Business View Magazine | January 2020

226 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 companies in Japan, so the awareness of our region is well known there, and we want to build on that so we have further industrial movement in this direction.” BVM: Is your downtown area open for mixed-use development? Comiskey: “We’re working on that now with our Economic Development team – façade improvements, also encouraging residential above the stores; keeping as much housing downtown as possible because that influences action and movement. We have a very good downtown core. Despite being challenged by the closeness of London and Woodstock, I’m very impressed with the variety of stores we have, and the vitality and interest there. We’re also looking at more development along the river area. I think, down the road, you’ll see a downtown that’s not just commercial, but residential will be a very important part of it.”