Temiskaming Shores.

• Position: Communities of opportunity

Consisting of the communities of Haileybury, New Liskeard and Dymond Township, Temiskaming Shores serves as an economic service hub.

The amalgamated municipality is strategically located between the major cities of North Bay, Sudbury, Timmins and the towns of western Quebec.

Temiskaming Shores has witnessed several retail expansions with the arrival of national chains such as a larger Wal-Mart Superstore, a Staples Business Depot, a Holiday Inn Express and a Toyota dealership.

The expansion of the Dymond Industrial Park is also complete with two double lots having been sold to date, with one business already under construction and another in the planning stages.

"For us, that's exciting news," said James Franks, economic development coordinator for Temiskaming Shores. "That's some job creation."

The municipality has also been working on developing a mining supply cluster to take advantage of mining and exploration activity in the area.

Temiskaming Shores has made its presence felt at the recent Naturallia conference in Sault Ste. Marie and will be taking up booth space at the internationally-renowned Prospectors and Developers Association Conference in Toronto next March.

"We are renting a space to exhibit northeastern Ontario," said Franks. "We hope they'll get some great partnerships froth some of the folks that will be there. There will literally be companies from all over the world.

The municipality also held an immigration symposium, working with both the North Bay and District Multicultural Centre and the Timmins & District Multicultural Centre in an effort to encourage...