Dryden.

• Position: COMMUNITIES OF OPPORTUNITY

Industry and business investment will find an ideal place to grow in the City of Dryden. The solid economic base of exploration and mining, renewable energy, value-added manufacturing, and tourism provide a strong foundation for diverse business opportunities including innovative partnerships with neighbouring First Nation communities.

This northwestern Ontario municipality serves as the region's financial, accounting, real estate, health-care and transportation hub for a trading area of 35,000 people. Dryden offers ample opportunities and incentives to launch a new business or to relocate an existing one. Tax rates, registration fees and land costs are low and the resource base is rich. With no development charges, investors will be attracted to the new commercial and light industrial business parks located just one block north of the Trans-Canada Highway.'

Dryden officials and the Dryden Development Corporation are actively marketing Dryden as a community poised to grow and diversify, while supporting its progressive forestry pulp mill, Domtar. The community is central to the region's transportation network and wood supply, making it an ideal location for accessing raw goods and distribution to potential markets, east-west and north-south. Its airport boasts a Category 1 Instrument Landing System with a 6,000-foot main runway that can handle small to large freight commercial aircraft. The Dryden Regional Airport is home to the Ministry of Natural Resources District Forest Management Centre, Discovery Air Fire Services, Superior Helicopters and a Hydro One helicopter base.

Its "Explore Dryden" motto highlights a community looking for new investment - with high concentrations of underutilized natural resources. Investors can, benefit through unique Sustainable Forest Licence business-to-business agreements for value-added wood production or bio-mass facilities, gain from being at the centre of a supported...