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June - July 2016
| Business World Magazine
tape” for prospective businesses that meet
their criteria. This streamlined process has
helped attract companies like Ace Hardware
and Princess Auto in recent years.
“We’re enabling business attraction and re-
tention by removing the hurdles from the track
to let businesses run as fast as they can,” says
Mayor Thompson.
Caledon’s reputation as one of the pre-
mier places in Ontario to do business is catch-
ing the eye of suitors from overseas. Mayor
Thompson reveals that delegates from China
are considering Caledon for their future plans,
but would need access to a high speed broad-
band internet network of at least ten gigabytes
before making any commitments. As such, the
Town of Caledon is taking part in the South
Western Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT)
Project to help deliver that network, and has
already implemented the necessary taxes to
provide their share of the funding.
According to Dolson, that network is vital
to achieving the growth goals the town has in
place.
“Connectivity will be the glue that brings all
the pieces that we’re working on together,” she
explains. “We’re taking a global look at how to
build this municipality. It’s a very exciting time