ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION


Location:

1301 West Easterday Avenue

Contact:

Phone: (906) 635-9131
Facsimile: (906) 635-1999

Personnel:

James Hendricks, Executive Director
Open, Development Assistant
Becky Bottrell, Secretary

Visit this Office If:

  • You want to open or relocate an industry in Sault Ste. Marie.
  • You need Business and/or Industrial sitting or expansion.
  • You need assistance on financing, labor training, or infrastructure for new or expanding manufacturing

Tasks:

The primary tasks of the Economic Development Corporation are as follows:

  • Promotion of the City of Sault Ste. Marie for economic development including retention and expansion of existing industries
  • Development of necessary land and building facilities to accommodate economic growth:
    • Air Industrial Park Development
    • Sault Industrial Park management
    • Industrial Incubator Building

Other tasks of the EDC include:

  • Foreign Trade Zone management
  • Tax Increment Financing Authority
  • Brownfield Redevelopment Authority