Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan - Perth County

Figure 8 – City of Stratford Available Employment Lands, 2009LocationGross (Acres) Gross (Hectares)Industrial lands owned by the City of StratfordWright Business Park (WBP) - BetweenWescast & Scotia bank 4.0 1.6WBP - Between Magest & FAGAerospace 16.0 6.5WBP - Wright & Packham 6.0 2.4WBP - South of Wright Blvd 93.5 37.9Lands off of Crane Avenue 25.0 10.1Sub Total 144.5 58.5Industrial lands privately ownedNorthwest of Wright Business Park 95.0 38.5Southwest of Wright Business Park 100.0 40.5East side of Erie Street at Gibb Road36.0(Van Ness)14.6East side of Erie Street at Crane27.0Avenue (Hyde)10.9North of Lorne Ave, East of Humber St.2.0(Hyde)0.8South of Lorne Ave, West of Downie St.2.0(Steelcraft)0.8North of Lorne Ave, West of Erie St.1.5(Festival City Truck)0.6Lands at East end of Park Street43.0(Walsh)17.4Sub Total 306.5 124.1Total 451.0 182.6Note: The figure excludes underutilized parcels, which are occupied by existing industrial uses. Also excluded are approximately 70acres of land in separate parcels, which are not considered marketable for industrial purposes.Source: City of Stratford, Management Report: Business Plan – Business Park Extension, January 23 rd , 2009.In all communities there are also available industrial properties with buildings on them. These propertiesalso provide opportunities for business expansion in the region.Development ChargesExpansions or improvements to municipal servicing infrastructure (i.e. water, wastewater and sewer) canincrease a community`s capacity to support business expansions. The availability of information fromPerth County`s member municipalities, the Town of St. Marys and City of Stratford differs. For PerthCounty`s member municipalities, North Perth is the only one that has development charges. Thesedevelopment charges recover costs for wastewater services (i.e. treatment and trunk sewers), waterservices and storm water management services for the Listowel urban area. At the time of writing thisreport, the Town of St. Marys was preparing a Development Charges Background Study that wouldoutline municipal servicing infrastructure investments for future years.The City of Stratford`s Development Charges Background Study (2008) identifies increased serviceneeds attributed to development for the O`Laine Avenue trunk, Vivian, Mornington trunk, Forman Avenuesewer upgrading, Sanitary Trunk, Quinlan sanitary pumping station and force main and sanitary trunks toQuinlan pumping station. The timing for these projects are from 2008 to 2012 at a gross capital costestimate of $16.5 million.Utilities InfrastructureIn 2009, the federal government`s infrastructure stimulus funds were directed to several projects in theregion. Municipal infrastructure projects that will increase the infrastructure capacity for growth include:• the Southside Storm Sewer system in StratfordPerth, St. Marys and Stratford Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan 28 | P age