Civil Municipal - Oct 2023

173 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 10 T I LLSONBURG , ONTARIO objectives, suggesting that this initiative signifies a pivotal shift for the community. Jonathon Graham, Director of Operations and Development relays that one of Tillsonburg’s primary objectives is to provide housing options that support transitional housing and aging in place. “What we’re looking into is the proper housing complement for the area, taking advantage of some of the new economic factors within the southwestern Ontario region, the recently announced VW Electric Battery plant being one of them, in terms of offering the proper housing in the mix,” he acknowledges. “Corporately, we’ve been supportive of transitional housing and aging in place initiatives, which are very important in keeping people in our region.” He says that Tillsonburg has been actively engaging with developers to address the housing stock shortage. Currently, there are approximately 3,700 residential units in the planning stages, and the town is working closely with the development community to align infrastructure development with their needs. “What’s unique about Tillsonburg is that we are working in parallel with the development community in so far as being able to match their needs with what we can do infrastructure-wise,” Graham reports. “That’s part of the grant with CMHC that we’re putting together, being able to position