INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Before expressing an interest in moving to the Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park, you will want to review the location of the Park, answers to commonly asked questions and the following good reasons to move here:
- Join with other companies in a developing business cluster, whose stability is based on a shared guiding vision and an integrated research focus
- High-quality, light/medium industrial land in lots of 0.5 to 10 or more acres, with water and wastewater infrastructure, and local machine and welding, and trucking and container facilities
- Reduced operating costs, due to shared support systems and service costs, and expected inter-company synergies
- Easy access to national and international markets
- Proximity to North America's largest contiguous mixed hardwood forest
- Access to certified forests
- Enviable quality-of-life in communities that offer a wide range of recreation and housing options and whose cultures are based on a rich heritage
- Convenient access to Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal from the security of a rural setting
- Support from researchers with interests in areas such as waste treatment and life-cycle analysis--plus researchers in universities in Kingston, Ottawa, Toronto and Montréal
- Support from mentoring entrepreneurs
- Nearby established enterprises and a development-friendly local government
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How can I arrange to relocate to the Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park?
A good first step is to call Russell Trivett at 613 658 3055.
What are the dimensions of available lots?
High-quality, light/medium industrial land is available in lots of 0.5 to 10 or more acres.
What are the prices of the lots?
Our ITeam members have pricing information. (Call 1-866-848-9099 or write Russell Trivett at rtrivett@edwardsburghcardinal.ca.)
Is Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park only for "green" businesses?
Not at all, although environmentally attuned businesses stand to gain more from locating here. To learn about the environmentally friendly aspects of the Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park, call Russell Trivett at 613 658 3055.
Is other industrial land available in Edwardsburgh/Cardinal?
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal owns 370 acres of land abutting County Road 2 and the Port of Prescott. This land is zoned for industrial and other uses. If you would prefer to locate your business outside the Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park site, call Russell Trivett at 613 658 3055.
Is a development schedule available?
We are developing the Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park as participants join in.
What is the Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park?
The Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park is an environmentally attuned complex designed for research, development and demonstration (RD&D), and for the manufacture of value-added wood products destined for domestic and international markets.
Why locate at the Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park?
The Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park is being created to foster responsible, environmentally sound business practices. A shared vision will help its enterprises form a supportive, like-minded business cluster. Its managed, park-like environment will aim to deliver operating cost savings. Easy market access, plentiful raw materials, land to suit and a planned infrastructure are just a few of its attractive features.
What does the Township's Official Plan say about the land?
The Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Official Plan was enacted under Bylaw 2003-33 in 2003. Much of the Subject Area and surroundings is designated an Economic Enterprise Policy Area. The Council intended that the Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Industrial Park and the Port of Prescott would be developed together, the land serving highway commercial, intensive commercial, tourism commercial, technology employment and industrial uses.
Can I choose how closely I will cooperate with the other participants?
Of course. The Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park will offer abundant, economically attractive opportunities to develop and share resources, but does not require this of participants.
What is the quality-of-life in the surrounding area?
Family-oriented communities near the Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park offer reasonable housing prices, life at a rural pace and short drives to major cities in Ontario and Québec. Vibrant rural and waterfront communities grace a land with a rich culture and heritage.
What is the quality of the workforce?
Superb, in our opinion. For an overview of the skills of Ontario East workers, review the community profiles you will find at www.onteast.com. The local employment pool includes people who live in Ottawa, Brockville, Cornwall and the many heritage towns and rural communities in-between.
What types of businesses are expected to take part?
The Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park seeks manufacturers of value-added wood products--but suppliers of the manufacturers are welcome, as are most businesses that see opportunity in our values and location.
Will you hold a lot for me if I can't relocate today?
Yes. We are developing the park stage at a time. Under certain circumstances allowances can be made for the use of such instruments as a "first right of refusal" or lease to buy. The Township is considered a development-friendly municipality.
What resources are available to businesses that locate here?
There are many excellent resources nearby. For example, Prescott Machine and Welding has a long history of service to ocean-going ships as well as lakers and will take on jobs no matter how big or small. Those who decide to locate at the Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park will receive a list of electrical, heating, industrial service and other companies.
What is an EIP?
An eco-industrial park (EIP) is an industrial park where participants and the local community work together to cut waste and share resources efficiently. Shared resources and services include information, procurement of feed stock, materials, energy, water, infrastructure and natural resources. An EIP aims for high economic gains and an improved environment.
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HOW TO FIND US
The Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park offers superb road, rail and sea routes to nearby Canadian and U.S. markets of hundreds of millions of people - as well as the markets of the rest of the world.
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Call for Expressions of Interest
Call 1-866-848-9099 or write Russell Trivett at rtrivett@edwardsburghcardinal.ca.
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