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Being located in the heart of Northern Ontario is proving to be one of the main selling points luring people to the city.

What started as a slow building year in North Bay picked up in a "big way" in August. That was the assessment of North Bay's manager of economic development Rick Evans.

A recent trade mission to Detroit is already paying solid dividends for a North Bay import company. Uprooted Designs, a newly created division of Buckstone Inc. and Vested Interest Trading, is seeking to gain a foothold into the U.S.

Three leaders in Ontario's northern economy have a simple message - the future is coming and it is time to change.

Expanding the ability of Northern Ontario businesses to export goods and services to the world is the focus of a new federal strategy. The strategy was unveiled in May at the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) conference.

The June 8 to 11 trade mission by Team Northern Ontario is more than just a meet-and-greet in Detroit for Northern Ontario businesses.

Parent Door Systems is a company that started from a minute idea and is hoping for a move into a bigger market. Owner Paul Parent started the window and door manufacturing business 26 years ago after losing a job at another company.

Having reached the glass ceiling in the public sector, Mike Campigotto took a leap of faith four years ago and entered into entrepreneurship with one particular objective in mind - to curb youth out-migration by creating jobs in the IT sector.

A series of mayor's forums on business are being held in North Bay as part of what Nancy Creighton refers to as "an exciting new two-year marketing plan.

The City of North Bay has received a number of proposals for the development of the rail lands, located between the city's downtown and the waterfront of Lake Nipissing.