by Team BB | Nov 23, 2009 | Community Development, Real Estate Industry
As local REALTORS® our work contributes dramatically to the quality of life in our local communities and the Niagara Region as a whole. We sell much more than homes. We sell the livability of our communities and as local citizens we actively participate in a wide...
by Team BB | Mar 23, 2009 | Community Development, New Home Sales, Real Estate Industry
The real estate market, whether it is through development charges, market value assessment rates, land transfer taxes, capital gains taxation or broader application of provincial sales tax rates, has become an easy target for ever increasing varieties of tax...
by Team BB | Mar 15, 2009 | Community Development
In Pelham, our political landscape has been littered lately by accusations of conspiracies, hijackings, hidden agendas and elitism. How much better would it be if the picture was focused instead on images such as common vision, engaged citizenship, collaboration, and...
by Team BB | Feb 23, 2009 | Community Development
Unlike many Ontario communities where big-box retailers and multi-national corporations dominate the retail landscape, Pelham continues to function as a rare local economy. Decisions that impact local jobs, wages and the quality of life of our community are made in...
by Team BB | Jan 23, 2009 | Community Development
If Elliot Lake can do it-why can’t Pelham? This question posed by my fellow Director of the Pelham Business Association, Lance Wiebe, at last week’s Economic Forum for Small Business, continues to resonate with me. Since the early 1990’s after the...