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HEDC: Hastings housing, site readiness and Hartwell Renewables updates highlighted
Summary
The Hastings Economic Development Corporation briefed the council on active industrial and housing projects, efforts to create shovel-ready industrial sites, and updates about the Hartwell Renewables project, while stressing the need for local site options to compete for new business recruitment.
The Hastings Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) told the City Council that housing and site-development work are now top priorities for local economic competitiveness, and that the Hartwell Renewables project remains active despite vendor and contractor changes.
"We will be looking to option property, and then we begin with some of the the due diligence," said Shannon, director of HEDC, describing ongoing work to identify and option potential industrial sites and to pay for phase-one environmental and utility studies. HEDC staff said a lack of shovel-ready land has blocked some recent recruitment opportunities and that creating 1–3 ready sites of varying sizes would improve Hastings'…
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