Also on the agenda of yesterday’s Planning and Development Committee meeting was a request from Samsung that it support its proposal to build a 180-200 acre ‘solar farm’ on the southwest quadrant of Centre Road and Mountsberg Road. Samsung had also asked the FCC for its support. After a number of discussions, the FCC Board…

Even though the formal agenda for the meeting has not yet been posted, the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) wants to alert its members that the Planning Committee of the City of Hamilton is scheduled to consider the proposed Rural Zoning By-law at its meeting of Tuesday, July 7. The meeting will start at 9:30 a.m.…

Reflecting its growing influence, Hamilton Council has invited the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) – as ‘The Voice of Business in Flamborough – to appoint representatives to both its Government Relations Committee and the Open For Business Committee. The FCC particularly thanks Ward 15 (East Flamborough) Councillor Just Partridge for her role in helping make…

FCC Executive Director Arend Kersten was a guest at the recent annual COGECO gala celebrating the finest in community television programming throughout all of Ontario. Arend had earlier been a judge in several of the categories. At the gala – held at the Holiday Inn in Oakville – Ben Lyman of TVCogeco in Burlington was…

FCC Executive Director Arend Kersten was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Glanbrook Division of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce last week. There he shared his thoughts on the proposed Rural Zoning By-law which threatens many rural landscapers and owners of commercial and industrial properties. Under the leadership of Hamilton Chamber of Commerce President…

There’s been a lot of celebrating going on for some members of the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC). Representing the FCC, Executive Director Arend Kersten attended three events last week. GRAND OPENING Congratulations to Manager David Hiscock and his team at the new Allstate office at 94 Dundas Street East. Mayor Fred Eisenberger and Ward…

Hamilton Spectator By Arend Kersten Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 While Hamilton is caught up in the euphoria of the $1-billion LRT announcement, dozens of small businesses in rural Flamborough and Ancaster are fighting for their corporate lives. Thanks to amalgamation, the city is in the final stages of preparing a comprehensive Rural Zoning Bylaw (RZB)…

The Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) – in partnership with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC), and a coalition of major Ontario employers – is calling on the provincial government to broaden its definition of a comparable pension plan under the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP), to be implemented in 2017. In a letter addressed…