Mount Pearl is open for business.

And to prove it, council and city staff unveiled several initiatives last week to aid local business operators during an event at City Hall held in conjunction with Newfoundland and Labrador Innovation Week.

Paul Lane isn’t worried about being an election longshot as he seeks to be re-elected as the provincial representative for the Mount Pearl-Southlands district without the backing of a political party.

Jim Lester allows there was an adjustment period during his first year-and-a-half in provincial politics, but the farmer, businessman and now politician is hoping to build on that experience as a member of the next governing party as he seeks re-election in Mount Pearl North.

After seeing no one else stepping up to the plate, David Brake is hoping to give Mount Pearl a taste of what the NDP has to offer.