Interested in starting a business in Lakeshore? With land available, no business taxes and residents in need of 70% more retail/commercial, Lakeshore is open and ready for you.
| Areas within the Municipality ready for your business |
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| Our Area Businesses |
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| Industrial |
| Our main industrial development areas with available service land are Patillo/Advance and Comber. |
| Need to move your goods? |
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| Economic Development in Lakeshore |
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| Atlas Tube Centre |
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Our $62 million Atlas Tube Centre (multi-use recreation facility) offers:
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| New Water and Sanitary Plants |
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The Town recently completed all state of the art water and sanitary plants, a water tower, renovated the main street of our Belle River community, and renovated our marina and waterfront park which has been nominated for the Great Places in Canada's contest. Furthermore, the County of Essex continues to improve and expand County Road 22 from Tecumseh to Belle River, the main 4-lane arterial highway in the region. |
| Lakeshore's Location |
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Situated in southern Ontario along Lake St. Clair, Lakeshore's affordable lakefront community enjoys over 35 km of waterfront, low taxes, a high quality of life and competitive labor costs. The 401 dissects Lakeshore with 5 exits within the municipality. Whether you want to live on the water, in our urban Belle River community, upscale Russell Woods, rural communities of Woodslee or Comber, French communities of Stoney Point (Pointe aux Roches) or St. Joachim, or our unique community of Lighthouse Cove where every home has waterfront and lake access we have a home that suits your needs - affordably. |
| Enjoy Boating |
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Lakeshore's Belle River Marina is full service deep water marina with 260 seasonal and transient docks. Lakeshore boasts several other marinas along our waterfront. |
| Enjoy Sports |
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A short drive to Detroit brings you professional NHL hockey, NFL football, MLB baseball and NBA basketball. |
| Love to Golf |
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There are 24 courses in Essex County/Windsor region and with our weather you can golf for nine months or more. |
This region is at the heart of the richest consumer market in the world as more than 50% of the North American population is within a day's drive. There are 4.5 million people in the adjacent areas of Detroit and south-east Michigan and the trade corridor handles 1/3 of US-Canada trade. The busiest commercial border crossing with $500 million in daily trade.
Lakeshore's Belle River Community currently has a Community Improvement Plan (CIP) which offers various opportunities and incentives to business owners including grants and grant-backs for various charges and exemptions from fees.
Windsor Essex Development Corporation
- The Windsor Essex Development Corporation (Development Corporation) provides regional economic development services for Essex County.
- The Development Corporation is a not-for-profit organization.
- Community leaders make up the board of the Corporation.
- The County of Essex and City of Windsor support the Development Corporation financially.
- The main focus of the organization is to develop and execute strategies to retain, expand, attract and help start up new businesses in the Windsor-Essex region.
- A team of professional staff will assist you with all your location and investment decisions.
Development Corporation will help you cut through red tape by providing the following 4 services:
- Resoruces that can connect you with the decision makers.
- Identify and connect you with potential funders.
- Help you network with partners and allies.
- Link you to educational and training resources to meet your needs.
Give us a call for more information about our municipality and how we can help you move forward in establishing your presence in Lakeshore.
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