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Celebrating 2025 Economic Development Week - Business Growth and Development

CELEBRATING 2025 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK

THEME #3 – BUSINESS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Running a business can be challenging! Fortunately, various programs and resources are available to support you along the way.

Find supports for your business on our business resource list!

Need more help? Get in touch with our EDO, Kristy Keough at edo@wawa.cc.

#WawaEcDev #bizgrowth #bizsupport #EconDevWeek

Economic Development Week is an international campaign created by the International Economic Development...

Notice: Turn Off Water By-Pass

NOTICE TO HOMEOWNERS
TURN OFF WATER BY-PASS

The Municipality of Wawa requests homeowners
TURN OFF WATER BY-PASS VALVES, EFFECTIVE
Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Thank you for your co-operation this past winter.

If you have any questions, you can contact Dan Beach, Director of Infrastructure Services Department at
705-856-2244 ext. 252 or dbeach@wawa.cc

Celebrating 2025 Economic Development Week - Housing Development

CELEBRATING 2025 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK

THEME #2 – HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

The Municipality of Wawa is working hard to promote housing development in Wawa!

• We have partnered with Northern Policy Institute to develop a housing needs assessment for Wawa in 2025
• We have revised our downtown Zoning by-laws to allow for more 2nd floor residential unit development
• We are also offering incentives to promote housing development through our Community Improvement Plan’s Financial Incentives Program...

Celebrating 2025 Economic Development Week - Support Local

CELEBRATING 2025 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK

Economic Development Week is an international campaign created by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) to increase awareness of local programs that create jobs, advance career development opportunities, and increase quality of life. In celebration of Economic Development Week, the Municipality of Wawa celebrates all things economic development by presenting an economic development “theme of the day”.

THEME #1 – SUPPORT LOCAL

Champion...

Moose Hide Campaign Day Proclamation

WHEREAS, the Moose Hide Campaign is an Indigenous-led, grassroots movement of men, boys and all Canadians standing up to end violence against women, children and all those along the gender continuum and; 

WHEREAS, the Moose Hide Campaign was founded along the 'Highway of Tears' in British Columbia in response to the injustices and violence faced by many women and children in Canada, particularly those who are Indigenous; 

WHEREAS, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is at epidemic proportions across...