Business View Civil and Municipal | January 2021

171 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL JANUARY 2021 GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR , NEWFOUNDLAND Windsor. The Newfoundland and Labrador Route 1 runs through the middle of the municipality, with exits for Main Street, Station Road, Cromer Avenue, Union Street, Grenfell Heights, and New Bay Road. The municipality is working toward creating a downtown that’s more accessible to pedestrians. Ducey notes, “It’s a fairly significant project. A couple of years ago, as part of the downtown development plan, the sidewalks were widened and it became more pedestrian friendly. In addition to the High Street downtown businesses, we’re seeing some residential development in the downtown. People do very much enjoy walking in the downtown area of our community for exercise or evening walks, we’ve definitely made efforts to develop the downtown and protect our heritage, our older buildings, and enhance the character of the downtown. The residential development is something that’s definitely happening.” In 1768, Lieutenant John Cartwright discovered paper mill was first founded here a hundred years ago, for hydro power generation, and it continues to be a main source and attraction for our community. Now more so from a tourism perspective, although the hydro generation continues. It has really become a focus for us from a development perspective and a tourism aspect; river rafting is a big attraction for people coming to visit our town and we’re looking at further investments around the river – in terms of making it more accessible to local residents and visitors alike.” Grand Falls-Windsor (population 14,000 and growing) is the largest municipality in the island’s interior making it a service centre for many residents of that region that don’t necessarily factor into census numbers. It is located in the centre of Newfoundland; an hour west of Gander, two and a half hours west of Clarenville, four hours from the capitol of St. Johns, two hours east of Deer Lake and five hours east of Port Aux Basques. The town itself consists of the former towns of Grand Falls and