Economic development Strategic Planning

							ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC
PLANNING - AGENDA

                              Program
                             Description



         Timetable
                                                   What We
            and
                                                   Measure
         Questions




                Visioning,
                                            Project
                Where we
                                           Priorities
               should Go?
PIC RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TRAINING

 Federally funded through AETS
 Results for 2007/08
     Total Funding Available:        $161,934
     Funds Spent OnRes/OffRes:       86.5%/13.5%
     Total clients funded:           103
     Male/Female:                    58/45 (56%/44%)
     Youth/Disabled:                 60/4
        Summer   Students Included
EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT

   81 Employment Support Clients
     Male/Female           53/28   (65%/35%)
     OnRes/OffRes          70/11   (86%/14%)
     Employed/Unemployed   39/42   (48%/52%)
     Received   Funding    12      (14.8%)
EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT

   Williams Contract 2007-08
     April-May   07   31 Employees   19M/12F
     June  07         28 Employees   19M/9F
     July-August 07   24 Employees   16M/8F
     Sept 07          22 Employees   16M/6F
     Oct 07           23 Employees   16M/7F
     Nov-Dec 07       15 Employees   9M/6F
     Jan-Mar 08       15 Employees   9M/6F
EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT

   Williams Contract 2007-08
     October 2007, 10 employees were hired full time
      through the Company, 4 Layoffs
     4 Employees are on Apprenticeships: 1 Millwright,
      2 Welders and 1 Electrician
EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT
   Positions that the Contract holds:
       Warehouse-Assay Lab
       Transfer Tower-Mill
       Dry-Sanitation
       Surface Crew-Slimes
       U/G Millright
       Surface & U/G Electrician
       Welding Shop
       Belt Crew
       Dry-Surface Crew
       Pit Dry-Gatekeeper
       Administration
EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT: OTHER TRAINING

   Howson Driving School
     10 Enrolled            5 Females/5Males
     8 Completed /2 Incomplete



          Aid/CPR
     First         As required
     Medicals      As required
     WHIMIS/NORCAT As required
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

   Entrepreneurship                        Band Owned
          Assist clients in accessing           Oversee various Pic River
           business development                   business interests such as
           services such as Self                  Kagiano Power Corporation,
           Employment Assistance,                 Black River Power,
           Business Plan                          Begetekong Power
           Development, and general               Corporation
           Business Counselling                  Provide ongoing advice and
          Partner with the                       support to the Pic River
           Community Futures                      Development Corporation
           Development Fund to                   Review and comment on
           provide small business                 various IBAs
           support
ENERGY

   Active                       Wind
       Twin Falls                   Coldwell Partnership
       Umbata Falls                 Superior Shores Project
       Black River
   Development
       Aguasabon
       High Falls (Pic)
       Manitou Falls (Pic)
WHAT WE MEASURE

 Unemployment Rates
 Individual Incomes

 Household incomes
                             Source: StatsCan 2006 Census




WHAT WE MEASURE: UNEMPLOYMENT
30

25

20

15
                                                                      Pic River
10                                                                    PTOs

 5

 0
     Robinson   UOI   AIAI      NAN          Treaty 3       Ontario
     Superior
                                Source: StatsCan 2006 Census




WHAT WE MEASURE: INDIVIDUAL INCOME
40000
35000
30000
25000
20000
                                                                         Pic River
15000                                                                    PTOs
10000
 5000
    0
        Robinson   UOI   AIAI         NAN         Treaty 3     Ontario
        Superior
                                Source: StatsCan 2006 Census



WHAT WE MEASURE: HOUSEHOLD INCOME
70000

60000

50000

40000

30000                                                                    Pic River
                                                                         PTOs
20000

10000

    0
        Robinson   UOI   AIAI         NAN         Treaty 3     Ontario
        Superior
PROJECT PRIORITIES
    Arts and Crafts
     Cooperative
        To buy locally produced
         arts and crafts
        To market online the sale
         of these arts and crafts
        To record the production
         of arts and crafts
        To pass these skills onto
         the Youth
PROGRAM PRESENTATION

   Aboriginal Lending
    Circle
       Designed to support new
        home based businesses
       Develop a business plan
       Learn to own and
        operate a business
       Staged for larger loans
       Peer support
PROJECT PRIORITIES

   Superior Shores Wind
    Project
       To complete the financial
        analysis of the Superior
        Shores Wind Proposal
       To complete the
        environmental
        assessment for the Wind
        proposal
       To develop the Wind
        Farm
PROJECT PRIORITIES

   Small Hydro
    Development
       High Falls
       Manitou Falls
       Aguasabon
COMMUNITY VISIONING EXERCISE

 Where should we go from here?
 What type of projects interests you?

 There are no wrong answers

 This is your chance for Input