Posts by Matteo Patricelli
What is the province’s business community looking for in the 2017 Ontario Budget?
Thursday, April 27, the Ontario government will unveil its 2017-2018 Budget. Drawing specifically on the resolutions passed at last year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC), the 2017 Provincial Pre-Budget Submission outlines four key budget priorities and 13 specific recommendations that we believe the Government of Ontario should adopt to restore…
Read MoreOMB allows exemption for landscapers under Hamilton’s Rural Official Plan
By Mac Christie Flamborough Review The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) has ruled to allow 61 landscape businesses in the City of Hamilton to continue to operate. In a decision issued April 4, the OMB ruled in favour of a one-time exemption that allowed landscaping operations in Ancaster and Flamborough to continue to operate under the…
Read MoreBusy, Busy, Busy….
It’s been a busy month for the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce. On March 31, another sold-out crowd ‘went wild’ at the African Lion Safari to ‘recognize, honour and celebrate the very best in corporate excellence and community service’ at the annual Outstanding Business Achievement (OBA) awards gala. CHCH anchor/reporter Nicole Martin emceed ‘the social event…
Read MoreAND THE WINNERS ARE …..
Former Flamborough Councillor Gerry Aggus will join a select group of local corporate icons and community champions when he is presented with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award by the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) at the 2017 Outstanding Business Achievement (OBA) awards gala at the African Lion Safari on Friday, March 31. A resident of…
Read MoreLANDSCAPER UPDATE
With Spring beckoning around the corner, many of the estimated 150-170 landscapers located in rural Flamborough and Ancaster are anxiously awaiting a verdict from the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) that will determine their ‘zoning legality.’ Arguing that its hands were tied because of provincial regulations, Council adopted a new Rural Zoning ByLaw last year which…
Read MoreONTARIO CHAMBER OUTLINES BUDGET PRIORITIES
Drawing specifically on the resolutions passed at its Annual General Meeting, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) – which includes the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) as a member – unveiled its 2017 Provincial Pre-Budget Submission last week that outlines four key budget priorities and 13 specific recommendations that the OCC believes the Government of…
Read More10 WAYS TO BUILD A CANADA THAT WINS
Last week, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CCC) released Ten Ways to Build a Canada that Wins – a list of 10 opportunities Canada can seize right now to regain its competitiveness, improve its productivity and grow its economy. The CCC also outlined specific recommendations to advocate throughout the year. This is a change from…
Read MoreECONOMIC CLOUDS
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) recently released the inaugural Ontario Economic Report (OER), a landmark agenda aimed at shaping and informing future public policy. The OER includes entirely new economic analyses that demonstrates the difficult economic environment faced by Ontario businesses and consumers in 2017. “Our research shows that Ontario’s economic climate is posing…
Read MoreTrue North Records & La Bamba
LA BAMBA There is a saying that goes something like this: “There are those who wait for things to happen … and there are those who make things happen,” If the saying has any merit, then certainly Brooke and Geoff Kulawick of True North Records in downtown Waterdown fall into the latter category. After launching…
Read MoreCELEBRATING THE VERY BEST
At what has become Flamborough’s ‘social event of the year,’ the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) will once again ‘recognize, honour and celebrate the very best in corporate excellence and community service’ at the Outstanding Business Achievement (OBA) awards gala. On the evening of Friday, April 7, this year’s OBA gala will once again take…
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