Thanks to the construction start of the new $6,732,000 Northumberland Hills Public School and the opening of Tim Horton's, the building total for the year swelled to $12,547,420. It's not a record, falling behind last year's $13 million total into second place. In 2005, the only other year to see eight-digit totals, the township saw $12,468,641 in building starts.
The 2008 total was buoyed by the $6-million July launch of the HD Supply warehouse and the $900,000 addition to the Cambro Lasertek.
Back in 2001 when the $3-million Keeler Centre was built, permits totalled $7,516,552.
Housing starts have shown a steady decline since the peak of 59 in 2005. There were 17 single-family homes started in 2009 compared to 19 in 2008, 34 in 2007, and 27 in 2006.
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