Homegrown Internet Business Adds Value.

From J.D. Booth, Lambton Shield.

It was mid-2014 when members of the senior management team at Bluewater Power first began scoping out the creation of a homegrown internet service business, part of what has become the “group of companies” strategic direction that not only adds value for the municipally owned enterprise but positioned Sarnia-Lambton for future growth.

Part of that was a visit to Stratford, Ontario, a community that had become one of the first in the nation to leverage its local electric utility into a powerhouse of digital connectivity.

While Bluewater Power may have differed from Festival Hydro in its ownership structure—the Stratford utility was and still is wholly owned by one municipality, not the six here in Sarnia-Lambton—that was seen to be largely minor.

But what caught the attention of members of the Bluewater Power team was the individual that arguably had orchestrated the creation of Rhyzome Networks, the Festival Hydro subsidiary the visitors from Sarnia-Lambton were hoping to emulate.

Paul West is the son of a lawyer who had originally attended Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo with that path in mind.

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