The image depicts the new Town of Marathon Active Living Centre, a  

$90M+ community infrastructure project designed to restore and enhance recreation services and drive economic grow and attract visitors.    Tim is providing strategic and financial advisory support to the Town CAO and senior staff, external project manager and the design development team on the project.  The new ALC is located on Marathon's spectacular downtown waterfront.

TCA Projects is an integrated, strategic level advisory service tailored to successfully deliver community building  projects. 

By leveraging Tim Commisso’s in-depth municipal expertise, in collaboration with a network of highly skilled professional associates, TCA Projects provides a seamless one-stop solution for planning, designing, and executing visionary and impactful municipal projects.   Tim is currently helping clients move forward with 5 major city building projects across Ontario.

 Key associate advisory services include but are not limited to the following: 

1. Project Partnership (private and public sectors) and/or Consortium development including early stage project vision and city building principles & goals.
2. Architectural and Landscape Design - Innovative and sustainable architectural design tailored to city building  projects.
3. Project Financial Plan Development - Detailed capital and operating cost, due diligence analysis and innovative financing strategies for large-scale municipal projects and development of tailored financial models for public infrastructure investment.
4.  Economic and Tourism Impact Analysis - Quantifying economic growth, job creation, and tourism benefits of municipal projects.
5. Incremental Municipal Property Tax Impact Analysis - Detailed projections of incremental property tax revenues from proposed new city building developments.
6. Grant Funding Application Services - Strategic preparation of grant applications to federal & provincial governments and other funding agencies. 
7. Community and stakeholder engagement and ongoing project communications and status reporting.

The image depicts the Phase 1 massing model of the proposed new Art Gallery of Burlington facility located on the existing site in downtown Burlington.   In a volunteer role since 2024, Tim is working with the AGB Executive Director and project team on moving the proposed  $100M+ AGB Waterfront project through the various design development phases. 

Tim's focus is on project due diligence including ongoing capital budget development and funding strategy, economic and tourism impact and engagement with key stakeholders.  City council support will be required for each project phase.  

TCA Projects capitalizes on Tim’s in-depth strategy expertise by supporting municipalities and organizations in advancing major project initiatives from vision to implementation.  

This service area is designed for projects that require more than a typical project plan — including clear financial viability, investment readiness, and alignment with funding programs and partnership opportunities.

Capital  Funding Strategy

Development of capital budgets, funding strategies, and alignment with federal and provincial programs.

Business Case Development

Preparation of comprehensive major project business cases to support decision-making, funding applications, and project advancement.

Economic & Tourism Impact Analysis

Assessment of economic benefits including total output, employment, tourism activity, and fiscal impacts.

Public Sector Case for Funding Support

Preparation of compelling funding cases to support federal and provincial investment, including alignment with program criteria, economic impact, and project readiness.

Project Positioning & Investment Readiness

Supporting project positioning to secure public and private sector investment.  Tim also has extensive experience with community engagement and strategic communications on major projects which are both critical elements of the overall due diligence process.

Tim is a skilled strategic and business planning facilitator and utilizes a highly participative methodology.    Tim adapts the methodology to normally complete a strategic or business planning process in 3 months maximum. The approach includes a combination of in-person group facilitated workshop sessions and virtual sessions for review of the draft and final documents.   

To date, Tim has personally facilitated and delivered strategic and business plans for many public sector organizations ranging from community not for profit, arts and culture and faith based organizations to larger Indigenous communities and municipalities.

Tim works closely with clients to design the strategic or business planning process and engages support from associates, as required, for  expert workshop data analysis and interpretation.

Related to ongoing corporate strategic management, Tim has in-depth  knowledge and understanding of: 

• strategy development and execution.
• organizational performance management.
• change managemen.
• strategic goal setting including integrated performance metrics.

Tim welcomes organizations of all sizes as clients and is prepared to negotiate the fee for his strategic planning services on each client's ability to pay. 

This image depicts the City of Burlington downtown waterfront including the Discovery Landing facility which is home to Spencer's at the Waterfront restaurant.

As General Manager of Community Services, Tim was the executive lead of this transformational Burlington Downtown Waterfront project.   

Today, Burlington enjoys a world class public downtown waterfront consisting of 3.5 km of protected lake views  and 85 acres of parks and open space stretching from the Brant St. Pier to the Burlington Canal.  

Tim has developed extensive expertise and acumen in working closely with the development and building industry  related to city building projects.  Tim believes that successful city and community building is grounded in the respectful and mutually beneficial relationship developed between private and public sector stakeholders.  

This image depicts the splash pad feature at the City of Thunder Bay Water Garden Facility.  This facility is also home to the Bight Restaurant and adjacent to the new Delta Waterfront Hotel by Marriott.  The Prince Arthur's Landing project attracted significant private sector investment which added vibrancy and appeal to the downtown waterfront.

As City Manager of Thunder Bay, Tim played a lead role in the strategy development and accelerated completion  of the  Prince Arthur's Landing project which encompassed a combined private and public investment of $130M.  The strategy was key to securing the private sector investment and over $45M in federal/provincial funding.

Today the City is moving forward with Phase 2 of the waterfront development which is attracting many spectacular Great Lakes cruise ships and is the new home of Thunder Bay Waterfront Art Gallery.  The Thunder Bay Downtown Waterfront is also increasing the diversity of tourism destination attractions including active and passive public amenities .