Here We grow Again: Sept. 7, 2022 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM - CONCLUDED

A comprehensive look at Shelburne’s growth and future. Join us as we discuss Shelburne’s current and future growth. 

Over 15 years ago the first Provincial Growth Plan in Ontario was released for the area known as the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH), a broad and fast-growing region with the largest concentration of people and jobs in Canada, and set growth targets to the year 2031.

As required by the current Growth Plan (revised in 2020), Dufferin County is updating its growth forecasts and determining urban area land needs as well as intensification and density targets to accommodate growth to the year 2051.

How much growth is expected in Shelburne? With only limited vacant land area remaining with Shelburne’s boundaries, where will it go?

Join Mayor Wade Mills, Steve Wever MCIP, RPP the President of GSP Group Inc, Stephen Burnett P.Eng., the Principal of S. Burnett & Associates Limited (SBA), Mike McLean P.Eng. Vice President, Fieldgate Developments, for this virtual event, as they discuss Shelburne’s current and future growth.

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Panelist

Mayor Wade Mills

Steve Wever, MCIP, RPP

President of GSP Group Inc.

Steve Wever, MCIP, RPP., the President of GSP Group Inc., a planning, urban design and landscape architecture firm with offices in Kitchener and Hamilton. As the Town’s Planner since 2008, Steve has provided local planning services for a wide range of planning and development projects in Shelburne through a period of significant growth that has seen the population grow by nearly 5,000 people, almost doubling over the past 15 years. Throughout his career, Steve has worked with many small to mid-size communities to plan for and manage growth and change and to review and process land development proposals from initial concepts through to final approvals and construction. 

Stephen Burnett, P.Eng.

Principal S. Burnett & Associates Limited (SBA)

Stephen Burnett, P.Eng., is the Principal of S. Burnett & Associates Limited (SBA), a consulting firm that has quickly built a record for delivering strong project management and consultation services for projects undertaken by municipalities, First Nation communities and home and business owners. Established in 2009, S. Burnett & Associates Limited’s ambitious goal was to bring customer service and exceptional expertise back to the field of engineering.

Over the past 24 years, Stephen has provided engineering services to rural Municipal, First Nation and private clients in the area of Environmental Assessments, water supply and treatment, infrastructure servicing, sanitary sewage treatment and disposal, road and bridge assessment and design and planning and design for commercial and residential housing. Stephen has extensive experience in Project Management, Infrastructure Planning, Municipal Engineering, and Engineering Design and Construction. He is very familiar with engineering and environmental regulations at the Municipal, Provincial and Federal levels. His diverse experience enables him to provide comprehensive services relating to both infrastructure assessment and MEA and CEAA planning initiatives as well as detailed design support for civil, environmental and structural infrastructure projects.

Stephen has also been involved in the Project Management of several multi-discipline teams in complex design and assessment projects for various Municipal and First Nation clients.

Michael McLean, P.Eng.

Vice President, Fieldgate Developments

Since 2003, Mike has been part of Fieldgate Developments 'Management Team that has driven Fieldgate’s growth over the last two decades as a leading Land Developer in the GTA and peripheral markets. His responsibilities entail all aspects of development from Acquisitions to Assumptions for Low and Medium Density projects. Mike is also an industry advocate and active member of several BILD Sub-Committees and GTA Development Groups and Co-Chair of BILD York Chapter.

Mike is a graduate of Lakehead University and Fanshawe College, in Civil Engineering. He worked as an engineering consultant in Windsor and the GTA prior to joining Fieldgate.

When away from work you might find Mike officiating hockey or on a snowmobile trail.

 2022 Economic Outlook: Sept. 21, 2022 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM - CANCELLED

Guest Speaker Aaron Wudrick will provide a brief overview of the economic consequences of COVID, what it likely means for governments going forward and the potential impact on small businesses

Speaker

Aaron Wudrick

Aaron is a lawyer and the Director of MLI’s Domestic Policy Program. A graduate of the University of Waterloo (economics and political science) and the University of Western Ontario (law), he practiced litigation in his native Kitchener, Ontario, and then corporate law with a major international law firm in London, Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi, before returning to Canada to work as a political consultant and lobbyist. Prior to joining MLI, he spent six years as the national spokesperson for a prominent non-profit advocacy group. He lives in Ottawa.

 Succession planning for Small Businesses: Oct. 5, 2022 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 - CONCLUDED

Karen Webster of RLB Chartered Professional Accountants will discuss succession planning, minimizing future tax implications by planning ahead.

This session will be packed with planning tips to help answer how a succession plan works, why it is necessary, who should create one, when should you create one while minimizing the tax implications and protecting your business.

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Speaker

Karen Webster, CPA, CGA Senior Manager Rlb, Chartered Professional Accountants