“We have serviced lands available for large-scale in- dustrial development and are at work on an infrastructure improvement project for our Dracup Ave. corridor that will support the new Parkland College campus, with serviced lands further to the south for additional commercial and industrial development. At $6 million, it is one of the largest capital improvement projects we have under- taken.” He said two years ago the city opened a new $33 mil- lion water treatment plant. Yorkton offers several incentives for industrial and res- idential development including a five-year phase-in of property taxes for industrial development and a five-year, 100 per cent tax exemption to developers for multi-family rental units. While the city's demographics have traditionally been older, the development of two large canola crushing plants and growth in other sectors are attracting new workers with their families. The new Parkland College Trades and Technology Centre will train young people at home for jobs in the community, rather than see them move elsewhere. Gord Shaw, Yorkton's director of planning and engi- neering, says the city will continue to focus on value- added agricultural industry and existing services. “With the rail lines and provincial highways intersecting here we are a prime distribution point into Saskatchewan, Mani- The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Fall 2014 – 21