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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Amazon facility officially opens The site, which includes 250 full-time employees and 110
forklifts, features a number of sustainability initiatives. These
Company and political leaders were on hand in the fall to cut include personal protective equipment recycling stations,
the ribbon to officially open Amazon's massive one-million- water bottle filling stations for employees and a rooftop
square-foot warehouse and fulfillment centre in Cambridge, filtration system to collect rainwater, directing it to the
signifying the arrival of 250 full-time jobs to Waterloo Region.
wetlands beside the site.
The giant facility on Old Mill Road is Canada’s first Storage and
Distribution Centre (SDC) and has been designed with a capacity Local officials on hand to cut the ribbon and take a tour
for 1,000 employees as operations expand. Phase 2, which included Ontario Minister of Red Tape Reduction and Kitchener
includes opening a second floor, is planned for next year. Conestoga MPP Mike Harris Jr., Cambridge MPP Brian Riddell,
Region of Waterloo Chair Karen Redman, and Cambridge Ward
“The facility is really strategically located within the Ontario 1 Coun. Helen Shwery.
market,” site manager Greg Clutton told Cambridge Today at
the official opening. "We have sites within London, Hamilton, “When we look at economic development in the region,
Brampton all within a close drive for us to be able to meet seeing large companies come in and invest here is really a key
customer demands. So, we can move units here back to those pathway to making sure that we're going to be creating good-
sites very efficiently and make sure that we have inventory paying jobs as we navigate the next, 10, 15, 20 years and see
available for our consumers." the region grow to probably close to a million people,” said
Harris, according to Cambridge Today.
The facility will serve other Amazon facilities, providing no
direct customer delivery but will receive shipments of products Amazon also has donated $66,000 to the YWCA Cambridge's
earmarked for other facilities, including the one on Cherry Small Steps to Success program, which assists local women
Blossom Road in Cambridge. and gender-diverse individuals to achieve their personal and
professional goals and has helped finance the Shantz Hill
Clutton told the media this expedited process will result in Towns development for Habitat for Humanity.
faster delivery times for their customers as products won’t have
to come from the GTA or other parts of Ontario.
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