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3 5 |Thursday, April 6, 2017 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com H a lto n halton.ca (| 311 in Y o u fT O REGION H a lto n H ig h lig h ts Leading th e w ay to a sustainable H alton T h e R e g io n is p ro u d to p ro v id e e a s y -to -u s e re c y c lin g , c o m p o s tin g a n d safe d is p o s a l p ro g ra m s to m a k e w a s te d iv e rs io n p a r t o f y o u r h o u s e h o ld 's e v e ry d a y ro u tin e . W ith a w a s te d iv e rs io n ra te o f 6 2 p e r c e n t a n d rising, y o u r c o n tin u e d p a rtic ip a tio n in th e s e p ro g ra m s h elp s p ro te c t th e n a tu ra l e n v ir o n m e n t a n d e n s u re s H a lto n re m a in s a le a d e r in e n v ir o n m e n ta l s u s ta in a b ility . April 2017 in fo r m e d K e e p in g y o u b y h ig h lig h t in g w h a t m a k e s H a lto n a g r e a t p l a c e t o l iv e . 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This p ro g r a m m a k e s it e a s ie r a n d m o re a ffo rd a b le fo r re s id e n ts to ta k e n ec e s s a ry steps such as d o w n s p o u t d is c o n n e c tio n s , w e e p in g tile d is c o n n e c tio n s o r s u m p p u m p in s ta lla tio n th a t can s ig n ific a n tly re d u c e th e risk o f b a s e m e n t flo o d in g . To le a rn m o re a b o u t w h a t sub sidies H a lto n o ffe rs a n d fin d o u t w h a t y o u m a y b e e lig ib le for, v is it 311. T o g e th e r, w e ca n ta k e t h e rig h t step s to p ro te c t o u r c o m m u n ity fro m flo o d in g a n d k e e p H a lto n a safe a n d g re a t p la c e to live. t h e G TA, O n ta rio a n d C a n a d a a v e ra g e s ) · $ 8 3 2 .5 m illio n in v e s te d in n o n -re s id e n tia l c o n s tru c tio n , an in c re a s e o f 21 p e r c e n t since 2 015 T h e s e fig u re s te ll us an im p o r t a n t s to ry -- businesses c o n tin u e to in v e s t, s ta rt-u p a n d e x p a n d , a n d e m p lo y m e n t o p p o r tu n itie s c o n tin u e to g r o w in H a lto n re g io n . For m o re in fo rm a tio n o n in v e s tin g in H a lto n , jo b g r o w th a n d o u r h ig h ly sk ille d w o rk fo rc e , o r to read t h e 2 0 1 6 E c o n o m ic R e v ie w , visit h a lt o n .c a /in v e s t . Meetings at Halton Region 1151 Bronte Rd., Oakville, L6M 3L1 Visit halton.ca/meetings for full schedule. 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