Business View Magazine | January 2020

225 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 INGERSOLL , ONTAR IO Ingersoll. That brings residential needs; over the last four to five years our subdivisions have grown quickly and it looks like it’s not going to stop for a while. The available industrial land we have has dwindled dramatically over the last year to the point where we could be shy of land if we don’t move quickly on a boundary adjustment – which will likely go through. I can see within the new two to three years, infrastructure being put in place for development of the land, which is perfect timing for what we want. “With the migration of residential people from Toronto to Kitchener to Woodstock to Ingersoll, moving through to London, that whole corridor is growing. Also, the recognition that we have such great available opportunities in the Ingersoll area, because we are very close to the 402 and the 403, we’re right on the 401, we’re an hour and a half from Detroit, the same from Toronto – we are a wonderfully good place to be, logistically. Development is going to come very quickly on the 401 corridor in this area, and we’ll be there for it. “We’re very strong in the automotive industry as far as suppliers go, and the production at CAMI, itself, but we also have other companies starting up and doing very well. For example, Ontario Refrigeration and All Treat Commodities (a major soybean elevator/processing facility) that are going to have a huge effect down the road, agricultural-wise. Our Economic Development Director, Curtis Tighe, is concentrating on that kind of diversification, so we can round out our industries. “Curtis and I travelled to Japan and Taiwan in November, which we do every two years, along with a group called SOMA (Southern Ontario Marketing Alliance). The goal is to look for diversification of products to bring into Oxford Country. Bringing those ideas and manufacturing back here would highlight Ingersoll in that aspect and make it very attractive. We have industries in town and in the area with parent