience $6.3 billion in mining development over the next 5 years. The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce (GSCC) represents over 1,050 members and seeks to raise the…
At a press conference Friday morning the GSCC urged council to proceed with the immediate redevelopment and renewal of the Elisabella and Lapointe industrial parkland and enforced that the city should bear one hundred percent of the costs for the infrastructure upgrades for this specific area. While the chamber appreciates the objective of achieving a…
