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Page 8 THE HERALD Wednesday April 1M Assessed industry up region The year produced a bumper crop of new Industrial commercial development in region per cent more than in 1978 and far more than any other year In history according to the region business development officer In the final quarterly report for the year circulated last week BUI Marshall cited MA worth of building permits Issued across the region last year for new commercial and industrial ventures Of that amount he reported more than million worth were Issued in Halton Kills While the vast majority of new assessment In 1979 was directed to Burlington and Oakville Milton new Canada Valve plant pushed that town assessment to nearly IB million Halton Hills bencfitt from the location here of Hayes Dana and plants Also contributing to Hills industrialcommercial coffers last year were the expansion of on Mountalnview Road s new storage building and plant addition Refractories industrial warehouse in Acton the Cherry tree Developments industrial building at George town Guelph Delrex Inter section and the convention administration centre under construction on Georgetown northern boundary by the International Bible Students Association The sale announced last week of five Industrial acres to A Precision Ltd was preceded In by two similar allocations on Armstrong Avenue while Nafcon Corporation Ltd moved into the old Do tar plant to pursue Its plastics recycling business Mr Marshall uses the latest report to plug the availability of rail serviced Industrial land In Acton where water sewer and gas services are ready for use by an Investor looking for acres or more at the lowest price The report also provides a shopper a comparison of monthly hydro rates In and three other nearby regions Using Milton rates as a guide Mr Marshall demonstrates that s general commercial industrial consumers pay an average of