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Leadership Forum Economic Development

Roebuck Community Centre Township of Augusta February 10, 2011

Welcome

Ann Weir – Leadership Forum MC Economic Development Manager United Counties of Leeds and Grenville

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Mel Campbell Warden United Counties of Leeds and Grenville

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Steve Clark Member of Provincial Parliament Leeds Grenville

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Gord Brown Member of Parliament Leeds Grenville

Leeds Grenville Economic Development

 Implementation of Counties Economic Development Strategic Plan (Phase II)

• Marketing, investment attraction, business and sector development
• Leadership and community capacity development strategies
• Facilitate economic development strategic opportunities for partner communities

 Liaises with County divisions, government agencies, developers and other agencies to facilitate and expedite development and business expansion.  Research new and existing funding opportunities that will support Economic Development

Role of Regional Economic Development

5 – Year Strategy

Phase I: Creating the Foundation (Economic Readiness)

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Economic Development Action Plan (12 – 24 months)  Economic Development Leadership  Building Community Capacity / Quality of Life  Image / Communications  Business Attraction / Investment Phase II: Transitional / Cultivation Updated Economic Development Strategy (24 -36 months)  Business Retention and Expansion  Tool Kit Development / Implementation – Sector / Corridor  Marketing Phase III: External Solicitation Investment Attraction (36 – 60 months)  Aggressive External Marketing Strategy  Utilization / Maximization of Tool Kit

Attracting Investment:  Vision, Strengths and Weaknesses - Adjustments  Regional Approach – TEAM!  Professional Assistance – Eco Dev, CFDCs, Community Leaders  Web-based Data  Knowing who we are and what we have  Real Estate – brokers, owners, developers  Gold Standard Response Time  Sustainability

Importance of Planning

Economic Development Leadership

• Updated Vision

“Leeds and Grenville is a progressive place to locate and grow a business. It will be an engine of economic growth through a collaborative, regional approach, focused on growing its business in a sustainable manner, while enjoying a high quality of life that is culturally rich, active and diverse, within a unique, natural, historic environment that is globally recognized.”

• Updated Mission Statement

“The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville will be the engine of growth for three economic corridors of strength through a collaborative regional approach that focuses

• n growing its business presence in specific targeted clusters, while maintaining

economic diversification. We will focus on “green” inspired development, iconic tourism experiences, knowledge-based manufacturing and new agri-bio opportunities that result in economic benefits for the County and its citizens.”

Image / Communications - Branding

Image / Communications - Branding

Promotional Options

Image / Communications - Branding

Banners

Municipal Profile Pages

Business Directory

Demographic Report Generator

Land & Buildings

BizPaL

Congratulations: – North Grenville – Rideau Lakes – Edwardsburgh- Cardinal

www.leedsgrenville.com

Image / Communications - Website

Community Capacity Development / Quality of Life / Business Attraction Retention

2009 Date Attendance Economic Summit June 12 204 Leadership Conference September 11 85 Manufacturing October 9 53 Tourism Development December 4 89 2010 Agriculture January 15 80 Bio-Products / Green Technology February 5 80 Small Business / BIAs /Chambers March 26 80 Transportation / Logistics April 23 50 Not-for-Profit Organizations May 7 46 Youth / Education - Training May 28 41 Future Directions Economic Summit September 10 141

5 – Year Strategy

Phase I: Creating the Foundation (Economic Readiness) Economic Development Action Plan (12 – 24 months)  Economic Development Leadership  Building Community Capacity / Quality of Life  Image / Communications  Business Attraction / Investment Phase II: Transitional / Cultivation Updated Economic Development Strategy (24 -36 months)  Business Retention and Expansion  Tool Kit Development / Implementation – Sector / Corridor  Marketing Phase III: External Solicitation Investment Attraction (36 – 60 months)  Aggressive External Marketing Strategy  Utilization / Maximization of Tool Kit

Phase II: Economic Readiness

Strengthen the Foundation (Economic Readiness)  Economic Development Leadership  Land and Buildings Inventory  Municipal Economic Development Committees  Economic Development Summit  Building Community Capacity / Quality of Life  Economic Development Leadership Forum  Image / Communications  Continue Brand Implementation

Phase II: Integrated Community Sustainability Plan

Federal Gas Tax Agreement (FGT)

• Leeds Grenville - $2,079,274.20

Sustainability

“ development that meets the needs of the present without comprising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”

Cornerstones

• Cultural
• Environmental
• Societal
• Economic

• Establish a sustainable vision for Leeds Grenville
• Each community will be able to focus on individual community needs
• Process / Timing
• Full-day workshop to launch process / debriefing
• 6 stakeholder workshops
• 3 rounds of community consultations at 5 locations
• 12 – 18 months to complete
• Winter 2011
• 18 months
• Steering Committee

Phase II: Integrated Community Sustainability Plan

Leeds Grenville Tourism Master Plan

• Phase I – Research
• Phase II – Identification of Strategic Areas of Focus
• Phase III – Implementation
• Phase IV – Enhanced Investment Attraction

Region 9:

• $1.487 million allocation per year for next 2 years
• Ontario / Quebec border to Quinte West
• Provincial Mandate:

 Strategic Marketing  Innovation and product development  Investment attraction  Regional Tourism Levy – annual $5.3 million potential

Phase II: Tourism

Phase II: Business, Retention and Expansion

• B,R&E Framework Development

– Modified Version – Economic Development Gardening

• Familiarization Tours
• Brockville Mental Health – Female Secure Treatment Unit

Phase II:

Tool Kit Development / Implementation - Sector / Corridor

• Agriculture / Local Flavours – supporting next steps
• Creating the Entrepreneurship Culture in partnership with Small Business

Entrepreneurship Centre and Grenville CFDC

• Manufacturing – iMin – Interactive Manufacturing Innovative Networks
• Tourism – Highway 401 Travel Centres, Mallorytown
• Highway 416 Corridor Initiative

Phase II:

Marketing

• Economic Development Website – Search Engine Optimization
• Enews Letter
• Ontario East Economic Commission Sector Partnerships

– Advanced Manufacturing / Green Economy – Tourism – Creative Economy – Partnership with City of Brockville – Transportation / Logistics,

• Rideau Heritage Route

Phase II: Economic Development Leadership

• Updated Economic Development Strategy
• Community Support

– Collaboration, working as a well-refined TEAM – Ambassadors and Champions

Municipal Member Updates Economic Development

Township of Athens

• Three new businesses opened in the past year.

– Ace Hardware, Pharmasave, Street Kia

• Cornfest celebrated its 30th Anniversary

– presented by Athens District Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by numerous businesses.

• Farmersville Exhibition, 31st year

– Hosted by Athens Lions Club, – Attracting people from throughout Ontario and Quebec

• Annual Parade of Lights in December
• Community Bonfire in January
• Other events: Charleston Lake Regatta, Charleston Lake Fireworks

Township of Augusta

• First Annual Business of the Year event - September 2010

– six businesses were nominated, winner was Finucan’s General Store

• Second Annual Business Fair was held on May 29, 2010 at Maynard

Public School. – 2011 date May 14, 2011, Maitland Fire Hall

• Collaboration with the Leeds and Grenville Small Business Enterprise

Centre for business seminars

• Promotional video was produced and available on the township website
• First Annual Mayors Breakfast for Grenville County - March 4, 2011

Township of Edwardsburgh-Cardinal

• Port Expansion
• Country Christmas Remembered , December in Spencerville
• February Hockey Tournament – Economic Dev , Tourism, Recreation
• Prysmian Cables Expansion – Industrial Park
• MT Investments Warehouse – Industrial Park
• Final Greenfields occupancy permit

Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley

• Township’s Business Park - lot grading and drainage plan completed

with a new exit route.

• Elizabethtown-Kitley Business News - published winter, spring and fall
• Community Profile
• Atlas Block was named the Business of the Year in October 2010.
• Website revamped / online business directory

Township of Front of Yonge

• First-ever Winter Festival was launched

– Second-annual event - two weeks time!

• First Summer Fair introduced

– featured dozens of area vendors and area artists

• New Business: Jan’s Gallery Bed and Breakfast, Mallorytown
• Mallory Coach House Heritage

– Renovations nearing completion. – Opened to the public many weekends in 2010. – History of Front of Yonge

• New Economic Development Committee formed

Village of Merrickville-Wolford

• 15th Annual Eastern Ontario Post Card Show

– considered the third largest in Canada after Toronto and Montreal.

• Merrickville Car Show – 10th Anniversary

– Record-breaking 1,200 entries

• Merrickville Artist Studio Tour

– longest continuously running studio tours in Ontario

• First Impressions Community Exchange with Picton in 2011

– part of the Economic Development Strategy Review

• Construction of the new sewage treatment plant started in 2010
• Gold medal for Mrs. McGarrigle’s

– Napa Valley Mustard Festival in California in 2010

Municipality of North Grenville

• 2010 was a year of development - Wal-Mart and Staples.
• Green and Growing Initiative

– gaining momentum through the Economic Development Committee and its belief in a balanced approach to economic growth. – “investment ready” – Business Expansion and Retention plan

• Kemptville District Hospital - celebrates 50 years

– Opens new $23-million wing

• Old Town Kemptville Downtown Revitalization
• Extension of sewer and water services - Highway 416/County Road 43
• Website and promotional video are launched

Township of Rideau Lakes

• 150th celebration of the Delta Mill was called Deltabrations

– New Stone Wall Perennial Garden

• Rideau Cup Sled Dog Races and Skijoring – Newboro Lock Station

– More than 1,000 spectators

• Celebrating the Season - Lower Beverley Lake

– More than 2,000 visitors

• Rideau Lakes Fly-in – Upper Rideau Lake

– Planes on skis, balloon tires and wheels land in an air transpo extravaganza.

• Historical plaque – Highway 15, near Portland

– Canadian Navy’s First Admiral, Sir Edmund Kingsmill,

Village of Westport

• Landmark Westport Harbour

– reports record-breaking occupancy rates and revenues, 15% increase

• Westport Visitor Centre and Harbour Facility

– $30K upgrades and improvements

• Westport’s first Municipal Heritage Designations Announced

– Westport Town Hall, Rideau District Museum

• Westport Heritage Festival
• The “Rideau Calls” tourism stakeholders workshop

– Hosted by Westport and the Rideau Lakes Chamber of Commerce

Keynote Speaker

Kathy Wood Natural Capital Resources Inc.

Warden’s Award Economic Development Leadership

SPECIAL WARDEN’S ANNOUNCEMENT

Warden’s Award Economic Development Leadership

Nominees Glenn Allen – Village of Westport Nancy Buker – Township of Augusta Ian Johnston – Township of Rideau Lakes Sandra Lawn – Township of Edwardsburgh-Cardinal Bernice Telik Moore - Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley Amy Neuman / Alison Wilson – Township of Front of Yonge Dermid O’Farrell – Municipality of North Grenville

Warden’s Award Economic Development Leadership

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

THANK-YOU!