Thunder Bay – What does $2.5M really cost ?
In Report 2011.003 Waterfront Development which is going to be presented to council on February 14, 2011, Ms Dugmore spends a lot of time blaming the deadline of March 2011 imposed by the ISF on the $29.3M funding allocated to the waterfront The ISF time constraints part in this tragedy were amplified by the fact that […]
Thunder Bay – There’s a hole in the bucket..
Let’s see. Pretend you own a large company. You have just spent a lot of money upgrading your manufacturing facilities. Everything is state of the art. Your costs increase while your customer base decreases. You have surplus capacity. You can… Turn the negative cash flow into positive cash flow by raising the price of your […]
Thunder Bay – The Future Future of Thunder Bay’s Waterfront
Fifty-two kilometers. That is the length of waterfront the City of Thunder Bay has. That is according to the City’s website. Of that 52 km, how much is industrial land? Land that will require huge sums of cash to acquire the land, demolish the structures and cleanup the properties? The answer is almost all of […]
Thunder Bay – Canadian Graffiti – Thunder Bay Style
Graffiti. The bane of the urban landscape. Had you been walking around the north core of the city only a couple of years ago, examples of vandalism in a spray can would have been easy to find. It still is easy to find. Just look down. The graffiti has now migrated from the sides of […]
Thunder Bay – Why do they care……now?
Over the passed month or so, I have noticed an increase in interest by our Administration/Council in how the public is perceiving the Waterfront Development. It started back on September 20, when Mark Bentz and Katherine Dugmore replied to my emails. And they were being……nice. Bentz even invited me to the Waterfront Development Open House […]
Thunder Bay – Fraud
Fraud: deceit, trickery; specifically : intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right – Merriam Webster Dictionary I am writing in regards to the Canada Ontario Infrastructure Fund and how it relates to the Waterfront Development. According to the Canada Ontario Infrastructure […]
Thunder Bay – Monday Council Meeting
Monday, Bova et al ‘s presentation will be ad for hotel and condos. The hotel will not contain a water park as promised by the developer. Wednesday, October 6 will be the day the developer will announce the hotelier. After this, the developer will start advertising for pre-sale of condominiums. This is necessary for the […]