Business View Civil and Municipal l January 2023

187 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 This has all happened with intention and careful planning, as the Southwestern Ontario municipality strives to showcase themselves as a great place to live, work and invest. “Chatham-Kent has a lot of natural positives, given our location,” says Mayor Darrin Canniff. “We have 60 kilometers of the 401 running CHATHAM-KENT, ONTARIO through Chatham-Kent. Our location gives us excellent access to land borders with the US and the large populations of Windsor, London and Toronto; that’s access to a labor force of over 1.2 million within an hour’s drive.” As Chatham-Kent works to update and add new community facilities such as a state- of-the-art arena, library, and museum, they