Fort Erie Port Colborne Town of Fort Erie City of Port Colborne Niagara Gateway Economic Planning & Development Services Planning & Development 905-871-1600 905-835-2900 Zone and Centre Community www.town.forterie.ca www.portcolborne.ca Improvement Plan Fort Erie Economic Development & Tourism Corp. Economic Development Office 905-871-1332 905-835-2900 www.forteriecanada.com Incentive Programs

Thorold City of City of Niagara Falls Planning & Building Services Policy Planning & Development 905-227-6613 905-356-7521 www.thorold.com www.niagarafalls.ca

Business Development Department 905-356-7521 City of Welland Planning Division 905-735-1700 Niagara Region www.welland.ca Community and Long Range Planning 905-980-6000 ext. 3459 Welland Development Commission www.niagararegion.ca/government/planning 905-735-1700 www.welland.ca/EDC Tax Increment Based Grant and Regional Economic Development Development Charge Grant Incentive 905-980-6000 ext. 3710 www.niagaracanada.com

www.niagaragatewaycip.ca OPPORTUNITIES AWAIT TWO PROGRAMS ARE NIAGARA GATEWAY ECONOMIC Environmental Design Performance YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ZONE AND CENTRE CIP A maximum of 5 points are available based on the IN NIAGARA’S GATEWAY GATEWAY CIP: PROJECT AREAS level of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification achieved by the project COMMUNITIES The Gateway CIP Area includes only designated OR the project’s conformity with Niagara Region’s 1. Tax Increment Based employment lands within settlement areas in the five Opportunities await you and your business in Niagara’s Smart Growth Design Criteria. Gateway Municipalities. Within this area, “designated Gateway communities. Grant Program: employment lands” refers to lands that have been This program provides an incremental tax grant to Level of LEED Certification (C) Points Niagara’s Gateway communities offer close proximity designated in the Local Official Plans for employment completed projects within the Gateway Project Area to the U.S. border, competitive development costs, and uses. Local Municipalities should be consulted as to based on the project’s economic and environmental Certified 2 an advanced multi-modal transportation infrastructure whether other employment lands may be eligible for design performance. Successful applicants will receive to help your new business succeed or your existing local incentives. Silver 3 a tax rate rebate of a percentage of the post-project business to grow. Combine this with the financial values, for a period of 5 or 10 years depending on the Gold 4 incentives programs offered by Niagara’s local area location of the project. Tax savings resulting from this municipalities and you will clearly see that the time to Platinum 5 program can be significant. GATEWAY CIP invest in Niagara is now. EVALUATION PROCESS OR The Niagara Gateway Economic Zone and Centre 2. Regional Development Charge Community Improvement Plan (Gateway CIP) has Evaluation Scoring Matrix Region’s Smart Growth Design designated Gateway Community Improvement Areas Grant Program*: Points A maximum of 20 points is available, with a Criteria (D) throughout Niagara. The plan contains programs that This program recognizes exceptional projects - those potential of 15 for economic performance and 5 provide financial incentives to property owners who Conforms with 3/6 2 that score 14 points or more according to the Gateway for environmental design performance. The annual revitalize, strengthen and diversify the Niagara economy. CIP evaluation criteria - and provides relief from Regional percentage of municipal property tax rebated will Conforms with 4/6 3 development charges for those projects. Property owners that promote private sector be based on the total project score out of 20. Conforms with 5/6 4 investment, development, redevelopment and The Development Charge Grant payment is Conforms with 6/6 5 construction activity on employment lands in the capped at $1.5 million Economic Performance Gateway Community Improvement Areas are eligible to participate in these incentive programs. Points are awarded based on the number of full-time equivalent jobs created or retained by the project, and A + B + (C or D) = Gateway CIP Score The Gateway incentive programs are delivered through *Available only on approved Tax Increment Based Grant the construction value of the project. TIBG Funding Structure a partnership between the Niagara Region and the Program applicants that qualify as exceptional projects (those participating municipalities of Fort Erie, Niagara Falls, that score a minimum of 14 points according to the Gateway Construction Value (A) Points Port Colborne, Thorold and Welland. CIP project evaluation criteria). Total Gateway CIP Score TIBG Level** $200,000 – $1,999,999 1 0–7 No Grant Niagara Gateway Economic Zone and Centre Community Improvement Plan $2,000,000 – $9,999,999 2 8 40% Gateway Community Improvement Project Area N 9 45% KING ST NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE $10,000,000 – $39,999,999 3 4TH AVE Legend

Y ST. CATHARINES 10 50% FLY RD Major Highways $40,000,000+ 4 NIAGARA PK LINCOLN Thorold North NIAGARA FALLS PRIORITY Major Roads BROCK BUSINESS 11 55% 8TH AVE INVESTMENT AREA PARK REVITALIZAPELHAMTION RD Strategic Locations For Investment

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KALAR RD NIAGARA FALLS Thorold QEW BUSINESS PARK Municipal Boundaries GREEN South MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY ZONE 13 65% Urban Area Boundaries/ THOROLD Gateway CIP Area Full Time Jobs Created/Retained (B) Points Niagara 406 Falls 14 70% G RD 20 E PELHAM RE WEST LINCOLN REG RD 20

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LAKESHORE RD ION RD ION AT the development project which will be rebated for a duration of ST ERIE RD © 2015 Niagara Region and its suppliers. Projection is UTM, NAD 83, Zone 17. N SHORE DR This map was compiled from various data sources and is current as of February 2015. 5 or 10 years (depending on the location of the project within/ Niagara Region makes no representations or warranties whatsoever, either expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness, reliability, currency or otherwise of the information shown on this map. outside a Strategic Location for Investment).