Lumber City Development Corporation is a non-profit Local Development Corporation committed to attracting, growing, and retaining businesses in North Tonawanda.
To achieve it's mission, Lumber City focuses on these key areas of economic development:
- Creating employment opportunities for City of North Tonawanda residents, particularly positions that pay a living wage, offer health, retirement, and other employee benefits, and provide skills training;
- Increasing the property tax base of the City of North Tonawanda;
- Increasing sales tax revenue in the City of North Tonawanda;
- Encouraging and fostering entrepreneurship;
- Strengthening and expanding existing businesses;
- Attracting new businesses to the City of North Tonawanda;
- Revitalizing Downtown and other commercial shopping areas;
- Stimulating tourism growth;
- Encouraging the environmental remediation and reuse of contaminated property;
- Promoting the development of land use policies designed to encourage sustainable development and preserve City neighborhoods;
- Encouraging and supporting the development and maintenance of municipal infrastructure, recreational facilities, and other public facilities and services that support businesses and residential neighborhoods; and
- Undertaking any other activities that affect the general purposes of the Corporation
Our mission is to undertake planning and implementation of programs, projects, and activities designed to create and stimulate economic and community development in the City of North Tonawanda.
A variety of grants and loans available to small- and mid-sized businesses. In addition, Lumber City is prepared to provide business planning assistance, site selection services, and technical assistance to keep, grow, or bring your business to North Tonawanda.
