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WHERE BUSINESS LIVES
By Anna Guy
uilt for industry, the District of Kitimat is on the edge of another major
economic boom.
BIn 2014, BC Hydro and LNG Canada signed a power agreement to
allow for LNG Canada to use clean, renewable electricity from BC Hydro for a
portion of the power needed for its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export
facility in Kitimat by building a LNG export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia,
Canada, which consists of two processing units, referred to as “trains.”
What makes Kitimat such an attractive location for LNG Canada? According to
Kitimat Mayor Phil Germuth Kitimat, it’s one of the most unique communities in
North America, one of a handful in North America that was a planned community.
“Kitimat is an industry town, and the only reason we exist is because of industry,”
he says. Indeed, in the 1950s, the Aluminum Company of Canada pulled
renowned urban planner and architect, Clarence Stein out of retirement to design
a modern town that would revolve around the Aluminum smelter (which is now
run by Rio Tinto).
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