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North Bay City CAO Jerry Knox discusses the Invest North Bay Development Corporation with the North Bay and District Chamber of Commerce

The Invest North Bay Development Corporation has one goal, and that’s bringing in business and partnerships to the city of North Bay.

Mayor Al McDonald spoke to the local Chamber of Commerce last night (Thursday) and he says they have been working on ways to set up the corporation to do business quickly.

He says this Board allows them to cut through a lot of red tape, including selling land.

McDonald says they can’t wait that long and the Board has already benefited from this override.

He uses S3 as an example, where the city of North Bay acquired that partnership because another city was taking too long to make the decision on selling the piece of land.

McDonald says they are trying to target Aerospace, Aviation and IT as businesses to bring to North Bay.

He was asked if they have a number of businesses they want to bring in by a certain date.

 

Written by matthew.sookram@northbayradio.rogers.com