Business Pulse, February, 2011

 

LED maker energized by battery company deal
Feb 15, 2011
St. Catharines Standard 

Success keeps going and going and going for CRS Electronics. MORE
   
Building boom energizing Thorold, Garden City
Feb 1, 2011
Welland Tribune

The steady completion of $1.6 billion worth of public investments in St. Catharines is having a profound impact in the city.  MORE
   
Brock, Niagara College tout innovative projects
Feb 12, 2011
Niagara Falls Review

With a focus on innovation, Niagara's post secondary education institutions ensure students will be able to compete on the world stage, says the head of Niagara College.  MORE
   
Digital graphic firm joins nGen family
Jan 24, 2011
St. Catharines Standard

A regional start-up in the video game industry has moved to nGen in St. Catharines. PixelNAUTS, a high-end art production studio, becomes the seventh tenant at the Niagara Interactive Media Generator on St. Paul St.  MORE
   
Offsite Industries roars ahead with expansion
Jan 31, 2011
St. Catharines Standard

A St. Catharines company is bucking a downward trend in the manufacturing sector and enjoying a solid expansion Offsite Industries is completing a $3 million refurbishing of digs at the Brighton Business Park on Louth St.  MORE
   
Mayors press for investment in Niagara
Feb 4, 2011
Welland Tribune

Investing in Niagara's future was the topic of the annual mayor's luncheon at Bridgewater Country Club Thursday.  MORE
   
Niagara entrepreneur winners announced
Feb 20, 2011
St. Catharines Standard

Recipients of the 17th annual Niagara Entrepreneur of the Year Awards were announced Friday at a gala event at the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel and Conference Centre.  MORE
   
Thorold wants people's opinions on business growth
Feb 11, 2011
St. Catharines Standard

With plenty of land and industrial properties dotting its landscape, Thorold knows its future has a lot of potential.  MORE
   
New doctors drawn by new hospital
Jan 10, 2011
St. Catharines Standard

There were many reasons why Dr. Muftah Abdullan Belgasem decided to pack up his family, leave rural Manitoba after five years and set up practice in the Garden City.  MORE

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Local Economic
Indicators

 

$65,981,850,640
Value of Niagara/USA Cross Border Trade
(Jan-Nov/2010)



5,468,350
# People Crossing Niagara/USA Border
(Jan-June/2010)


$217,938
Avg Housing Price
(Total for 2010) 
 


1,275
Housing Starts
(
Total for 2010)
 


1,255
Housing Completions 
(Total for 2010)


6,024
Number of Annual Housing Sales 
(Total for 2010)


$40,300,000
Value of Building Permits, Res & Non-Res
(Dec/2010)


9.7%
Unempolyment Rate
(Jan/2011 Seasonally adjusted)

 


214,400
Labour Force
(Jan/2011 Seasonally adjusted)

 


117.9
CPI, Ontario, all items (2002=100)(Dec/2010)

 Sources: Statisitcs Canada,
CMHC, U.S. Dept. of Transportation