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Bookings have begun rolling in for upcoming flights connecting Niagara and Toronto — and it comes as no surprise to Mishka Balsom.
The president and CEO of Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce believes the air service offered by Greater Toronto Airways announced Tuesday will be a “great benefit” to the local business community.
Flights, which officially take off Sept. 15, will depart Niagara District Airport in Niagara-on-the-Lake each weekday at 8:30 a.m. and land at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, also known as Toronto Island airport, less than 15 minutes later. Return flights will leave Toronto at 4:30 p.m.
The service — on a plane with six-to-eight seats — can also be used for day trips to Niagara, departing Toronto at 7:15 a.m. and returning at 6 p.m.
It will cost travellers $85 ($96 after tax) for a one-way flight and $159 for roundtrip ($180 after tax).
“I think from a business perspective it is an affordable option to take advantage of,” Balsom said, calling the cost comparable to commuter services in other communities.
During the chamber’s Business After 5 event Tuesday, she heard from many people who echoed her thoughts.
“The positive feedback from a cross-section of different businesses that were there was really wonderful to see,” Balsom said. “There was not a person there who said it’s too expensive, that it wasn’t welcomed or that it wasn’t something they would consider. It created a lot of positive conversation and I think that’s a really good sign.”
As the saying goes, “time is money,” she said, and any option that saves valuable time, in addition to gas and parking costs, deserves a closer look.
It may not be ideal for daily travels to and from Toronto, but may ease the burden and stress of the commute if taken once a week or occasionally by people who visit the bustling metropolis for business, she said.
Balsom called air service an effective way for people to get in a full day of out-of-town meetings without having to face significant traffic woes on the highway there and back.
While conference calls have become the norm in today’s world, “there’s much to be said about face-to-face meetings” and the flights are another avenue to make that happen, she said.
“There’s still a lot of value in being able to gather people around a table to move issues forward. I think it does open up that door.”
Balsom believes the airline’s investment in a Niagara commuter service is related to the booming housing market the region has been experiencing in recent months.
More people are beginning to consider the area a viable option to commute from and the addition of air service — as well as GO Transit’s expansion to Niagara in 2021 — only further enhances that idea, she said.
The amount of time spent commuting is often a reflection of qualify of life, she said, and the ability to spend time with family instead of on the road can make a world of difference.
“If (taking a flight) means you’re back here at 4:45 (p.m.) and you don’t have to miss your kid’s soccer game, that matters to people.”
Niagara District Airport commission chairman Gary Murphy is confident the service will soar to success.
But if it doesn’t, it’s not going to cost the commission a dime.
“We’ve got great expectations for them,” he said, but “the airport doesn’t lose anything, other than revenue fees, in the event the airline decides to terminate. That’s business.”
A deal between the airline and the airport was negotiated to include a terminal fee, sitting at $5 per person per flight, a landing fee, which relates to the size and weight of the plane, and an airport improvement fee to help cover the cost of infrastructure enhancements.
If Greater Toronto Airways is successful in running one return flight per weekday, the airport is projected to make $27,000, Murphy said, adding the facility’s only impact will be minimal wear and tear.
If demand is great enough that a second flight is added, revenue will increase accordingly.
“There’s an escalator clause in there,” he said of the contract between the two parties, which will be up for renegotiation January 1 after initial demand is reviewed.
The airline’s online reservation system at www.flygta.com shows more than 30 seats on flights to and from Niagara have been booked since Tuesday’s launch.
Calls and e-mails to Greater Toronto Airways were not immediately returned.
“The more money we get coming in, the more it helps to take some of the burden off our funders, the three municipalities, to provide money,” Murphy said. “This is why we’re so in favour of a small airline starting out, seeing whether the market is there and watching them increase if the market is there.”
Niagara District Airport is owned and funded by Niagara-on-the-Lake, St. Catharines and Niagara Falls. Each community’s contribution is based on its population.
For the airport’s 2016 budget, Niagara-on-the-Lake contributed $23,884 toward operating costs and $15,362 toward capital; St. Catharines provided $203,793 toward operating and $130,992 toward capital; and Niagara Falls contributed $128,723 toward operating and $82,739 in capital.
Potential governance changes for both Niagara airports have been under review since 2015 and are expected to be discussed at municipal and regional councils later this year.
Original article: http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2016/08/10/biz-crowd-flying-high-over-air-service
On July 14, 2016, the Verge Insurance Group hosted its 7th Annual fundraising BBQ for Hospice Niagara in Montebello Park.
In three hours, they raised $900/hour for a total of $2,700 going to support Hospice Niagara. Hospice Niagara also had a “huge” day selling their 5-Car Draw Tickets at the park.
“We love supporting local charities that provide such valuable services to our communities. We are proud to be donating to Hospice Niagara, an organization that provides a really important service in our community and that regularly touches many lives,” stated Mark Sherk, President of the Verge Insurance Group.
To date, since the beginning of their fundraising initiatives, the Verge Insurance Group has donated over $50,000 for charity with its annual BBQs across all their branches.
Music in the Park was delivered by Angela Siracusa, award winning Nashville recording artist and singer songwriter, and her merry band of musicians.
“We really encourage our employees to give back and we are really thrilled with the success of our fundraising these past several years,” concluded Sherk.
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For more information, please contact:
Ruth Stranges
Director, Business Development, Verge Insurance Group
Telephone: (905) 688-9170
E-mail: rstranges@vergeinsurance.com
Over 1500 healthcare donors received a phone call today, but they were not asked for a donation. Together with community partner Minacs, OneFoundation for Niagara Health System called donors during their Second Annual Thank-a-thon to simply say ‘Thanks!’
“We have thousands of wonderful donors in the Niagara region” said OneFoundation Board Member Brad Johnstone. “We can’t thank them enough for making great healthcare in Niagara a reality.”
“We are happy to be partnering with OneFoundation again,” said Piero Bruni, Site Lead for Minacs Niagara Falls. “OneFoundation donors deserve all the thanks they can get for strengthening Niagara Health for the people of Niagara – including our 600 employees. That is why we joined in on the calling ourselves.”
OneFoundation staff and board members, hospital auxilians, volunteers, and Niagara Health Executives called donors, from the Minacs site on Montrose Road in Niagara Falls, to let them know that their donation would help Niagara Health build a healthier Niagara, with extraordinary caring, for every person, every time.
“Although there is much more to do, our donors have really stepped up to the plate recently to replace and enhance equipment across the Niagara region” said Board Member Brad Johnstone. “Niagara Health is able to provide extraordinary care because we have great donors.”
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Proudly supporting all hospital sites of the Niagara Health System, OneFoundation represents the next generation in fundraising for our hospital sites and those they serve.
Media contact: Shelby Riddell, Communications Specialist, OneFoundation
Office 905-378-4647 | Cell: 905-246-7596 | Shelby.riddell@niagarahealth.on.ca
905-684-7271 x.32315
Minacs is a leading outsourcing business solutions partner to global corporations in the manufacturing, retail, telecom, technology, media and entertainment, banking, insurance, healthcare, and public sectors. 21,000 Minacs experts across 35 centers worldwide deliver customer experience, marketing, and back office solutions to power superior business results for clients.
Media contact: D. Keith Callahan, Global Chief Delivery Officer, Minacs
Office 905-394-3920 | Mobile 905-321-2435 | Keith.Callahan@minacs.com www.minacs.com
The Country Basket Garden Centre & Flower Boutique are proud to announce that they have been selected as the top Garden Centre and Flower Boutique in Niagara Falls, during the recently completed 12th Annual Readers Selection Awards conducted by community newspaper, Niagara This Week.
According to owner Paul Bongers, “we are extremely pleased to have been selected as both top Garden Centre and Florist by the readers of Niagara This Week. Being family owned and operated, our focus has always been on providing quality products and excellent customer service to all our customers throughout the region. This recognition is gratifying in that it came from the readers, who we have worked so hard to serve and establish a reputation as not only experts in what we do, but also as a great local business you can count on and trust.”
It may sound ‘corny’, but every single person on the Country Basket Garden Centre & Flower Boutique team loves plants…loves gardening…and loves helping Niagara residents’ build better gardens”, stated owner Pam Bongers. “At the Flower Boutique, our dedicated and knowledgeable staff work with our customers to create distinctive and stunning custom floral arrangements that will hit just the right note, and add a stunning finishing touch to any occasion.”
The 12th Annual Readers Selections Awards, were conducted by Niagara This Week, during the weeks of June 16th and June 23rd, 2016. Owned and operated by Metroland Media, Niagara This Week is a full-colour, free circulation, tabloid weekly newspaper delivered on Wednesdays and Thursdays to every home in the Niagara region. Metroland Media is one of Canada’s leading community media companies with operations in newspapers, digital properties, flyer distribution, printing, consumer shows, magazines, directories and online commerce and publishes over 100 community newspapers throughout Ontario.
The Country Basket Garden Centre grows and sells thousands of flowers, trees, shrubs, vegetables and edibles, along with seeds, fertilizers, soil, mulch… and so much more. With ten greenhouses on site, the Country Basket is able to offer a wide assortment of annuals, perennials, herbs, roses, vegetables, garden mums, Easter lilies, poinsettias, trees and shrubs. The Country Basket Flower Boutique offers fresh, beautiful and unique flowers for weddings, bridal showers, everyday events or to commemorate the life of a loved one. At Country Basket Garden Centre in the heart of Niagara, we are here to help you create beautiful landscapes, gardens and containers, all year long!
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For more Information, please contact:
Paul and Pam Bongers, Owners and Operators
Country Basket Garden Centre & Flower Boutique
(905) 358-5811
info@countrybasketniagara.com
For 39 years, Heart Niagara has been empowering the community to take control of their heart health by providing children and adults with education, training and tools.
The non-profit organization continues this mission by offering free Heart Saver CPR certification at The Market at The Village, 111 Garrison Village Drive, in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The 3 hour session will take place on Saturday, August 27th from 8:30am – 11:30am.
This year’s theme is Community Safety. The success in saving lives stems from a combination of CPR trained citizens with a quick response emergency care system.
Participants of the free CPR training session will learn essential lifesaving skills by using a CPR Anytime Kit ($35 value), under the instruction of Heart Niagara’s knowledgeable and friendly instructors. This kit is designed to be shared among close family and friends. For every kit distributed, it is estimated that 2.5 additional people are trained.
Registration for the free CPR training is required and space is limited! Children 10+ are welcome to participate if accompanied by a parent or guardian, but they must also be registered.
Heart Niagara is seeking business sponsors and partnerships to help participants get the most out of this experience. Businesses can sponsor the event, and community organizations are welcome to apply to set-up a booth to promote community safety.
For further information about sponsorship, partnership, or to register for the free CPR training, please call 905-358-5552 or e-mail info@heartniagara.com.
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For further information contact:
Heart Niagara Inc.
Phone: 905-358-5552
Email: info@heartniagara.com
For 39 years, Heart Niagara has been providing cardiac health education and services to the region on a non-profit level, relying on the generosity of the community to support its programs. Click here to visit Heart Niagara’s website!
Making Niagara Heart Healthy Since 1977
As a country we have always had a rich and fascinating historical connection with all things fermented, and distilling is no exception.
The background in distilling dates back for centuries in our country, with our first settlers setting up brewing and distilling across what was not quite Canada just yet.
Our first foray was interestingly with rums made from imported molasses, and eventually the Loyalists introduced whiskey into the lexicon of distilling in Canada.
In more recent times distilling has been set to the back row of alcohol fame in our country as the industry explodes with craft brewers and new and improved wineries. Those people who love the art of the still are soon to be rewarded as artisan distilling is coming back into the conversation in a significant way.
In our own backyard we have one of the most innovative and exciting distillers in the province with Dillon’s Small Batch Distillers in Beamsville. The operation is a family affair led by the young Geoff Dillon teaming up with his father, Peter, an accomplished chemist and zoologist, along with business guru Gary Huggins, to form a business that is leading and inspiring small business opportunity across the province. The adventure of small artisan distillers is a new phenomenon in our province and continues to grow each and every year thanks to the inspiration set forth by leaders like Dillon’s. Their product is proudly Niagara-based, and with the exception of minute amounts of natural products for flavouring, the process uses only key local ingredients including botanicals, grapes, rye and even barrels produced and coopered right here in our region.
Geoff is the face and leader of the business, which employs 14 people, and continues to grow and develop in both size and variety of product.
The base offerings of vodka and white rye, along with flavoured and standard gins, are the cornerstone of his business. The business is now making advances to produce many other products to define Dillon’s beyond these standards. Botanically infused bitters are growing in fame along with new exciting taste treats such as absinthe, limoncello, pear brandy and a newly released full cask strength signature rye whiskey aged for over 40 months in Ontario oak barrels.
There is new legislation coming soon in Ontario that will help with distribution and taxation and will support growth for small business entrepreneurs to take a chance in the distilling business, and the current 15 distillers in Ontario will double or triple in the coming years.
In support of this growth Niagara College has recently announced an artisan distilling graduate program launching in 2017 in response to the imminent expansion of this Ontario industry. When I asked Geoff about the upcoming competition he said, “I am excited for the growth and changes, and see this as bringing more attention to distilling,” and then as an aside he noted “it’s about being the best and producing a great product the correct and traditional way.”
Dillon’s array of products are not only found in our LCBO stores, but they can also be found on bar display shelves in many large cities including Toronto and New York. The specialty products sell out on line like Adele tickets and the excitement for more new products continues to buzz our region.
I was told traditional sweet vermouth, made from VQA Niagara grapes, is coming this fall and the prospect of a local operation boasting all the ingredients to produce a truly regional Manhattan brings a tear to my eye.
Craig Youdale has been in the food and beverage industry for three decades as a chef, restauranteur, professor, international competitor and now dean of the Canadian Food and Wine Institute at Niagara College. His passion for all things food and wine has led him to Niagara to lead the institute to become the world’s foremost educator in fermentation sciences and culinary arts.
Source: St. Catharines Standard
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2016/08/01/niagara-in-a-glass-artisan-distilling-comes-of-age-in-ontario
The Garden City Food Co-op is making a grocery store where the PEOPLE are as important as the profit. They’re down to the wire, and they need your help. They need investors.
Members of the St. Catharines community saw a need for a full-service grocery store for residents of the downtown core. At present, the farmers market runs three days a week, and after that, there is a Giant Tiger and not much else. For people who are pedestrian-only residents, they are essentially living in a food desert, right here, smack dab in the middle of one of the most prolific agricultural areas in Canada.
Meetings were held in church basements and soon, a grass-roots co-op initiative was born. The idea is that member-owners, who will direct the operation and offerings of the store, and people who invest will be shareholders, being paid out dividends annually. The Garden City Food Co-op will be a full-service store ‘for the people’, and will promote local farming by carrying local farmers’ produce. That is, if enough people catch on to this amazing idea and INVEST!!
In order for the store to open, they need to acquire $500 000 towards their capital investment campaign. Class B shares are pulling out an annual 2.9% dividends on a $1000 investment. That beats a GIC! To date, they’ve raised $177 000 raised and have over 700 members. The response has been wonderful, but there is only one month left to go.
The Niagara Local interviewed Mark Shantz, current President of the Board of Directors, and Sandy Middleton, Chair of Marketing, at the Garden City Food Co-op to learn more about the exciting opportunity for downtown residents and what it means to become a member.
TNL: How did the Garden City Food Co-op come to be, and what inspired the idea?
MS: The Garden City Food Co-op initially was born as a meeting of minds from some concerned residents, church leaders, and social service agencies (eg. Start Me Up Niagara) in downtown St. Catharines who began meeting in a church basement to address the problem of the lack of access to a grocery store in the community. The group first approached established grocery stores to inquire whether they might be interested in returning to downtown St. Catharines, and to find out why they left in the first place. The answer was a resounding ‘No!’ to returning until the population density of the community increased.
At this point, the group decided to look into what it would take to open a community-owned grocery store, and meetings soon evolved into an organized grassroots community group, which informally organized under the name ‘Our Community Food Store’. The group approached the City of St. Catharines city council and was granted $2500 to conduct a market study in the downtown area of St. Catharines to examine the level of support and feasibility that a community owned grocery store would have in the neighborhood. With almost 900 responses to the online survey, the results were overwhelmingly positive and this led the group to take the next steps to incorporate as a cooperative grocery store. History was made and the Garden City Food Co-op was born.
Since incorporating, the supporters, volunteers, members and Board of Directors of the Garden City Food Co-op have been actively working toward achieving its two major goals; building its membership to 800 members, and raising $500,000 in investments through a capital investment campaign.
TNL: Who is working on this project?
MS: Currently, the Garden City Food Co-op is an entirely volunteer run organization, with over 700 members and over 100 volunteers. The GCFC has benefited from the support and generosity of many local organizations who have contributed to helping with otherwise costly side projects, such as; marketing (eg. our most recent video for our capital investment campaign was completed for us pro bono by Fourgrounds Media), advertising, signage, food for events, etc. We have also in the past had two employees, a project manager, as well as a volunteer coordinator, who were funded by a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation and then later by the GCFC itself.
TNL: What is the unique vantage point or philosophy of the Co-op?
MS: Co-operatives, in general, have many aspects which make them very different from a conventional business. Probably, the clearest distinction is that co-operatives are owned and operated equally by all of their members. Unlike most businesses, which often have a primary owner/operator who’s main goal is to make a profit, co-operatives are governed by a Board of Directors (BOD), which is made up of members who are elected by the co-operative’s membership at the AGM. Co-operatives operate with a philosophy which is called the ‘Triple Bottom Line‘; a balance of emphasis on People (responsibility to the membership and community), Planet (environmental and corporate responsibility), and Profit (financial responsibility). These three priorities are of equal importance in a co-operative. Additionally, co-operatives are bound to uphold the 7 Co-operative principles.
TNL: Tell me more about how the Co-op model works.
MS: Essentially what this means is that the Garden City Food Co-op puts the needs, interests and welfare of its members and community in the top priority. No single individual member benefits any more than any other member. This is a practical working example of how a community can work together and benefit equally.
SM: Each member is also an owner; with a one member, one vote system. We all get to vote for what we want and get to have a say about how we want the store to run. The BOD manages the overall running of the co-op, but it cannot make all of the decisions for its members. Even if one member were to invest heavily, they don’t have more say in how things are done. Again, it’s one member, one vote.
TNL: What does it mean to be a member? Is it preferable to become a member, rather than just a customer at the store? Why?
SM: As I was saying, members are the foundation of the co-op; they are invested in the store as a social enterprise, they have a stake in why they want this store to benefit themselves and their community. You don’t need to become a member or owner to be able to shop at the store, but in order to own it and have a say in its governance, you can become a member. Also, many members will have arms reach preference to not be as involved and that is to be expected. Not everyone will have the same level of enthusiasm or social need to be involved fully.
TNL: Why do you need $500 000 to start up, is that for the building and operating costs? Where did that number come from?
SM: We had a project manager employed through a Trillium Grant, and it was her job to help with the writing of the business plan and create the Pro-Forma budget which is all available on our website to read. Much research was done, but also there is a Co-op handbook that was referred to. We are using the expertise of many many co-ops before us and learning from what they have done. It was based on what was needed for the store in terms of construction, taking a raw space and making it ours. Also, equipment is a huge part of a store with walk-in freezers and fridges, coolers, and displays, POS system. Finally, we have salaries to pay. If we want to get an experienced grocery manager in, to get this up and running, we need to pay them and all of our staff fairly.
TNL: Where will the exact location be?
SM: We are committed to 57 Carlisle, with a five-year lease. The owner would like to build a nineteen story, condo and retail/hotel development (which has not yet been approved by council). If the plans for the landlord’s new development go through, the Co-op will be relocated (at the landlord’s expense), until it is completed, and then the co-op will return to a retail space on the main floor, which will be built to suit. Of course, all of this is pending if we reach our investment goal.
TNL: Is it a new building or refurbished?
SM: Right now, it is based on the shell of an existing building with a newly build interior. We have rough plans drawn out by Quartek Group and a store consultant provided the interior schematics.
TNL: What can consumers / members expect from the Garden City Food Co-op? What farms / products will be available?
SM: The Garden City Food Co-op will be a full-service grocery store, and it will carry the products of many local farmers based on their availability to sell to us. Of course, we need fresh food all year round so we will rely on greenhouse grown and imported food, as needed, based on what our members want.
We can’t say what farms or suppliers we have in mind at this time. There is no formal agreement with any suppliers yet, so it would be premature to say. We do have a very active sourcing committee that has created a large database of local, ethical, organic, wholesome food suppliers/providers of all sizes for year round distribution.
TNL: Can you buy all your groceries at this store, like you would at a grocery store?
SM: Yes; plus shaving cream and personal items, drinks and snack and some pre-made food, frozen and fresh foods, meats, dairy, cheese, and of course, fruits and vegetables. It will be a full-service store!
TNL: What obstacles are the Garden City Food Co-op facing right now?
SM: We have had a few obstacles, namely, the building location. We were told before the last AGM that the landlord had plans to develop a condo, but we knew that he supported the co-op project, especially since no other grocery was interested in coming into the downtown core. People like the idea of a community supported store. We would be less of a competition for the farmers market because many of those vendors would be our suppliers. That is not likely to be the case if a chain opened up. We are in the process of a signed agreement with the landlord that will secure the co-op’s plans, but we still need a lot of investment to reach our goal.
In the Co-op guide, it was recommended that in order for our Capital Investment Campaign to be successful, we needed member base of 800 (we are at 700 now) and that 25% of those members would need to invest. To date, we have less than 10% that has invested. We don’t expect that everyone is able to invest, but from other co-ops experience, 25% is a reasonable goal.
One of the obstacles was that it took almost six months to get the offering statement approved by FSCO (Financial Services Commission of Ontario), they are the ones who decide if we can sell the investment shares. That was a challenging process that ate up a lot of the time we had to sell our shares. You have one year from application start to selling commencement, and our date is Sept 1st, 2016, one month away. We are selling $1,000 and $5,000 shares, each of which will pay a dividend for the investment of 2.9 and 4% respectively, and are calculated annually. They will be paid out in approximately five years, once the store is profitable, but will start accumulating from the date of purchase. It was recommended to us to offer these denominations in order to achieve the goal quickly. We are now at $177,000 sold shares.
TNL: How have you been spreading the word?
SM: We got the word out with our print brochure and video to explain the campaign that was supported by the mayor, as well as, a few other prominent citizens. We have used our website, blog, newsletters, press releases, and all platforms of social media, all delivered by a handful of volunteers to get the word out. We’ve also been to the farmers market, Invest Sundays, and a handful of community events.
So, how can the people of the City of St. Catharines make this store a reality?
There are a lot of ways to get involved; you can invest, you can volunteer, you can become a member.
Becoming a member is easy and costs only $120 for a lifetime.
Investments, are sold as follows:
For general information contact the board@gardencityfoodcoop.ca. For information on investing contact invest@gardencityfoodcoop.ca, or call 905-321-9579
Source: The Niagara Local
http://theniagaralocal.com/live/2016/08/garden-city-food-co-op-ethical-social-local-groceries-in-downtown-st-catharines-finally/
Welland City Council adopted a new municipal logo at Tuesday’s Council Meeting. The new logo will represent the unique character and diversity of Welland, and connect residents and stakeholders to a brand identity focused on corporate transparency and a commitment to grow social and economic development.
Sarah Marko—Welland resident and first year graphics student—designed a logo with a distinct translation of Bridge 13 that will brand and lead the City with a cherished landmark and iconic symbol. Her submission was chosen to represent the City due to the style and nature of the design. Although other submissions had included Bridge 13, Marko’s submission captured the winning spotlight because of the unique personality of the design. “Ever since I was a young girl growing up in this lovely community driven City, the Welland bridge always stood out as an important symbol of our City through my eyes,” said Marko.
The City of Welland’s Graphics Coordinator worked with Marko’s concept to create a final design. Jane Walker-Scott has over 30 years of experience in the graphics industry, which includes several years as an art director, 16 years as a graphics editor, and was a three-time winner of the Toronto Star Award for Graphics at the Ontario Newspaper Awards. Marko’s fresh approach, combined with Walker-Scott’s extensive experience resulted in an appealing and professionally designed logo.
Adopting a new logo is an integral part of the City’s re-branding strategy. Along with building a visual trademark, staff are redesigning the City’s website to instill a favourable brand and image that will influence public perceptions and impressions.
Mayor Frank Campion says the new logo will assist in setting a standard that will help residents and stakeholders identify Welland as a City in motion, and a municipality committed to growing healthy economic and residential communities. “The City’s logo connects us to the past, present, and future. We are an emerging City, and on the cusp of some major advances. Designing the logo in conjunction with the community demonstrates our commitment to cooperate and lead this City towards a thriving future,” said Campion.
The City’s crest will continue to mark all legal documents, including records, publications, and other business transactions. The City’s logo will be used on letterhead, uniforms, vehicles, marketing, events, signage, and other public relations efforts. Visit www.welland.ca for all the programs and services the City of Welland has to offer.
