Civil Municipal Magazine - Dec 2023

76 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 12 they want from us, and what their plans are for expansion in the future, because we believe that expansion of our existing business is key.” In terms of new business development, Scugog is currently awaiting infrastructure servicing for a designated block of lands dedicated to employment expansion in the community. Nix says, “Once that comes, we’ll be in a good position for employment expansion. I don’t think we want the large warehouse Amazon type of development, but focus on good mid sized and smaller offices and industry that can support businesses throughout the region and the GTA, since we’re so close. We’re on the verge of that, but in the meantime, we’re still developing and still bringing in quite a few new businesses.” He relays that collaboration with the Durham Region in business attraction has yielded success,