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Fort Erie Economic Development & Tourism Corporation
660 Garrison Road, Unit 1
Fort Erie, Ontario L2A 6E2
Phone: (905) 871-1332
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Success Stories

 

“Having had the privilege to work with the Fort Erie Economic Development & Tourism Corporation over the past 10 years, I’ve truly developed an appreciation for its strategically focused, no-nonsense approach to community based economic development.  I have seen firsthand, the incredible results the EDTC has produced for the Town of Fort Erie and its industrial and business leaders”. 

Mr. Kim Craitor, MPP
Fort Erie, Niagara Falls, Niagara-On-The-Lake


“With the help of the Fort Erie EDTC, who, among other things, secured funding for economic feasibility analysis, Fleet Canada Inc. was born in Fort Erie, and continues to grow and prosper to this day.

As a cutting-edge initiative in municipal economic development, the partnership that was forged between the Fort Erie EDTC and Fleet Canada Inc. has created over 125 jobs, and our company’s sales and contracts are encouraging for future employment growth at our Fort Erie facility”

Mr. Glenn Stansfield
President, Fleet Canada Inc.

 

“The Fort Erie Economic Development & Tourism Corporation has encouraged and assisted the Town of Fort Erie planning, engineering and other departments to better understand business and development interests, processes and considerations an to develop a more proactive “customer service approach” to business and industrail development in the Town of Fort Erie”.

Mayor Doug Martin
Town of Fort Erie

“With access to the QEW highway and close proximity to the Peace Bridge and US market, Fort Erie is the perfect location for us and our business.

Once we decided on Fort Erie, we found the assistance of the Fort Erie Economic Development & Tourism Corporation to be invaluable. They helped us identify the ideal site location, and worked on our behalf to ensure we were up-and-running on schedule”.

Mr. Kirk Zavitz
President, Zavcor Trucking

 

“As head of a border community’s economic development function, the FE:EDTC understands the complexities and challenges of an international border and has been instrumental in advocating for border improvements, not only for the local economy but also provincially.   The FE:EDTC recognizes the integrated nature of the Canadian and U.S. economies and the importance of the free flow of trade and travelers”.

Mr. Ron Reinas
General Manager
Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority

“As a commercial real estate developer, I have constructed over $30 million worth of new and successful projects in Fort Erie over the last 10 years.

Fort Erie, as with any municipality, requires a great deal of effort and diligence in launching a new business projects. One of the distinctive features of Fort Erie, however, is the presence of an extremely helpful and tenacious Economic Development Corporation staff.

Additionally, the Town administration and staff recognize the challenges that various businesses face, invites and nurtures prospective businesses and delivers the answers that we need in a timely fashion and business friendly environment”.

Mr. David Kompson
Commercial Real Estate Developer



“The Fort Erie Economic Development Corporation has been instrumental, not only in development and implementing the strategy to secure the future re-development of the [Niagara Parks Commission marina] site, but also in supporting my organization’s efforts to navigate the development and political landscape in Fort Erie (and Niagara) to allow us to move forward with efforts on the project and ultimately turn the facility into a major tourism and lifestyle attraction”.

Mr. Robert C. O’Dell
Managing Director
Warren Woods


“Peninsula Alloy chose Fort Erie as its base of operations because we were able to work closely with the Economic Development & Tourism Corporation and Town of Fort Erie to acquire and expand a strategic property.

Since moving to Fort Erie we’ve doubled our order book and brought on over 25 new employees – which will help us expand our sales globally with exports to China and India”.

Mr. Roger Heise
President, Peninsula Alloy

 

“The landscape of business, the economy and the world in general are rapidly changing.  I am comforted and grateful to know that it is our Town that has a strong, visionary leadership through the Fort Erie EDTC, that will continue to navigate through storms and bring us to an enlightened and economically strong environment”.

Ms. Marina Butler
President
Employment Professionals Canada

“We’ve been in business in Fort Erie for over 30 years and our potential for future growth and expansion in Fort Erie is incredible.

Core to our success in Fort Erie is our loyal and dedicated workforce - our people are really the future of our company - and great proximity to market and transportation infrastructure".

Mr. Tony Rodway
President, Aero-Safe Technologies

 

“I would like to recognize the efforts of the Fort Erie Town Council and Fort Erie Economic Development & Tourism Corporation for their vision and commitment to building a pro-active healthcare partnership for the residents of Fort Erie.  The team at the EDTC were instrumental in bringing all the stakeholders together for the benefit of the community”
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Dr. Artaj Singh
President & Medical Director
Niagara Urgent Care