ATIKOKAN – The Town of Atikokan is taking strategic steps to identify potential investment opportunities that would lead to new jobs and economic growth in the community. With support from the Northern Communities Investment Readiness (NCIR) initiative, the community will develop a new community Geographic Information System (GIS) that is user-friendly for site selectors and potential investors. It will also study the accommodation/housing needs of an expanded workforce in the community.
These initiatives are part of the government’s five-year Open Ontario plan to create jobs and promote economic opportunities in Northern Ontario.
“These investments through the NCIR program are especially important for our small communities that do not always have the resources required to independently fund this kind of work,” states Bill Mauro, MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan
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The Ontario government is investing $30,000 in these initiatives through the NCIR program.
To date, more than $2.8 million in NCIR funding has been approved for 281 initiatives across the North.