Michael Marini, Economic Development’s Marketing Coordinator joined Scott Thompson to chat about recent developments popping up in Downtown, the Canada Bread bakery opening up in late-September, and the City providing a free shuttle bus between 3 major downtown events on September 10.
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Hamilton is second only to Toronto among Canadian cities in attracting new corporate investment over the past year.
It’s the second year in a row Hamilton has ranked among the top cities in Site Selection magazine’s Canada Best to Invest.
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The Mercanti family has cut the ribbon on the Best Western C Hotel by Carmen’s, their latest undertaking and the city’s first luxury boutique hotel.
The 52-room, $12.5-million hotel sleeps 200 people — the perfect companion to the family’s Carmen’s Banquet Hall next door and the first hotel in Ontario to get Best Western’s top designation.
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Hamilton cancer patients are poised to benefit from a powerful new weapon in McMaster University’s nuclear medicine arsenal.
The university unveiled a new $2 million, 10-tonne cyclotron Wednesday that will soon churn out medical isotopes, the radioactive materials used in medical imaging tests such as PET scans to detect cancer and other serious conditions.
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A plan to make Hamilton the home of the car of the future has revved into high gear with an $11.5 million grant from the federal government.
The McMaster Automotive Resource Centre is expected to be complete by the end of 2012 at a total cost of $26 million. The university has already committed $9.5 million as part of its vision to make the school the hub of advanced automotive research and development in Canada.
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When Jeff Feswick bought historic Treble Hall, he knew it had hidden potential.
It wasn’t until he started tearing up floorboards that he realized the John Street North landmark was hiding much more.
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Next week the Young Entrepreneurs and Professionals of Hamilton (YEP) is planning its first big social event — a boat cruise of Hamilton Harbour — and it’s expecting about 150 people.
Not bad for a group that just got its footing six months ago.
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Hamilton Economic Development’s marketing coordinator Michael Marini joined CHML’s Scott Thompson to chat about Hamilton’s economy, June 6, 2011.
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Sean Snyder figures he has a solution for those unused or partially used gift cards crammedinto your wallet or kitchen drawer.
Swapopolisis an online forum where memberscan buy, sell and trade gift cards they don’twant or can’t use. Users can post their cards with their asking price for other members orsell their cards directly to Swapopolis for about70 cents on the dollar.
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