Business View Magazine | December 2019

386 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2019 Where you age matters! www.parkviewhome.ca PARKVIEWHOME 123 Weldon Road Stouffville, Ontario, L4A 0G8 (905) 640-1911 ext. 1221 Donations: (905) 640-1911 ext. 1123 PARKVIEWVILLAGE (LIFELEASE ANDAPARTMENTS) 12184 Ninth Line Stouffville, Ontario, L4A 3N6 (905) 640-1940 ext. 2021 BVM: What other challenges are you facing? Lovatt: “I’m working with my counterparts on Regional Council and directors of York Region Transit to bring better service into Stouffville, as well as Metrolinx. And we have broadband issues: YorkNet (owned by the York Region) is laying dark fiber down and we’re looking at ways we can do fiber swaps with third-party companies like ViaNet to service our customers in the rural areas. “The other big challenge was rebuilding our brand. We had four years of struggle and a negative reputation in the marketplace, not just from a development standpoint but also from an HR side. We lost almost 40 percent of our workforce through people not wanting to be in a bad work environment. What a difference an election can make. One of my goals was to make us a municipal employer of choice and it’s starting to happen. We have a phenomenal team, vacancies are being filled quickly, and we’re