Town of Caledon

10 BUSINESS ELITE CANADA | JANUARY 2019 operating practices, response times, trends and challenges, population growth, service needs, transportation access, and alignment with the Town's Master Fire Plan. Well known as a “green community,” being environmentally responsible is part of Caledon’s culture, Thompson says. Council has made it a policy to design all its new facilities to LEED silver standards. “Each project has its own challenges and requirements, but that’s the goal we’ve set for ourselves,” Thompson says. “We think it’s important to walk the talk. We were one of the first municipalities in Ontario, for example, to implement a Green Development Program. This program offers devel- opers a discount on their develop- ment charges as an incentive to build to a LEED standard.” All these projects are indicative of a town on the rise. As a citizen and Mayor, we asked Thompson how he sees Caledon’s evolution. “We are growing, but it’s planned growth,” he says. “The Amazon site, for example, is on lands we started planning for over 10 years ago. Over