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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Enterprise Saint John Makes Its Case To Common Council

Common Council getting a performance report from Enterprise Saint John showing how much bang the city is getting getting for it's buck.

 Chair Tony Gogan says for every dollar the city contributed to Enterprise Saint John in 2010, it got roughly 6.5 dollars back in property taxes.

Councillor Peter McGuire says Common Council will now be able to measure the effectiveness of the agency from one year to another.

Councillor Patty Higgins says she's not sure the city isn't still getting the short end of the stick because the outlying municipalites also served by E-S-J are getting even more bang for their bucks.

On the other hand, Councillor Gary Sullivan says the numbers are proof investing in Enterprise Saint John is not a waste of money.

The report looked at how many people had been employed in Saint John in the last 3 years because of the efforts of Enterprise Saint John.