The city is offering one FINAL opportunity for existing rural landscapers located in Wards 12 (Ancaster) and 14 and 15 (Flamborough) that are impacted by the new Rural Zoning Bylaw to apply for a site specific exemption. The ABSOLUTE deadline for applying is August 30, 2015. Those who do not apply on or before August…

On August 11th the Government of Ontario announced that it will expand the comparability rules under the proposed Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP). However, employers remain wary of the introduction of a new pension plan at a time when the cost of doing business in Ontario continues to rise. The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC)…

Yesterday (Tuesday, July 28), Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale MP David Sweet announced grants totalling $847,976 for six projects including Westfield Heritage Village, the Carlisle Arena and the Beverly Arena in Flamborough. Sweet made the announcement in front of the schoolhouse at Westfield Heritage Village. Joining him at the announcement were Councillors Judi Partridge (Ward 15 – East Flamborough),…

The July, 2015 edition of the Bottom Line has gone to press. It will be distributed to over 15,000 local addresses late next week as an insert in the Flamborough Review. It’s packed full with Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) ‘news and views.’ You can get a sneak peek at this month’s edition by clicking…

The DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University is offering a $100 discount to members of the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) for students Grades 5 to 12 who enrol in its unique, on-campus, 2-week, hands-on Synergy Program. Synergy teaches students the value of entrepreneurship, sustainability and innovation. During their two weeks at the DeGroote…

Ward 14 Councillor Robert Pasuta is a man of a few words. He hardly ever speaks at meetings of Hamilton Council and its many committees. But when this Mountsberg farmer does speak, his colleagues sit up and listen. And they surely listened to him last Friday when he addressed the Samsung solar farm proposal at…

Also on the agenda for Friday’s Council meeting was final consideration of the proposed Rural Zoning Bylaw. The proposed by-law would outlaw almost all of the landscaping enterprises located in the rural areas of the ‘new’ Hamilton (primarily Flamborough, Ancaster and Glanbrook). It would also arbitrarily ‘downzone’ (or eliminate) some of the current uses on…

In the most widely consulted report in the organization’s history, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) has called on the Government of Ontario to take immediate action and address the business community’s rising electricity costs. The report, Empowering Ontario: Constraining Costs and Staying Competitive in the Electricity Market, makes five recommendations that government and energy…

 Representatives from several members (including Millgrove Garden Supplies and Gelderman Landscaping) as well as Executive Director Tony DiGiovanni of Landscape Ontario and Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) Executive Director Arend Kersten spent more than six hours at yesterday’s meeting (July 7) of the Planning and Development Committee where a verdict on the proposed Rural Zoning…