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Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission
2012 Strategic Plan
Presentation to CORD
February 9th, 2012
EXECUTIVE:
Renee Wasylyk, CHAIR Troika Development Inc.
Alison Yesilcimen, Vice CHAIR MediaCooler Inc
Mike Gilmore, Past CHAIR BDO Dunwoody LLP
Jim Paterson City of Kelowna
Paul Maarschalk Solomon Resources Ltd
Larry Widmer Community Futures Central Okanagan
Heather Schneider Okanagan College
2012 COEDC ADVISORY BOARD
2012 COEDC ADVISORY BOARD OF DIRECTORSDirectors appointed from local government:• City of Kelowna Jim Paterson, GM Community Sustainability• City of Kelowna Gail Given, Councillor• District of Lake Country Alberto De Feo, CAO• District of Lake Country Jamie McEwan, Councillor• District of Lake Country Mark Koch, Development Services Manger• District of Peachland Elsie Lemke, Administrator• District of Peachland Peter Schierbeck, Councillor• District of West Kelowna John Perrott, Business Development Officer • District of West Kelowna Gord Milsom, Councillor• Regional District of Central Okanagan Patty Hanson, Director• Westbank First Nation Jayne Fosbery, Economic Development
Directors appointed from partner organizations:• Accelerate Okanagan Jeff Keen• Business Development Bank of Canada Martine Hickman • Community Futures Development Corp Bill Morrison • Chamber of Commerce ‐ Kelowna David Bond• Chamber of Commerce ‐ Lake Country Marvin Farkas• Chamber of Commerce ‐ Peachland Rob Campbell• Chamber Commerce‐Westbank & District Al Davies• Kelowna International Airport Sam Samaddar• Okanagan College Heather Schneider• Tourism Kelowna Brad Sieben• UBC‐Okanagan TBD• Women’s Enterprise Centre Laurel Douglas
2012 COEDC ADVISORY BOARD OF DIRECTORSDirectors representing the local business community:
Martin Cronin Helios Global Tracking
Bradley Cronquist Pushor Mitchell LLP
Ched Gaglardi Beelineweb.com
Doug Gallagher Peller Estates
Sheldon Gardiner Entrepreneur
Mike Gilmore BDO Dunwoody LLP
Ron Labossiere Labossiere & Company
Tony Lewis Vibrant Vines Vineyard
Paul Maarschalk Solomon Resources Limited
Sharen Marteny Seniors Consulting
Victor Narynskyyi Centro Consulting Inc
Dustin Sargent Davara Enterprises Ltd
Roger Sellick InterVISTAS Consulting Inc
Sara Shaak Arrowleaf Entertainment Properties
Domenic Vinci Interior Savings Credit Union
Renee Wasylyk Troika Development Inc
Peter Withers Withers Development Associates
Alison Yesilcimen MediaCooler Innovations Inc
TrendsPopulation Kelowna CMA
Labour Force Participation Rate
Kelowna Unemployment Rate (December)
Tourism Room Revenue (Q3)
EI Claimants (Nov)
Bankruptcies Business (Q3)
Bankruptcies Consumer (Q3)
Incorporations
Business Licenses Central Okanagan
Building Permit Values Central Okanagan (Jan ‐ Nov)
no change
Strategic Imperatives
Demographic Shift
Worldwide rapid decline in birthrates,
influencing an irreplaceable loss of millions of producers and consumers who otherwise would be participating and supporting today's global economy
Quality of Place
The climate, housing choices, natural physical
attributes of the landscape like the lake and vineyards and our ties to the land are all key factors in taking quality of life from a theoretical to actual
level
The Race for Human Capital
Relationship between creative population and employment
growth with new firm formation
Program Areas
Facilitation
making it easier to successfully grow a business in the Central Okanagan
Business Retention & Expansion
Most effective way to create sustainable economic growth
Investment Attraction
location independent
entrepreneurs & the recruitment
of families
Site VisitationSector Specialists
CommunicationSocial Media, Newsletter, Data,
Web updatesValley WideInitiatives
68 PartnershipsProfiles, Site Selection Toolkit
17,000+ inquires
Workforce Development
Investment Attraction
Film Commission
2011 Highlights
100 companies attended
1:1 Export Development assistance provided to 30 Okanagan companies
25 Agriculture Site visits
268 Site Visits to Okanagan companies
Agriculture Incubants
112 Presentations
3 Business PNP’s175 Skilled Labour
New in 2012
Entrepreneur Recruitment Okanagan
Young ProfessionalsEconomic
Summit
Business Walks
Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission
[email protected](250) 469‐6280
Robert [email protected](250) 469‐6234
Corie [email protected](250) 469‐3283
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