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2015 Regional Economic Update
January 29, 2015
Invest North Fraser
an economic initiative of Maple Ridge, Mission & Pitt Meadows
Founding Partners:
City of Maple Ridge: Sandy Blue, Manager Strategic Economic Initiatives – emcee
District of Mission: Stacey Crawford, Economic Development Officer
City of Pitt Meadows: Kate Zanon, Director
With special guest: Brenda Fernie, Director of Business Development Seyem’ Qwantlen Business Group
Special thanks
Special thanks to
Seyem’ Qwantlen Business Group
for sponsoring today’s event
Today’s catering provided by
lelem’ Arts & Cultural Cafe
The Employment Program of British
Columbia is funded by the
Government of Canada and the
Province of British Columbia.
And a very special thanks to each of you for investing the time to
participate today – we sincerely appreciate it and look forward to working
with you to
Agenda
Morning:
Afternoon:
Traditional Welcome – KFN
Mayor Read – Host Mayor Welcome
MLA Marc Dalton
ADM Shanna Mason
Invest North Fraser
Stave West – Bob O’Neal
Tim Horton’s Camp – Bill Brooks
IR5 Development – Tumia Knott
Break
Break
Labour Market + Q & A
MLA Doug Bing
FN & Local Government
Table Discussion & Reporting out
LUNCH & Networking
Thank you and WRAP – Mayor
Read and Tumia Knott
MLA Simon Gibson
Table discussion & reporting out
Appoint table captain & ‘recorder’. 30 minutes
Discussion topic sheets are at your table
– Biggest ‘ah ha’ today
– Best ‘immediate’ opportunity
– Longer term
– Champions? Partners?
– Next steps
TRADITIONAL WELCOME
KWANTLEN FIRST NATION
HOST COMMUNITY WELCOME
MAYOR NICOLE READ
MLA MARC DALTON
ADM SHANNA MASON –
MINISTRY OF JOBS, TOURISM & SKILLS
TRAINING
INVEST NORTH FRASER UPDATE
January 29, 2015
Invest North Fraser
an economic initiative of Maple Ridge, Mission & Pitt Meadows
City of Maple Ridge: Sandy Blue, Manager Strategic Economic Initiatives – emcee
District of Mission: Stacey Crawford, Economic Development Officer
North Fraser communities
centrally located, accessible, welcoming & awesome!
easy access
about Invest North Fraser (INF)
INF is an economic initiative of Maple Ridge, Mission &
Pitt Meadows – 3 of BC’s fastest growing communities
Regional Statistics
Land
Commercial
Industrial (includes 300+acres on airport)
Agricultural
Population
Current labour force
Median household income
Median age
Jobs
Current
Projected 2040
590 sq. kms
480 hectares
1,120 hectares
11,800 hectares
139,800
58,000
$72,327
38.6
208,000
47,000
89,000
great outdoors
Access to hiking, biking, boating, fishing all
within minutes from work or home
Why North Fraser?
location / access
growing population
welcoming
communities
fantastic lifestyle
proximity to int’l markets
strong business community
affordable / available land
Available talent pool / educated labour force
top investment places:
2010 – 2015 ‘Top Canadian Investment Cities’
report includes only 2 BC communities
# 4 - Surrey
#5 - Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows
Top BC Investment Towns & “the place to live
for lifestyle” – every year since 2009
#1 – Surrey
# 2 – Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows
Top 25 Communities for Business in
Western Canada – 2012 Mission
vision
“The ultimate aim of The BC Jobs Plan is to create a
climate that encourages a robust economy in which the
private sector can thrive”
Honourable Christy Clark, Premier of BC
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North Fraser communities forecast doubling of population and jobs by 2040
Maple Ridge target doubling the number of businesses to 6,000 over the next 10 years
Through the BC Jobs Plan pilot we have identified job creation projects in key sectors
Partnering with First Nations Business organizations to help achieve our goals
Member of ‘Welcoming Communities’ Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs)
3 year BC Jobs Plan update
Province cross – sector progress
North Fraser cross – sector progress
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Seyem’ Qwantlen Business Group members of
North Fraser Education Task Force / Steering
Committee & Maple Ridge EAC.
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Ministry of International Trade working closely
with us on several files
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Frequent presenters at PNP seminars
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Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters CME
included North Fraser in their 2014
Manufacturing Month initiative
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www.businessSTART.ca and
www.truenorthfraser.com delivering practical
resources and tools to small business across the
region
Special thanks to the Province
We sincerely appreciate:
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The active role of our MLAs helping advance INF goals
The great ‘Regional Support’ provided by Lindsay
Bisschop , Lori Henderson & Shanna Mason from JTST
Funding support for Education Forum & LMI research
Provide WorldHost Training via businessSTART
Successful on bid for full-service campground Maple Ridge
Mission Stave West partner
priority investment attraction sectors
Natural Resource Sectors:
Forestry & Agrifoods
Knowledge based sectors:
 Technology, clean tech & green economy
 Film, digital, new media, animation &
gaming
 Tourism
Infrastructure sectors:
 International education
 Transportation & aerospace
‘10 things to know’
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Our local economic strengths & weaknesses
Our community’s place in the broader regional economy
Our community’s economic development vision and goals
Our community’s strategy to attain its goals
Connections: economic development & other city policies
Our regulatory environment
Our local economic development stakeholders & partners
The needs of our local business community
Our community’s economic development message
Our economic development staff
‘10 things elected officials should know about Economic Development’ –
International Economic Development Council (IEDC) & National League of Cities 2010
Building Ag & Tourism capacity
www.truenorthfraser.com
businessSTART
www.businessSTART.ca
Launched February 2014 in Small Business Week
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Bruce Livingstone – businessSTART program manager
Use social media to connect with participants ongoing
Financial and Meeting Room resources guide developed
Wide range of partners / content providers including:
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Chambers, Small Business BC, Futurepreneur, BCTIA
Next steps:
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Quick facts:
Free weekly one-hour seminars
500+ participants to date
‘Connecting’ businesses
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Developing e-newsletter with Success Stories & Tips
Seeking testimonials / success stories to share
Planning underway for a program review with
participants and partner organizations following our first
year of program delivery
Encourage participation – free program connects current
& prospective businesses with more than 70 resources
to help their business thrive and grow
Education Task Force & LMI
2014 North Fraser initiatives:
 Education Task Force (ETF): January – present
 Education Forum: April
 Education Steering Committee: June - present
 Meeting with Minister Virk: June
 Update Councils & Economic Advisory / boards
 Labour Market Study: Draft December 2014
Goal: Explore multi-institutional post secondary where business & industry drive
education and training, resulting in high value local jobs and a vibrant economy
ETF members include: MLAs, local government, EAC, reps from various ministries, school
districts, industry, business, First Nations, several post-secondary institutions & others
Film & related
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Film is big business in BC
Maple Ridge, Mission & Pitt Meadows enjoy more than our share of the action
2006 Maple Ridge hired full-time Film Production Liaison
Maple Ridge is program-ready for launch of Partners on Screen initiative
Film Production Liaisons meet regularly with each other & with Industry to improve
service / remove red tape / attract, retain & grow our share of available projects
By the numbers:
 We attribute $10,000 per ‘shoot day’ of economic impact to the community
 Maple Ridge 2014 YTD 339 shoot days.. Or $3.4 Million dollars in economic impact
 Scouting, prep and wrap days also have a big economic impact
 Goal is to grow the sector i.e. post production, animation & gaming; education
Note: Ridge Studios announced on 224 in Maple Ridge
*Note: In 2013, 294 productions were filmed or completed post-production in BC. Maple Ridge had a total of 222 ‘shoot days’ that year .
The North Fraser economic partners are working
together to attract investment that will help ensure
a sustainable, vibrant economy in our region.
We very much appreciate the generous support of
the Province which is helping focus our efforts &
build connections across ministries and in key
sectors.
Details available online at www.investnorthfraser.com
Veronica Madore, Labour Market
Research Project Lead introduces
Rob Malatest
ROB MALATEST
Labour Market Research
- Background & Methodology
- Recommendations
-Q&A
BREAK
MLA DOUG BING
FIRST NATIONS & LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
Relationship Building
through economic development
- Tumia Knott
- Jemma Scoble - Specialist in aboriginal
consultation & engagement
ENJOY
LUNCH!
Bob O’Neal
STAVE WEST
Bill Brooks
TIM HORTONS CAMP
TUMIA KNOTT
IR5
BREAK
Table discussion & reporting out
Appoint table captain & ‘recorder’. 30 minutes
Discussion topic sheets are at your table
– Biggest ‘ah ha’ today
– Best ‘immediate’ opportunity
– Longer term
– Champions? Partners?
– Next steps
MLA SIMON GIBSON
Thank You & WRAP UP
Mayor Read & Tumia Knott