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Industrial Park and Potential

Industrial Park and Potential

In the early 1980s, an industrial sector was developed on the town’s outer limits, leading to the creation of rue Industrielle (Industrial Road) with an industrial zone approved under the zonage by-law.  A textile industry was established and remained in operation for several years before being transformed into a maple syrup industry.  Restigouche Products has occupied the building at 9 Industrial Road since 1995.  Some plots of land were sold to owners of other industries, but no major development has taken place.  The Town Council ceded some land the Saint Quentin Golf Club, which took advantage of the opportunity to expand its greens. 

Other individuals were able to purchase plots and annex them to their residential properties.  Today, the calling of the so-called industrial sector has changed considerably as all the plots were sold off.   Moreover, the Town Council has determined that the industrial sector set aside in the 1980s no longer corresponds to the community’s needs; it has recommended that a larger sector is required.  To this end, a request has already been submitted to a family business with the view to purchasing an estate of which a part could become the Town’s industrial park.  To be continued…

 


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