Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Economic Development Commission Budget

The Lake of the Woods Economic Development Corporation won't be seeking any increase in its budget from the City of Kenora next year.

The commission presented its draft budget to council on Friday.

Geordie McEwan is one of the directors of the commission and saysthey had talked about a modest increase, but decided against it.

Total spending for the Economic Development Commission will be about 690 thousand dollars, which includes funding for the city's tourism department and Economic Development officer.