Interesting article in the T&T today about MID (Moncton Industrial Development), and the four industrial parks under it's control.
The parks under MID control include Moncton Industrial Park, Moncton Industrial Park West, Caledonia Industrial Park and Moncton East Business Park (currently under development). MID does not include the Dieppe Industrial Park, or the expansion of the Dieppe Industrial Park along Aviation Boulevard.
- MID is growing faster than any other industrial park(s) in Atlantic Canada.
- over 360 companies, with over 8,000 employees
- biggest industrial park in Atlantic Canada (bigger than Burnside in Dartmouth). I find this claim difficult to believe, but I'll report it anyway.
- 3,000 acres, of which 1,600 are developed, and on average, over 40 additional acres per year are developed.
- total assessed property value $566M, increasing by $25M/yr.
- 14% of the city's assessed property value.
- 60% of the businesses are involved in trucking and transportation.
If you added in everything going on in the very large Dieppe Industrial Park (including the airport extension), then this becomes quite impressive...........