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Town of Little Current construction boom currently underway

LITTLE CURRENT—The Northeast Town, specifically the Town of Little Current, is seeing yet another record-breaking year of construction in 2022, with several new builds, and construction in general, currently taking place in Ward 2 of the municipality.

As of October 12, the Northeast Town had issued 73 permits and five renewals in 2022, 12 of which are for new residential construction, two for multi-residential, seven new seasonal dwellings, eight new accessory buildings and two new commercial/industrial builds. Eight of those new build permits were issued for Ward 2, or the Town of Little Current.

In one month, September to October, the municipality has issued $21,496 worth of building permits with a construction value worth $1,754,000. Year to date, $131,746 in building permit fees have been charged by the municipality for construction worth $10,723,000.

Chief Building Officer Rick Armstrong tells The Expositor this is one of the busiest years ever for new construction in the municipality.

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Alicia McCutcheon
Alicia McCutcheon
Alicia McCutcheon has served as editor-in-chief of The Manitoulin Expositor and The Manitoulin West Recorder since 2011. She grew up in the newspaper business and earned an Honours B.A. in communications from Laurentian University, Sudbury, also achieving a graduate certificate in journalism, with distinction, from Cambrian College. Ms. McCutcheon has received peer recognition for her writing, particularly on the social consequences of the Native residential school program. She manages a staff of four writers from her office at The Manitoulin Expositor in Little Current.