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The Town of Kingsville presents a unique profile: a thriving downtown environment surrounded by traditional agricultural farming, cottage industry, together with an ever-expanding greenhouse industry. Conveniently located with easy access to international border connections and the 401, Kingsville is attracting the attention of manufacturing enterprises, and tourism development.

In the past year economic development strategies were identified and prioritized. These strategies will form the basis of action plans to be developed over the coming years focusing on the following issues:

• Retirement and attraction of business related to this growing industry;
• Agriculture and related activities;
• Tourism;
• Enhanced communication networking and connection;
• Small business development and attraction of new manufacturing enterprises;
• Growth of the Municipality as a regional service centre;
• Industrial park development;
• Waterfront and Marina development.

Business Retention & Expansion Action Plan

The Town of Kingsville has enjoyed significant growth in recent years and has a clear mandate toward economic and business development. In 2019, a BR+E survey was commissioned to engage businesses and report on observations generalizable to the broader business community, while also allowing for the identification of potential expansion or retention opportunities. During the third phase of the project, a pivot was necessary to account for some immediate-need responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Led by MDB Insight Inc. and supported by a Volunteer Task Force, the Kingsville BR+E Action Plan takes COVID-19 recovery needs and challenges into account in the short-term, while prioritizing more BR+E outreach in the medium-term and partnerships and advocacy in the long-term.