growing at roughly five per cent per year,
a combination of sales and land mass. The
mayor attributes the spur of entrepreneur-
ship in Leamington to the greenhouse
sector, a sector that is always looking for
innovative ways of conducting business.
“It’s just tremendous, some of the inven-
tions and ideas that have come out of this
area,” Mayor Paterson said. To meet the
demands of the agribusiness sector is the
manufacturing industry, Leamington’s sec-
ond largest economic driver. Accordingly,
Leamington was named one of the top 10
entrepreneurial spots in Canada by Forbes
Magazine last year.
One of the unique things about Leaming-
ton is that despite being an urban commu-
nity in a very rural landscape, it is home
to a hospital that specializes in acute care,
making health care and social services
the third largest sector in the municipality.
“It’s not about going after large investments. For us, our stability and growth is
going to come from what’s already here.”
Jeanine Lassaline-Berglund, economic development officer
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