Tag: OBIAA
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Agri-Food Innovations Recognized at Award Ceremony in Aurora
The Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence recently recognized some of the province’s most innovative leaders in the sector! We’d like to introduce some of these innovations to you. On November 9, 2015, a regional event in Aurora showcased the award recipients from in and around the Greater Toronto Area including Haldimand County, Hamilton Region,…
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Agri-Food Innovations Recognized at Award Ceremony in Sudbury
The Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence recognizes and celebrates agri-food producers, processors, organizations and rural communities, who through their innovative ideas and projects are helping strengthen our communities, support a sustainable environment, create jobs and boost our economy. The following are regional award recipients from Algoma, Sudbury and Timiskaming Districts. Mill Market – Sault Ste. Marie…
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A Closer Look at the 2015 Municipal Agriculture Economic Development Forum
Topics presented were: Building a Bio-Industrial Cluster in Southwestern Ontario One Detroit: Building an Inclusive and Diverse Entrepreneurial Community Performance Measurement guide for Agriculture & Agri-food Organizations Golden Horseshoe Food & Farming Alliance Asset Mapping Project The Closure of the Heinz Plant in Leamington Getting Results from Social Media Agriculture as a Local Economic Development…
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Staff Profile: Barry Potter, Agriculture Development Advisor
Get to know our staff. We’ll be profiling them here so you can get to know who can help you grow your ideas. What is your role in the Regional Economic Development Branch? I cover all of Northern Ontario as an Agriculture Development Advisor with a Livestock specialty. I work with the other advisors in…
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10 takeaways from EDAC 2015 in Whitehorse
Economic Development happens in a complex and highly competitive environment. When you’re competing for investment, labour, and other resources with literally every other municipality across the globe it can be hard to stand out in a crowded marketplace. Especially, if you’re a small rural community. The 2015 Economic Development Association of Canada (EDAC) annual conference…
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New Performance Measurement guide for Agriculture & Agri-Food Organizations
A new performance measurement guide has been developed for Agriculture and Agri-Food organizations. The guide takes the reader through a step-by-step process designed to to help organizations develop a performance measurement plan. Performance measurement is the ongoing process of collecting, analyzing and reporting results. Performance measurement has a ton of benefits and helps organizations in…
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Population changes in Rural Ontario
According to a recent factsheet prepared by the Rural Ontario Institute entitled “Change in non-metro population 2014” less than half of the rural counties in Ontario had population increases over the last three years. Over the same period, however, all urban counties experienced population increases. Ray Bollman the author of the factsheet highlights the long…
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New $6M Investment in Local Food
The Ontario government is providing $6 million over three years to increase sales of local food by making it more widely available and building awareness of the variety of food grown and produced in Ontario. This funding is not restricted to the Greenbelt, and is available to organizations across Ontario. The funds will be administered…
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3 Ways Data can Support Economic Development
As I stated in my last blog post “Effective Economic Development Requires Data”, data is critical to understanding the local and regional economy. Expanding on that point, there are three main areas where data supports economic development. Use data to inform economic development strategies Data can help identify a region’s most important economic assets and…
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E-Learning: Building Organizational Capacity – The Importance of Effective Governance
An effective governing body is an essential component to any organization. Despite their importance; they can be quite complicated to understand. The Board Governance learning module is one of four new e-learning modules that focus’ on the important aspects of building an effective organization. This interactive module covers valuable information that will help establish how a…