The image above depicts the restored Paletta Mansion, which along with a new 14 acre waterfront park, was successfully completed as  City of Burlington's millennium project.    The project manager who led a highly skilled team, reported directly to Tim.

TCA Projects is a new integrated, strategic level advisory service tailored to successfully deliver city 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.   Please see the following Downtown Waterfront (DTWF) Project Profiles.

 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.

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 the 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 & 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, in addition to now attracting many spectacular great lakes cruise ships and being the new home of Thunder Bay Waterfront Art Gallery, will add more tourism destination attractions and active and passive public amenities .

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 1-3 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 several 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 a deep knowledge and understanding of strategy development & execution, organizational performance management, change management and 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. 

 The image above is the new Thunder Bay Art Gallery (TBAG) which is currently under construction to be opened in 2027.

   As Thunder Bay City Manager, Tim secured City Council approval for an initial $5.7M funding contribution to the project.  The one time capital funding came from the Renew Thunder Bay Reserve Fund which Tim established in 2010.  To date over $40M of Federal/Provincial funding has been approved for the project.  When completed the new TBAG will be a world class destination, on the shore of Lake Superior, featuring a permanent collection of Indigenous woodland art.

Successful municipal projects normally start as a vision.  Tim's extensive financial and project management expertise provides him with an in-depth understanding of what it takes to move projects from vision to reality, inclusive of strong community support.   

As a independent consultant, Tim completed several major capital project funding applications, including detailed cases for support, which led directly to the projects being approved.

  Successfully completing city building  projects is difficult work and requires that a clear focus be placed on risk management and due diligence including ongoing financial management.   

Over his +40 year career, Tim  has worked closely with dozens of dedicated and talented project teams.  Tim always takes time to celebrate success and recognize key milestones with project team members.   

Celebrating  project success with both Council members and community members  is also critical because the end result of any major city building project is always best measured by its positive impact on 

quality of life.