Business View Civil and Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 10

37 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 10 AYLMER , ONTAR IO We were upset last year that we didn’t get a chance to go out there and put out all the flower baskets and really make the town shine, but this year our crews are really trying to polish it like a gem. We are asking businesses to do the same, just in preparation for when people will be walking freely around here, and we hopefully won’t have to worry as much about COVID.” Mayor French delights in describing the attributes of her town. She says, “We can boast about the amenities that we have because we’re comparable to a lot of larger urban centers, and we have all the amenities they have. You can live in a small town but have all the things that you would get in a larger municipality.” Looking ahead, she would like to see the addition of accommodations for visitors to Aylmer. Affordable options to address the issues of low housing stock are also high on her wish list for the community. Grozelle has his own thoughts for the future, noting, “I’d like to see a new water tower, I’d like to see us well on the way towards increasing our capacity in terms of sewage treatment, and I’d like to see that new employment land start to fill up – so that we would have another large employer or two come to the community, and really benefit from the amazing workforce and people we have here.” Aylmer, Ontario truly is a community living up to its tagline, “Proud Heritage. Bright Future.”