- Large pool of available multi-skilled workers
- Productivity premiums are available by taking advantage of Dryden’s multi-skilled, loyal and motivated labour force
- A transportation hub located on the TransCanada Highway
- Lower your shipping costs through inexpensive southbound and eastbound backhaul opportunities from Dryden
- Reliable access to local, northern, national and global markets is supported by well connected road, rail, air and communication networks
- Proximity to goods and services
- Access 24 million people directly south in the markets of the United States Midwest, plus east and west to the Canadian markets
- Favourable taxes and low land costs, no development charges
- Lower your costs through some of the lowest municipal taxes in Northern Ontario, the absence of development charges, and low cost land available in City-owned commercial and industrial parks
- High concentrations of available natural resources
- Benefit from underutilized and available forest fibre through a unique Sustainable Forest License cooperative for value added wood production or bio-mass facility
- Gain from being at the centre of a precious metals and minerals exploration hub supported with required services
- Generate electricity and great returns through pre-approved solar generation sites and the second-highest photovoltaic potential in Canada
- Incentives and support services
- Assistance for your new or expanding business venture, and access to government programming, incentives and in-house resources
- Full service, regional airport
- Be at the heart of a high-value staging area for Ontario’s Northwest, and take advantage of a 6000 ft runway utilizing ILS (Instrument Landing System)
- Fully modern, regional hospital
- 24hr ambulatory and emergency services, CT Scan, acute care services, visiting specialty surgeons, specialty clinics and telemedicine
- Vibrant and safe urban community
- Surrounded by pristine waterways and endless boreal forests protected by municipal police and fire services
- Forward thinking and committed local government
- Access community funding and partnerships for senior government funding programs
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