Business View Civil & Municipal | Volme 3, Issue 2

62 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 2 gotten into commercial and we’re doing fiber to the home. “The plan with the new international university is we’ll be working with them to train students for jobs that haven’t even been created yet. Because technology is the way of the world. Just in the last two years, having virtual meetings has become norm and high-speed fiber has gone from a luxury to a necessity. When companies locate in the city, one of the first things they ask is: “How is your connectivity and high-speed fiber?” It’s nice when you own the company and have control over your destiny for economic development. So, we’re looking to use that to help us incubate some digital companies here in the city.” BVM: Any other significant projects in the works? Diodati: “We’ve just approved a new wastewater treatment plant in Niagara Falls South, which 905-354-3700 -www.esfox.com-sales@esfox.com Multi-Trade Industrial andCommercial Fabricator andConstructor and you know you’re going to have employment in the sector that you’re learning in.” BVM: How does technology impact economic development in the city? Diodati: “Niagara Falls is an entrepreneurial city. We’re partners in the ownership of the local airport, we own our own hydro company, and we’re also the majority owner in a local fiber company – Niagara Regional Broadband Network (NRBN) – that we started about 14 years ago. It fulfills all the high-speed fiber needs of the entire MUSH (municipalities, universities, school boards, and hospitals) sector. And now we’ve