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New entrepreneurs' website launched   The Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership has added a new entrepreneurial website to its arsenal of newcomer attraction tools with the creation of www.entrepreneurlink.ca.

The new website features a searchable real estate section that provides information on available retail, commercial, and industrial properties in Lambton County, and also a link to information on Sarnia-Lambton's array of municipal and private business and industrial parks.

Along with the real estate search feature, the website highlights Sarnia-Lambton's excellent newcomer support services and the area's variety of rural, urban, and waterfront lifestyles. The site is graphically designed to complement sister site www.ihatetraffic.ca, which is geared to attract young retirees to the area.

The Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership would like to acknowledge the valuable assistance of the Sarnia-Lambton Real Estate Board, with whom they worked closely on the creation of the site's searchable real estate feature. 

Intelligent communities  Over the next year Lambton County will be participating in the benchmarking phase of an important project that will ultimately result in Lambton County becoming part of an information technology "Intelligent Region". This ambitious project is spearheaded by the Southwest Economic Alliance (SWEA), and is planned to roll out over a number of years. The result will be a series of southwesternOntario communities that are at the forefront regarding infrastructure and investment in information technology.

This forward-thinking project will create communities with IT capabilities that will help attract and retain youth, immigrants, and workers in knowledge-based sectors. The Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership and the County of Lambton, along with other key partners, will be working with SWEA on this initiative. A team of Community Engagement Coordinators will fan out across southwest Ontario for the benchmarking segment of the project. We look forward to your cooperation and engagement as we work to position Lambton as part of this southwestern Ontario Intelligent Region.