Peterborough NDP Candidate “excited for the future of Cleantech Commons”

Blog August 20, 2019

Peterborough-Kawartha NDP federal candidate, Candace Shaw, paid a visit to Cleantech Commons on August 14, 2019.

The NDP’s Candace Shaw on-site at Cleantech Commons with executive director, Martin Yuill

Shaw was hosted by Cleantech Commons executive director, Martin Yuill, who provided a briefing and tour of the clean technology Research & Innovation Park.

Yuill outlined the vision for Cleantech Commons, Canada’s first pure-play cleantech innovation district, saying that the park is focused on creating global Canadian leadership in energy, environmental & climate technologies.

“Cleantech Commons,” Yuill said, “lies at the heart of our community’s efforts to support clean and green technology research, innovation and entrepreneurship“.

Offering a unique and picturesque location, Cleantech Commons is designed to be a point of convergence for academic and industry partners driving innovation in clean, green & low-carbon technologies.

“Cleantech Commons is a really exciting project, with a lot of potential for both our community and the world”: Peterborough-Kawartha NDP federal candidate, Candace Shaw.

Shaw was full of praise for the Park, describing it as “a really exciting project, with a lot of potential for both our community and the world”.

Cleantech Commons is an 85-acre Research & Technology Park currently under development adjacent to the main Peterborough, Ontario campus of Trent University. The initiative is a partnership between the university and the City of Peterborough.

“The vision for Cleantech Commons,” Yuill told Shaw, “is to be Canada’s premier destination for clean, green, low-carbon and environmental technology research, innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialization”.

Shaw: “I left Cleantech Commons excited for the future of this project, and for all of the innovative solutions being developed to work towards a sustainable future”.

Shaw says she “left excited for the future of this project, and for all of the innovative solutions being developed to work towards a sustainable future”.

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