Village of Consort Council Presentation April 25, 2016 Presented - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Village of Consort Council Presentation

April 25, 2016 Presented by: Wanda Diakow Economic Development Officer/SA4RED

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ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY DIVERSIFIED BUSINESS COMMUNITY

ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY

Goals

• Connected with broadband fibre
• Smart community*
• Aeronautical transportation at

CFG3*

• Highway 41 is recognized as a hi-

load corridor Supporting Initiatives

• Digital Needs Assessment and

Inventory

• Airport Report
• Highway 41 Committee through

Eastern Alberta Trade Corridor

What is a SMART community?

• Society is becoming increasingly digital, connected, and urbanized.

Recognizing this trend, some communities apply innovative "Smart City" solutions to identify and solve basic urban issues.

• Smart Cities (or Smart Communities more broadly) ARE

CONNECTED places full of wireless devices and networks of sensors, cameras, applications, and data centers supporting every aspect of community life. This technology supports the collection of real-time data, measurement of performance through advanced analytics, and proactive responses to issues.

Source: Smart City Alliance, website

Smart City Projects:

Source: Smart City Alliance, Building Smart and Innovative Communities

What do you see in the red circle?

Smart City Projects:

Source: Smart City Alliance, Building Smart and Innovative Communities

Not ONE project that would be deemed a Smart City or Community project! Special Area No. 4 RED wants to work together to fill in the circle and become a SMART community.

What would a SMART community look like?

• The community is connected with broadband fiber. There would be lit and

dark fiber available.

• Project Opportunities
• Broadband Network Development
• E – Town Halls, Webcasting
• Public Wifi
• Water monitoring
• Action items:
• Inclusion of conduit in future public work plans - IMMEDIATE
• Strategy Development – DEVELOPING
• Digital Inventory – IMMEDIATE
• Community Engagement – DEVELOPING

AERONAUTICAL TRANSPORTATION CFG3

• GPS approach
• Visiting aircraft plug ins.
• Fuel pumps /w card lock or at least keys and callout phone numbers.
• Terminal building improvements
• Longer runway

IN INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY

Goals

• Consort is well rounded with

professionals and entrepreneurs.

• Consort is an innovative

community.

• Students know of career
• pportunities available to them*
• Strong networking groups

Supporting Initiatives

• Community analysis of current

careers

• Provide resources to learning
• rganizations and institutions
• Networking opportunities
• Annual career expo *

Intelligent Community defined …

“Intelligent Communities turn to technology not just to save money or make things work better: they create high – quality employment, increase citizen participation and make themselves great places to live, work, start a business and prosper.”

Source: Intelligent Community Forum, Community as Canvas

Return2Rural Career Expo

• September 29, 2016 in Consort
• Focus on Technology, Health and Entrepreneurship
• Hands on learning
• Youth entrepreneurs
• Career Fair

DIVERSIFIED BUSINESS COMMUNITY

Goals

• Strong communication with

businesses

• Downtown is revitalized*
• Small town economic

development ideas are implemented. Supporting Initiatives

• #100cupsofcoffee business walk
• Late night shopping - seasonal
• Tour of Empty Buildings –

developing

• Old time games*

REVITALIZED DOWNTOWN

• Create a Downtown Business Group that works together to create

promotions that attracts people to come downtown. Ie. Pancake breakfast for rodeo, Christmas Campaign

• Add some benches and paint the sidewalks
• GIANT checkers by the post office
• Hopscotch for KIDS young and not so young

Remember when you were a kid downtown was the hub? The place to meet people and just hang out? Let’s make that happen again!