Manitouwadge.

• Position: COMMUNITIES OF OPPORTUNITY - Brief article

Manitouwadge has everything one would want in a bigger city, minus the pollution, the crime, the traffic and the expense. Promising a great quality of life, Manitouwadge is a quaint township located north of Lake Superior between Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay.

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It also boasts some of the best recreational infrastructure in Canada including a full-service golf course, ski hill, and vast trail networks for snowmobiling, hiking, walking, ATVing, crosscountry skiing and biking.

Visitors will see some significant changes. The city recently underwent a beautification and modification project.

Older buildings that had limited market potential have been demolished with the lands cleaned up, making residential and commercial properties available for potential developments.

The township completed a strategic plan, in hopes that it will give it a better idea of what industries it should be tracking, and where it should be focusing its efforts.

"It's in its final stages and focuses on the next two to three years," said Anthony Friedrich, economic development officer for Manitouwadge. "We're setting...