dustries, a few which are not present to
such a great extent elsewhere in Canada.
Although things have remained somewhat
stagnant in Windsor-Essex County, the
larger area to which Leamington belongs,
Mayor John Paterson professed that his
municipality is growing and that may be
attributable to Leamington’s best-kept se-
cret — the fact that the municipality sits
on the 42nd parallel, the result of which
is a wonderful growing season that allows
for a bountiful supply of all that comes out
of the ground.
Leamington has the largest concentra-
tion of commercial greenhouses in North
America, rivaling Europe, California and
Mexico. The industry is experiencing an in-
credible acceleration of growth right now,
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