Chantam-Kent-Ontario

248 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 Chatham-Kent to be at the top of their list.” Covering 2,500 square kilometers, the municipality boasts $6 billion in total assets. “We want to create revenue, bring people into our community, and inspire development,” asserts Stuart McFadden,Director of Economic Development. “We bring in about $165 million a year in taxes from the citizens. So basically, our asset management plan says that we should be spending somewhere in the neighborhood of about $100 million a year just to keep up with this six billion dollar asset.” As Chatham-Kent continues to work with both the federal and provincial governments to find creative solutions to infrastructure needs, the