Jul 1, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min · 12 segments
What does the future of The Nation Municipality look like? How is one of Eastern Ontario's fastest-growing communities balancing growth, affordability, infrastructure, and quality of life?Welcome to…
But with that being said, and this is one thing that I've spoken to many residents about, and they turn to the municipality like it's our responsibility to have a grocery store.
But I tell them, like, does the City of Ottawa own an IGA? Or are Tim Hortons? It's really the business people and the landowners of where that zoned land is that make that stuff happen.
We, simply our role is to zone it properly, give them the facts of what growth is, show them the wisdom, you know, try to influence, uh, why they should come.
But after that, ultimately it's their decision because we don't, we don't, we don't build buildings.
And then, uh, at that point, uh, either the grocery store chains or whatever the restaurants are, they ultimately make those decisions.
I'm pretty sure the investors will come as well, meaning the commercial investors.
But, you know, talking about the excitement developments such as this, do you have any other investments or developments that you foresee in the next coming years?
So this is actually very exciting for me to talk about because this is something that I take to heart because, again, it's it's my municipality.
And I've always had the philosophy that if you're stagnant, if you're kind of standing still and you're not growing, well, you're actually taking steps back.
But with that being said, and this is one thing that I've spoken to many residents about, and they turn to the municipality like it's our responsibility to have a grocery store.
But I tell them, like, does the City of Ottawa own an IGA? Or are Tim Hortons? It's really the business people and the landowners of where that zoned land is that make that stuff happen.
We, simply our role is to zone it properly, give them the facts of what growth is, show them the wisdom, you know, try to influence, uh, why they should come.
But after that, ultimately it's their decision because we don't, we don't, we don't build buildings.
And then, uh, at that point, uh, either the grocery store chains or whatever the restaurants are, they ultimately make those decisions.
I'm pretty sure the investors will come as well, meaning the commercial investors.
But, you know, talking about the excitement developments such as this, do you have any other investments or developments that you foresee in the next coming years?
So this is actually very exciting for me to talk about because this is something that I take to heart because, again, it's it's my municipality.
And I've always had the philosophy that if you're stagnant, if you're kind of standing still and you're not growing, well, you're actually taking steps back.
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