Business View Magazine - July 2023

256 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 7 The Muskoka Airport Project FOWLER takes pride in the fact that when you see their team members on site, you are seeing YOUR community members at work. As such, FOWLER acknowledges their uniquely profound relationship with community stakeholders; and when partnering with the Muskoka Airport, FOWLER ensured that the timely reconstruction of the runway had minimal impact on local businesses. Acutely aware of the importance of this project to local economic development, FOWLER experienced great satisfaction on all fronts of their team’s involvement. It was incredibly gratifying for crew members to stand back, drive by, or “take off,” knowing they took part in the Muskoka Airport’s success. FOWLER is always on the lookout to attract committed individuals who want to contribute to the industry as well as their communities – and tackling large-scale projects enhances FOWLER’s ability to recruit the talent from the infrastructure, aggregates, and maintenance sectors they need. Therefore in addition to a “job well done,” progressive development within our communities (like the Muskoka Airport) is always exciting for FOWLER.   Dedicated to building the strength of local communities, FOWLER Construction is one of Ontario’s leading road building, aggregate producer, and highway maintenance companies operating throughout central and northern Ontario. Founded in 1949, FOWLER’S expertise ranges from site development and rock excavation, to road and highway paving, sewer and watermain work, to environmental response services, and more. FOWLER also offers a full range of commercial construction capabilities. For more about FOWLER visit www.fowler.ca , or follow @fowlerconstruction on social media. Committed to Community Projects “Taking Off” MUSKOKA AI RPORT “Muskoka is a vast district in Central Ontario, about an hour and a half north of Toronto,” said Lehman. “It’s an enormous area of the Canadian Shield. It’s an area with large numbers of tourism, resorts and cottages. It’s an area of lakes, natural environments and a number of small communities. People from outside the area know Muskoka as Ontario’s cottage playground and recreational area, with summer camps and resorts and a very strong tourism industry. But there’s a lot more to Muskoka – communities and businesses with a close tie to the land. “When you live on the Canadian Shield in this part of Ontario, you really experience all four seasons. We celebrate all that winter, spring, summer and fall have to offer. The tourism industry is strongest in He continued that the Muskoka Airport has been around since 1933. It was also set up during World War II as a training facility for the Norwegian pilots training for missions against Nazi Germany. When the Nazis occupied Norway, hundreds of Norwegians managed to escape to Canada. In the airport’s terminal, a little museum called “Little Norway” is dedicated just for this chapter of history.