Economic Development Plans
Business Attraction Guide |
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Economic Development Strategy & Marketing Plan |
The Township’s Economic Development Strategy & Marketing Plan was developed by Strexer Harrop & Associates using Rural Economic Development (RED) Program funding. The development of these documents was a Key Action Item derived from the Business Retention + Expansion (BR+E) Report, completed in late 2017. There were three phases in the development of the Economic Development Strategy & Marketing Plan.
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Economic Development Projects
Business Retention + Expansion (BR+E) Project |
The BR+E Program project, funded by the Rural Economic Development Fund, is led by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and is a community-based effort to assist and encourage local businesses to stay and grow in the community. Although our BR+E project focused on the retail and service sectors, the Township of Selwyn hopes to conduct BR+E projects for all of its sectors in the future. The BR+E survey identified the strengths and challenges faced by 71 local retail and service sector businesses and the results were used to help develop the Business Retention + Expansion Report. |
Cultural Mapping Project |
The Cultural Mapping exercise, funded by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport through the Creative Communities Prosperity Fund, identified and catalogued the various cultural resources in our community such as: natural heritage, cultural industries, community cultural organizations, agriculture, culinary resources, and religious organizations. Community Cultural Mapping provides many benefits, such as:
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