Soo considers hosting Winter Cities Conference

Sault Ste. Marie City Council voted Monday night to investigate the possibility of again hosting a Winter Cities Conference.

Prompted by Ward 5 Councillor Duane Jones, Council voted to check out the both the cost of holding the event in the Sault and the possibility of attracting funding sources.

The City would have to pay a $10,000 hosting fee to the Winter Cities organization.

It could also make money from a related trade show.

Sault Ste. Marie hosted a Winter Cities event in 1991. Mayor John Rowswell and other Sault representatives recently attended a Winter Cities conference in Japan.

The City of Whitehorse was slated to host the next Winter Cities Forum in January/February 2003 but recently withdrew.

Councillor Jones told Monday's Council meeting that the City must move quickly if the Sault is to take over organizing that event.

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