Business View Magazine | December 2020

289 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2020 The Atlas Corporation: Building A Better Tomorrow At The Atlas Corporation , we take pride in what we build for our neighbouring communities. We are proud to be the constructors of the Orillia Recreation Centre offering a better tomorrow for the local residents of Orillia. With over 65 years of experience and comprehensive knowledge of the construction industry we have been able to deliver a level of quality and service that is unsurpassed in the industry. Atlas is your single source solution to any construction project. Visit atlascorp.com to learn more OR I LL I A , ONTAR IO have housing growth here. And, as the Mayor suggested, COVID-19 is introducing a whole new factor in the real estate market. Driving more people to places such as Orillia because they’ve figured out they can work from anywhere. We’ve become more attractive because of that.” Sugden’s department oversees the replacement and construction of the city’s linear assets: roads, pipes, sewers, storm water management facilities, etc. He’s noticed that Council, over the past several years, has made some substantial investments into those reserves, putting up funding for significant road rehabilitation projects and readying Orillia to support urban residential infill and intensification. One of those renewal projects involves the reconstruction of Front Street. “By its name, it was the original front side of Orillia,” says Sugden. “It was the first road by the water where the railways came in. It’s at the heart of our downtown, but it’s one of our oldest streets with the oldest infrastructure.” The City recently completed the second and