Sault Ste. Marie has set its sights on expanding into eco-friendly initiatives such as the production of green hydrogen
It’s no secret that there have long been rivalries between Northern Ontario’s biggest communities. But behind the usually good-natured banter, there’s actually a strong collaborative spirit that has helped them achieve common goals.“Despite the fact that we’re all competing for investment in Northern Ontario, we really do believe that what’s good for one community in the North is good for the North,” said Erin Richmond, the manager of economic development for North Bay.
She joined other northern economic development officers online during a Nov. 9 presentation hosted by the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities outlining the breadth of initiatives currently being undertaken by the Northern Ontario communities. “Green hydrogen really is one of the fuels of the future,” he said. “I think that this is something that every community in Northern Ontario will benefit from should we get the production underway. So we’re definitely taking a hard look at green hydrogen and the production.”
“There are people that want to move to our community, but we don’t have the houses available for them,” said Christy Marinig, CEO of the Timmins Economic Development Corp. “We haven’t had many new housing starts in probably 20 years, so it’s really important and the stakeholders suggested that we work collectively to start a task force.”
In 2022, ships visited the city nine times, noted Jamie Taylor, CEO of the Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission. The largest held 378 passengers and 275 crew members.Visitors toured Kakabeka Falls, Fort William Historical Park, Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, and Silver Islet, a former mining town. It was the latter attraction, where visitors can explore the Silver Islet Mine shaft, that earned the city a top rating among Viking’s Great Lakes destinations.
For 2023, Thunder Bay has confirmed 11 cruise ship visits from three ships, and additional operators have been confirmed for 2024 and 2025, she added. Collège Boréal is offering a course to train technicians in the maintenance of BEVs, while Cambrian College is building an on-campus BEV lab, which would accelerate the development of technology, host a testing space, and train tradespeople to work on BEVs.
Since its inception, the city has processed 45 applications to the CIP, which represents a total private investment of more than $108 million and an additional leveraging of $1.5 million in municipal contributions, which went to development of new residential units, facade improvements and job creation, she added.
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