The Huntsman Marine Science Centre Global Centre for Ocean Tidal Management & Environmentally Sustainable Ocean aquaculture An “Anchor” Opportunity The Bay of Fundy The formation of the Bay of Fundy is attributed to a geological formation approximately two million years ago. It has a unique geological footprint and is one of only three designated UNESGO Global Geoparks in North America. The formation has created an oceanic gorge that separates the Province of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The Bay of Fundy is an Atlantic Ocean phenomenon. It’s surges from low to high tide of 52 feet (16 metres) are the highest in the world. Moreover, because of the narrow funnel shape of Fundy, the surges create powerful rushes of 100 billion tons of sea water from the Atlantic on a daily basis. This is twice as much as the combined flow of all rivers of the world over the same period. Ecological & Environmental Infrastructure Attributes The Bay of Fundy is a renowned oceanic estuary. The combination of location as a mid-point between the south and north Atlantic Ocean and the tidal draw of the surges have made it a desirable seasonal location for an eclectic array fish, sea mammals and birds as well as fertile sea plants; a number of which, notably dulse, have nutrients with health benefits for humans. Sustainable aqua culture management and sea food harvesting is a core component of eco-friendly food management. The tidal surges of the Bay of Fundy extend into the mouths of a number of fresh water rivers and impact fresh water flows. Global warming is having a major impact on ocean frontage around the world as sea levels rise. COP 26 has prioritized the need to understand how ocean tides function and what can be done to manage tidal flows of both salt water ocean fronts and fresh water river bank floods in a manner that contributes to a sustainable environment. This is a major concern and priority for global coastal communities. “Anchor” & Innovation Linkage “As we shall see, the greatest opportunities for growth lie in communities recognizing their own advantages, then fostering forms of specialized innovation that rely on those advantages. At the same time, communities must encourage the development of public institutions (NGO’s, think tanks, research centres, post-secondary institutions, etc.) to provide critical support. [1] Hiding in plain sight within the world’s rapidly changing production terrain are numerous innovation-based growth opportunities that have nothing to do with – and are much better than trying to create Internet, biotech – or lure science- based manufacturing industries[2] Dan Breznitz, from whose New York Times best-selling text, Innovation in Real Places, the above quotes are excerpted is lauded as the global guru on explaining to a public and private sector obsessed with promoting technology as the source of innovation to generate wealth how in our “new age” economy actual innovation is invariably linked to “anchors”, notably locations that have an infrastructure and natural attributes that facilitate innovation. There are permanent locations that are “anchors” and provide the natural infrastructure for specific innovations that have natural linkage or affinity with them. For example, Palo Alto California (Silicon Valley) is a WHO ranked age friendly community with an aging population in close proximity to the major urban centre of San Francisco. Silicon Valley is also is the locus of a leading -edge technology university (Stanford), with an internationally acclaimed science technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) teaching faculty and research facilities. In the lexicon of innovation this is labelled as an “Anchor”. Innovations, in this instance a “high tech” cluster are linked to that anchor and thrive. The Bay of Fundy, Historic St. Andrews by the Sea and the Huntsman Marine Science Centre and historic St. Andrews by the Sea are a composite “Anchor” for innovation in environmentally sustainable coastal tidal management. Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy[3] (FORCE) To date, the various public and private sector stakeholders in the Bay of Fundy have focused their efforts on developing technology to harness the power of the tides to generate electricity. The Bay of Fundy has a long history as a source of tidal power that can be traced back to 1607. Over the past 20 years there have been a number of attempts to use modern day technology to develop turbines that can harness the power of the tides to generate “clean/green” energy as a source of electrical power. FORCE is a non- profit non-governmental organization (NGO). Ironically, the emphasis on utilizing technology to harness the energy from the tidal flows to generate “clean/green” energy has demonstrated the negative impact on the ecosystem of narrowly focusing the scope of tidal management on technology applications. The extensive damage to the aquaculture from the churning of the turbines in the massive tide waters has resulted in putting the project on hold for the foreseeable future. Synopsis There is a need for a dedicated “holistic” centre for comprehensive ocean tidal research and management that adheres to a sustainable environmental mandate that fits with the Government of Canada’s commitment to support development of the Bay of Fundy as an “Anchor” for a global centre for research expertise on ocean tidal management The Ocean Tidal Research and Management Challenge An “Anchor” Strategy Turning the tide: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) COP 26: Tide could still be turned on ‘disproportionate’ climate hazards faced by coastal communities, IFRC report finds The people living on the world’s coastlines are already facing growing risks due to climate change. The warming climate both creates new threats and exacerbates pre-existing dangers. Sea levels are rising, coastal floods are becoming more severe, storms and cyclones are intensifying, and storm surge is reaching higher levels, further inland. Lives are being lost, homes and property damaged, and essential farmland ruined by saltwater. Vulnerable coastal communities face hard limits to adaptation that cannot be overcome, but also soft limits that can be shifted – with financing, governance and innovation.[4] A North American Perspective “With sea-level rise punishing the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards, America’s four most populous states – California, Texas, Florida and New York- all face climate reckoning. Among all global coastal cities ranked by asset value at risk, New York and Miami rank first and second.”[5] Parag Khanna’s recently published book, Move, the source for the above quote was frequently cited at the COP 26 summit as articulating the architecture for the threat that coastal community landscapes and communities will encounter for the foreseeable future. In the absence of a comprehensive ocean tidal management architecture and operational framework to “stem the tide” the world will be faced with a global climate refugee crisis. Ocean Tidal Management Opportunity For Town of St. Andrews & The Huntsman Marine Science Centre Historic St. Andrews by the Sea is strategically located in the ocean tidal management anchor at the head waters of the Bay of Fundy. It’s a WHO rated age friendly community. It’s an idyllic historic heritage community with a vibrant summer tourist economy. The Algonquin Inn, an anchor within the tourist infrastructure, can host international conferences, a considerable value add for a global centre. It has a small town walkable main street with local merchant owned businesses, a core component of age friendly communities that are attracting influxes of new residents. Its proximity to two regional urban centres, Saint John and Fredericton, provides residents with access to a wide selection of goods and services. As is the case with many historic small towns, it has an aging population as post war boomers and subsequently millennials gravitated to urban centres to pursue professional/paraprofessional careers in a service economy. St. Andrews has the potential to leverage underutilized lands into senior active retirement environments (S.A.F.E), the foundation for multi-generational senior active communities attracting seniors open to transition from family homes. Residential homes at affordable prices will come on the market. A multi-talent mix of millennials and generations x, y, z is looking for affordable age friendly communities to live in. “The ideals of small -town America hold growing appeal as they become alienated from big-city life”[6]. The “new age” service economy is enabling them to work remotely and there is a growing influx of Canadian professionals and para-professionals exiting urban centres for “age friendly” active communities in the east coast. Health is wealth in an emergent post pandemic society. The town is lacking in comprehensive health care. This can be remedied through adaptation of a contemporary holistic health care system that isn’t traditional medical doctor dominated. It does have an up to date public education system and a post-secondary college. The college is a prime candidate for development as a centre for skills level coastal tidal administration and sustainable acquaculture management to an international student body along with pro-active partnering with universities and research facilities. These are very attractive age friendly community attributes for families wanting affordable access to quality education for their children. The Huntsman Marine Science Centre (Huntsman) is a non- profit organization that functions as the research and education centre for a consortium of universities, the critical knowledge prong in the anchor. It’s located on 70 acres of land that includes research and teaching centres along with a residence. It is an acknowledged centre of excellence for marine biology and oceanography. The Huntsman has two primary divisions, education & outreach and aquatic biosciences. Tidal research and management are integrated into both divisions. The Huntsman has an opportunity to leverage its expertise into the leading global Centre for Ocean Tidal Management. Mission To leverage the of the Bay of Fundy “Anchor”, with age friendly community infrastructure of the town of and the internationally acknowledge expertise of the Huntsman Marine Science Centre into the global centre for ocean tidal research and management Vision The Huntsman Marine Science Centre for Global Ocean Tidal management Goals & Action Plan
[1] Dan Breznitz. Innovation in Real Places. New York. Oxford University Press. (2021) at P.5 [2] Ibid at P 55. [3] https://fundyforce.ca [4] International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) [5] Parag Khanna, Move. New York. Scribner (2021) at P. 97 [6] Supra 3 at P106
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Making the Move Happen to Attract Immigrants to New Brunswick
New Brunswick has an ageing population. That’s creating a situation in which there are more jobs than people. We need workers. “Some of the fastest growing job categories, such as home health assistance, food preparation, sanitation services, and so forth, require little or no education but make life more convenient for the rest of society, especially the elderly and the middle class”.[1] So, where do we find these workers? Canada is multi-cultural country with a reputation of tolerance and respect for all newcomers. The federal government has embraced an aggressive public policy to recruit 425,000 primarily high skilled immigrants per year to Canada over the next five years help fill the gap in the high tech, professional and skill trades sectors. Universities and colleges are partnering with the government to recruit immigrants for education programs that are linked with fast track work permits that lead to permanent residency and citizenship. This is all well and good. It will position Canada as a desirable location for immigrants looking for professional careers and new economy employers interested in setting up shop in a country with a highly skilled workforce. “But some of the most crucial areas facing labor shortages, such as construction and healthcare, from building and installing modular homes to providing physical therapy for the elderly, don’t even require a high school degree”[2] So, where do we find workers who are prepared to come to Canada to take on these fast- growing jobs? The world is at the beginning stages of a global migration. A combination of political upheaval that includes war even in places like the Ukraine in Europe and global warming are displacing populations. For those not displaced many of the new generation in good health just want out. Nightly news casts now contain harrowing tales of desperate political and climate refugees risking their lives to escape the carnage in their homeland and seek a new life in a better world. Canada is well-known constituent of the better world. But unlike Europe which Asians and Africans can be access by land or boat, or the U.S. which is connected by a land bridge to Central and South America via Mexico, you need a plane ticket, passport and, if you’re from an unstable country a visa to get into Canada. The Afghan backlog in processing what are supposedly preferred status refugees illustrates the difficulties in administering this process through what is touted as an antiquated system. New Brunswick needs to follow Quebec’s lead. That province has negotiated a designated status relationship with the federal government which allows it to grant preferred immigrant status to classes of persons it deems will add value to the provincial economy. I know from having taught hundreds of immigrant students in my tenure as a college law professor that when they or their parents visit immigration offices abroad to inquire about immigration all the counselling from immigration officials is focused on opportunities in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area (GTHA) of Vancouver. There’s nary a mention of New Brunswick. This province has got to get itself on the Canadian immigration map if it wants to become a serious contender. Quebec also has a designated temporary worker immigration niche that enables it to cherry pick unskilled immigrants to work in the service sectors. It retains the option to grant them permanent residency status if they demonstrate the ability to assimilate and contribute to Quebec culture. New Brunswick needs to look to what Quebec is doing in the temporary worker recruitment market and get on the move with a comparable program. Now let’s talk a bit about applicants with foreign professional qualifications; specifically doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses of which there is a critical shortage in New Brunswick. Why not bring foreign trained health professionals into the province to fill this gap? There are hundreds of EU qualified health care providers with equivalent qualifications to Canadians interested in coming to Canada. I know because I founded and ran Canada Law from Abroad (www.canadalawfromabroad.com) that sent more than a thousand Canadians to world class UK law schools. I was frequently in the UK and became conversant with the accreditation system for foreign trained doctors. Canada has a notorious reputation for making it extremely difficult for foreign trained health professionals to become accredited in Canada. The domestic cadre of regulated health professionals run a closed shop. At professional recruitment fairs I would routinely encounter Australians counselling doctors against the Canadian barriers in place requiring highly skilled doctors to work in hospitals for low wages for three to five years to get accredited while if they came to Australia they could be accredited in one to two years. Guess where they chose to emigrate? Until provinces are prepared to take a stand on foreign degree professional accreditation for health care professionals the doctor shortage will continue as provinces restrict placement numbers at Canadian medical schools. [1] Parag Khanna, Move – The Forces Uprooting Us. New York. Scribner (2021) at P.39 [2] Supra P.87
![]() Think back to 2014. That’s when Loblaw Companies (Loblaws, President’s Choice) stunned the food industry with the purchase of Shoppers Drug Mart. Why the heck would a super market chain want to get into the pharmacy business? Well, as we all know now when we stroll the isles of Shoppers food is a natural fit as with pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. In fact, when we look back we realize that supermarkets had been on the edges of health convenience products in stocking products like toothpaste and aspirins in their stores for some time. Loblaws had just taken it to the next level by integrating convenience level food shopping with pharmaceuticals. Loblaws has now decided to take a big step up the health services ladder. It’s made a multi-million-dollar purchase of Lifemark, a health services company. It operates holistic stand-alone health care clinics that provide physiotherapy, massage therapy, occupational therapy, chiropractic and mental health therapy along with a range of ancillary services. The plan is to create a national network of healthcare professionals who are connected to patients through Loblaw’s mobile app, PC Health — named after the retailer’s in-store brand, President’s Choice. This just announced step shouldn’t come as a surprise. In fact, there may well be plans to take yet another step or two up the health services ladder. Yes, we do need doctors and nurses. However, the Canadian public health care system is doctor driven rather than being holistically health care focused. There is a long and convoluted history of how doctors and hospitals became the primary players in publicly funded Canadian health care. It evolved in an era when the health paradigm was all about caring for physically ill people with a delivery system dominated by doctors, nurses and hospitals supported by a profitable private sector pharmaceutical industry. Contemporary society is now embracing a new paradigm that views health as holistic with a focus on physical, mental and emotional wellness. The politics of public health care funding with its ongoing tug of war between the federal and provincial governments has created a stalemate. Public health care is stuck with physician and hospital costs ballooning in a futile effort to restrict health care and cut costs. The horrendous COVID 19 fallout with so many deaths attributed to aging patients in hospitals and nursing homes has laid bare the deficiencies of the outdated public health care system. Every New Brunswicker is now experiencing the after effects of this deficiency with difficulties in access primary health care from doctors and hospitals. The Loblaw purchase is an example of how the private sector is stepping into the public health care void coming to the rescue. There are 22 self-regulated health professions in New Brunswick. Chiropractors, masseurs, physiotherapists, prominent among these holistic health practitioners, are emerging are making their presence known. The Province of New Brunswick is increasing the number of nurse practitioner places in its university programs. Look for an innovative solution to the doctor shortage in New Brunswick communities with Loblaws taking the lead in setting up holistic heath care clinics.
Newfoundland/Labrador (NFL) Tourism spins a tale that tells inquiring tourists looking for a special place to visit to come to St. John’s and experience what life is like in Canada’s oldest city. I’ve been there and done it. It was enjoyable. However, using Maritime talk, it’s small potatoes in comparison to living in what’s British North America’s first true city in Canada’s colonial era. Saint John New Brunswick was incorporated as a city in 1785 by the United Empire Loyalists (UEL) upon landing on its shores as proud British patriates in the aftermath of the American revolution. St. John’s, and as Saint John natives will tactfully remind you never to put “St.” in front of John or an “’s” at the tail end, was still an out-port fishing colony in 1785 when the (UEL) landed on the shores of the Bay of Fundy. Now, these UEL were not ordinary folk. They were representative of the upper crust of what are commonly referred to as the “Boston States” and counted among their numbers graduates of Harvard, Yale and Princeton (the Ivey Leagues) as well as the famed barristers from the historic Inns of Court in London. The UEL were determined to make their mark on their new home and leave a legacy that would remind all who came after them of what thy had to gain by following their lead and making the historic harbour on the Bay of Fundy their home. And they have left a legacy that in the pre COVID tourist season was scheduled to attract in excess of 90 cruise ships and an estimated 200,000 visitors. Of course, they do come to get a first- hand up close look at a natural wonder as the highest tides in the world on the Bay of Fundy butt up against the mouth of the Saint John River, reputed to be the second longest river in North America next to the Mississippi, and reverse the flow of the fresh water tide twice a day. But for those who live in Saint John they’re also the beneficiaries of being blessed with being happy since its been well documented that “people who live next door to the ocean report being happier than those who don’t” A must stop for tourists is the historic Saint John City Market. It’s the oldest continuously operating market in Canada. For those who live in Saint John they actually get to shop for food and have bite to eat in this unique historic emporium. Both tourists and residents can then stroll through the historic King’s Square and wander over to walk through the historic Loyalist Cemetery. In your wandering about uptown you’ll notice two things. Although there are historic sites such as Fort Howe, Martello Tower and Loyalist House that give you a glimpse of the Loyalist city in the Loyalist era, there is a noticeable absence of historic Loyalist structures. The “Great Fire of 1877” destroyed an estimated 80% of the city. But for those who want to live in a city with replete with Victorian and Edwardian brick and stone residences and business that are on par with what you admire as a tourist when you wander the streets of Beacon Hill in Boston and Upper Manhattan in New York you live that life experience in uptown Saint John. Saint John was a major centre of commerce in the Victorian era and one of the top three shipbuilding and lumber export centres in British North America. The city was rebuilt with those grand brick and stone buildings that are testament to the wealth of that era. The rich and famous snatch up these stone and brick edifices as soon as they come on the market in Boston and New York. Just think! You could be doing just what they’re doing an affordable price and participating in active community living in Saint John. The Happiest Places to Live -Small New Brunswick Coastal Towns & Active “Pocket” Communities3/19/2022
Life satisfaction is strongly influenced by location. People who live in small towns are generally happier than people who live in big cities. People who live next door to the ocean report being happier than those who don’t.[1] This isn’t just me talking. It’s the results of a life satisfaction survey of more than 1,000 North American adults. I wasn’t a participant in the survey but can certainly confirm the validity of the findings. I grew up living that life in Saint John New Brunswick on the Bay of Fundy. I’m a “Bay Boy”. Saint John isn’t a small town. It’s a city comprised of anchors (pocket communities) that are like bundles of small towns. In my youth those anchors were neighbourhoods the foundation of which were parishes. Your parish was the root source of an active community. You knew everyone and all about everyone in your parish and they knew all about you. Yes, there was gossip and not all gossip was good gossip. However, more importantly your parishioners cared for you and about you. That made you feel good about yourself and those around you. You were happy. Now for the value add. Saint John is the Bay of Fundy city. Fundy has the most powerful and highest tides in the world with a 50 rise and fall every day. As a boy I got to witness the ebb and flow of those tides every day. You would always know when the tides were rushing in or out because of the wind. And of course, the wind ushered fog in and out. When the fog was in you missed the sun. However, when the sun broke through those clouds you realized just how good it felt to be enveloped in sunlight. The ocean has a calming presence in between the tidal ebbs and flows. You can feel it in the air. When the tidal flow is changing you can sense the energy. You appreciate that there is a powerful force in the earth that you must respect. All of this is subliminal which is what makes you happy. You’re having an up close experience with the changing energy of the earth every day. I decided to move on from Saint John and pursue a professional career as a law professor in Toronto. However, once you experience life on the shores of the Bay of Fundy you’ll always have a yearning to live by the ocean. I did the next best thing by living in downtown Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario, one of the great lakes. My home was in the renowned village community of St. Lawrence Market; small town living on the edge of an urban megalopolis. Just like so many east coasters I never forgot my love of small- town active community living on the ocean. When the time was right I came home. No way was I going to miss the opportunity to reconnect with ocean front living in a small town. My wife and I now call historic Saint Andrews by the Sea our home. We could have chosen a number of the small fishing communities strewn along the bay. An increasing number of families of all age ranges fed up with urban congestion and the exorbitant cost of living are opting for affordable small- town active community living in New Brunswick. Pocket stand- alone sea coast communities within an easy commute to Saint John such as Saint Andrews and island life on Deer Island or even Grand Manan, the latter being a world- famous bird migration way station that draws birders from around the world every spring are on the radar screens. For those wanting a unique multi-cultural life experience there’s the Acadian small- town stand- alone pocket communities of Cocagne an easy commute to Moncton and , Tracadie, Caraquet, Shippegan and Lameque on the Northumberland Strait an easy commute to Bathurst. So much to choose from. [1] Charles Montgomery, Happy Cities, Toronto, Doubleday, (2013) at P.35
I’m a boomer. I followed the traditional route of many lads born and brought up in Saint John, New Brunswick and moved to Toronto, a bustling urban centre of four million, to embark on a professional career. It was the smart thing to do in that era. I became a college law professor. It was a tenured position in a unionized environment with a guaranteed cost of living adjustment, extended health care and a generous defined pension benefit plan. My wife and I bought a condominium at a very attractive price in the heart of downtown Toronto on the waterfront at historic St. Lawrence Market and “lived life to the fullest”. That was way back then. Eleven years ago, the college offered me a very generous early retirement package with health benefits that was too good to refuse. It was also a very good deal for the college. My replacements were two lawyers hired on an hourly contract basis with no benefits or participation in a pension plan. It marked the beginning of the “now generation” for millennials entering into professional college teaching careers in an emergent “gig” economy. We decided to sell our downtown condo. The deposit the couple put down for the condo purchase was as much as we had paid for full ownership back then. But this was now. However, their salaries hadn’t quadrupled and both them and us were aware that paying for a downtown lifestyle was going to be a financial stretch that little room for building a nest a savings nest egg for retirement. We relocated to a 55+ active retirement community in Guelph, an attractive university town, on the edge of what is now the Greater Toronto Hamilton area (GTHA) with a population that was in the process of ballooning to seven million with congested multi-lane highways. We had a wonderful early active retirement life in our 55+ community. However, at age 70 we decided that it was time to “come home” and embrace intergenerational active community living in a small town. We put our condo up for sale at double the price we paid for it. Not surprisingly, in the frenzied property market in the GTHA, we were presented with an offer we couldn’t refuse on the first day. However, the couple who purchased it were well beyond the 55+ gen x/ millennial age category. “Freedom 55” is dream wish in the increasingly congested GTHA for millennials and genx struggling to stay alive, never mind thrive, in the emergent “gig” economy. They were boomers in 70+age category and representative of the cohort who had bought in at age 55 twenty years ago but were now actively aging as a new generation of 70+ active retirees. A high end 55+ active retirement community was beyond the price range of millennials. Buying in was now reserved for well healed people like us (PLUs). Like me, the husband had migrated to Toronto from an east coast town 50 years ago to get started on a stable long-term management career in an established company gravitating to a senior position that had a generous defined benefit pension program. That, along with the sale of a home they had purchased back then but sold now in a skyrocketing real estate market enabled them to embrace a quality active retirement lifestyle. Both my wife and I had always been enthralled with historic Saint Andrews by the Sea on the Bay of Fundy. It’s an eclectic small town intergenerational active community. It’s a convenient drive into Saint John to visit family. We’ve decided to build a customized modular home with a stand- alone guest suite for visits by family and friends and stained -glass studio for my wife along with space for an activities/games room. Should we require personalized care in the future the guest suite can accommodate an in-house care giver. Compared to the cost of living in the GTHA it was all very affordable. By the way, if we want to have an Ontario chat all we need to do is knock on the door of several of our neighbours. Like my wife and I they’ve come home after pursuing successful professional careers in Ontario to embrace that very special culture of active community living in a small town with its walkable main street hub and family operated businesses. And it’s very easy to do since only family owned businesses can operate in the town hub. What I’ve just recounted is nothing new. You’re probably aware of this from clicking into social media sites. If you’re a genx/ millennial this is a dream that’s years down the road from being pursued, or so you hope. Moreover, if you live in congested urban centre the cost and stress of living in that environment is just not going to enable you to transition into active retirement living in an idyllic intergenerational small town down the road when the time comes if it ever does. And you’re probably right which is why you should look at making the transition to affordable small-town active community living now. It can be done and is being done by an increasing number of millennials/genx. Here are two quick case studies. Small town merchants invariably like to chat you up when you’re in their store. One day while in the liquor store a manager, a millennial, told me about how enjoyable life was since she had relocated to Saint Andrews from Vancouver. She had been transferred from the east coast to Vancouver by a national retailer to be a regional manager. It was a good job but the cost and pace of living made she and her spouse realize that congested urban living was the source of constant stress in their lives. They relocated to Saint Andrews where a stress-free job with less money went a much longer way in this small east coast town enabling them to buy an affordable family home and support a comfortable standard of living. She had got out in time to start “living life to the fullest”. Small east coast towns have aging populations. Down the street a millennial husband and wife team who had migrated from an east coast small town to the oil patch in Alberta had scrapped together enough money to relocate to Saint Andrews to take over a family restaurant. This was a venture that would have required an investment of big money in a big city but was doable with a nest egg in a small town. It was dream come true time for them. Then there’s the construction team that’s assembling our modular home. These are all, relatively speaking, young men with skilled trade qualifications who had for one reason of another decided to eschew the lure of big city life and earn good money and lead an active life in a small-town environment. The message here is that if you have a skilled trade or professional qualification there’s a market for your talent in small towns. As I stroll along the main street hub I get a first -hand look at the number of millennials/genx, the next generation of retirees, getting a head start on intergenerational active community living by relocating to small east coast towns now. And their numbers are growing. Why not join those in the know? |
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