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Timmins mining supplier expanding

City council approves The Bucket Shop to add two new buildings
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Timmins council passed a bylaw approving a site plan control agreement with The Bucket Shop, located at 200 McBride St. N. The plan is to build two new buildings on the site. (Wayne Snider for TimminsToday)

Timmins city council is welcoming an expansion plan from a local industry.

At the Aug. 12 regular meeting, council passed a bylaw approving a site plan control agreement with The Bucket Shop, a well-known local mining supplier, located on McBride Street.

The plan is to build two new buildings on the site – a 10,634-square-foot paint/abrasive blasting building and 10,634-square-foot multipurpose warehouse building. Current uses on the property include a heavy equipment bucket repair and manufacturing facility.

Following the meeting, Mayor George Pirie said he was delighted to see a local industry grow.

“They’re a great example of the quality partners we have in the City of Timmins,” he said. “They’re a local firm, obviously, that has decided to grow in Timmins and build their new expanded facilities in Timmins. They’ve got a great business there and we want to ensure they continue to grow.

“Their reputation is great: The quality of their product, their care for the environment, and they haven’t had any outstanding issues environmentally or concerns from their neighbours. They’re a great corporate citizen. It’s a pleasure to have them in the community.”

In a staff report for council, it was pointed out that the facility is close to two schools – Ecole public Lionel-Gauthier and Ecole publique Renaissance – and Extendicare Timmins.

But a study concluded there would be no adverse impacts on the neighbouring institutional properties.

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Coun. Noella Rinaldo pointed out that lands in area have been used for industry for a long time.

She questioned why the city would have permitted institutional buildings like schools and a nursing home nearby.

“That’s been an industrial area since I was a kid,” she said.

“How did we build schools and Extendicare near an industrial area? It is disheartening that we even have to have this conversation.”

Mark Jensen, the city’s director of community and development services, ensured council mixed uses can work well in an area, as long as land uses are controlled properly.

The Bucket Shop won a Northern Ontario Business Award in 2017.

This story originally appeared on TimminsToday.com.