Building Activity in 2009

A lack in the number of new homes in Fort Frances is being reflected in the overall building numbers for 2009.

Just under One-hundred permits were issued last year, most for home improvements.

Chief Building Official Rick Hallam says its continues a trend seen for several years now.

"There's been a very noticeable decrease in the number of new single detached dwellings being constructed in Fort Frances," says Hallam. "If you go back 10 or 11 years, we were doing upwards to 16 to 18 new homes a year. That's dropped off quite substantially. A lot of it now is additions or renovations."

Larger projects such as the new library, the elementary school and Boston Pizza accounted for much last year's total value of about $15-million.