Author: ON Regional Economic Development
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Business Retention and Expansion Training Program
Planning to engage with businesses in your community or start a Business Retention and Expansion (BR+E) project this year? You should attend the upcoming BR+E training sessions to learn the best practices for engaging the businesses in your community. Through the BR+E program, participants will learn how to make their community a great place to…
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Attend OMAFRA’s Agriculture Economic Development Training – Support Your Local Agriculture Sector
Is agriculture a key sector in your community? If so then plan to attend OMAFRA’s two-part online Agriculture Economic Development Training! This FREE interactive 2-part webinar training will: REGISTER NOW! When: Who should attend: This 2-part interactive webinar training is for economic developers, land-use planners, municipal councilor’s and community leaders who want to explore agriculture…
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Community Economic Data – An Introduction to Analyst
March 27th, 2024 Join us on March 27 at 10 am for a one-hour overview webinar of community economic data from multiple national data sources to help you enhance your community’s economy and workforce. This webinar will show you how to obtain data on your region’s top 10 industries and occupations, industry business counts, in-demand occupations,…
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How does your local economy compare?
Examining your community in comparison to others is a great way to increase your understanding of your local economy. Comparing or benchmarking is important because it provides greater context to the information, turning simple data into knowledge. For example, if the population of your community grew by five percent, is that consistent, faster, or slower…
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Facilitating Strategic Planning for Your Organization
A Free Webinar Training Series For Not-for-Profit Organizations This free train-the-trainer webinar series is designed for organizations to gain valuable skills and tools to facilitate their own strategic planning. Based on the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs’ Strategic Planning Resource manual, this step-by-step interactive webinar series will help organizations improve their effectiveness, strengthen…
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Understanding Community Economic Development in Teeny Tiny Places – January 10, 2024
Date: January 10, 2024Time:10am to 12pmRegister Here Are you looking to support and grow the economy in your community? Community Economic Development (CED) is the process of fostering an environment that results in the creation of wealth and well-being for the benefit of the community. This Teeny Tiny Summit will explore our CED 101 program…
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Introduction to OMAFRA’s Downtown Revitalization program
Join a free webinar on Wednesday, December 13th from 10 am until 11:30 am on the topic of OMAFRA’s downtown revitalization program. Downtown Revitalization is a process of improving the economic, physical, and social well-being of a community’s traditional town centre by: Presenters will discuss balancing downtown revitalization by considering market driven strategies within economic…
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Who’s Hiring in Your Community?
It is important to be up to date on the current labour trends and opportunities in your community. OMAFRA’s Lightcast Analyst tool provides various data sets to explore whose hiring, what positions are in demand, desirable skills by employers, and even a career pathways tool that is designed to close skills gaps and encourage next…
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Rural Ontario Data and Information Resources
OMAFRA has created a new “Rural Ontario socioeconomic data and information resources” that highlights key facts about rural Ontario. The dataset is sourced from Censuses of Population and other datasets published by Statistics Canada since 1971. It provides data in formats that researchers and analysts can review and manipulate for their own analytical needs. The…
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Creating Wealth and Well-Being in Teeny Tiny Places – Presentation Recap
A Teeny Tiny Summit took place on September 26th and examined strategies for “Building from Within” for communities to mobilizing and connect their assets. The event featured Peter Kenyon, and his thoughts on “creating community wealth and well-being by building from within.” Did you miss September’s Teeny Tiny Summit? Click the link here to watch…