The Hamilton metropolitan area ranks in thetop 100 of the world’s large centres for its economic performance over the past two years.
Hamilton ranks 83rd on a list of 200 metro areas created by the Washington, D.C.-basedBrookings Institution. Its 2011 Global Metro Monitor ranks the economic performance of 200 global centres by gross domestic product (income) and employment for the years 2010 and 2011.
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The City of Hamilton’s manager of Urban Renewal Glen Norton joined Jamie and Rebecca West on CHML’s Sunday Brunch show, January 22 2012.
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Hamilton Mayor Bob Bratina joined CHML’s Bill Kelly Show to discuss Hamilton being ranked #83 out of 200 major cities in the World for economic performance.
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Animators are heading to the city, perhaps not in droves yet, but certainly in a noticeable cluster. The city has attracted at least four animation companies over the last six months.
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Toronto, Canada – January 6, 2012 – PV Labs Inc., a leader in high-end image acquisition and analytics, is pleased to announce that The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences® will honour the science and engineering accomplishment for the concept, design and implementation of the Pictorvision Eclipse, an electronically stabilized aerial camera platform.
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The company, one of the first tenants in the McMaster Innovation Park, will be honoured next month by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences — the group that gives out the Oscars — for its aerial camera equipment called the Pictorvision Eclipse. It’s a special mount that can be attached to aircraft and other platforms allowing rock steady pictures from a bouncing platform.
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Michael Marini was joined by Canada’s first ever mobile food truck & Hamilton’s own Gorilla Cheese on CHML’s Scott Thompson Show.
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Hamilton’s core is on the cusp of a condo boom.
Two developers are working on new projects that are expected to add more than 20 storeys of condominiums to the downtown and Stinson neighbourhoods in Hamilton.
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From the looks of Starsky Fine Foods’ wares, any scion of sausage, cheese master or purveyor of pastry will be delighted when the specialty food store opens its doors next spring.
The Mississauga-based gastronomic business ismoving to Hamilton’s east end at the corner of Queenston and Nash Roads partly because of the multicultural population that has settled in that part of the city.
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A much anticipated multimillion-dollar development project in Hamilton’s core is under way.
The first of four new buildings that will bring as many as 600 condo units, two hotels and20,000 square feet of retail space to the core has been rising on George Street near Caroline since the summer, bringing a swell of hope for the core with each new floor.
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