DE VEL OP MENT M A T TERS SPRING 2014 2 HIGHLIGHTED PR OJEC T S F or estr y T he goal of the f or estr y pr ojec t is t o ga ther r esear ch on the cur r en t cir cumstanc es and happenings in the industr y tha t impac ts our r eg ion A v ar iet y of studies ar e being under tak ing fr om v ar ious sour c es go v er nmen t industr y associa tions r esear ch institut es and the industr y is quit e fr ag men t ed T he goal is t o pr epar e a synopsis on the r esear ch and det er mine wha t is the best dir ec tion t o mo v e f or w ar d with in this r eg ion IN THIS ISSUE H ighligh t ed P r ojec ts Suc c ess S t or ies Upc oming E v en ts P r oduc tivit y I nno v a tion C en tr e P ar tner P r og r amming P r o vicial P olic y and R esour c e based I ndustr y Sur v ey T he C it y of T immins via the M a y or s O fc e and the T immins E c onomic D ev elopmen t C or por a tion w an t ed t o hear frsthand about the pot en tial impac t pr o vincial leg isla tion has had on the r esour c e industr y W e w an t t o make T immins On tar io a desir able loca tion f or ec onomic dev elopmen t ther ef or e the input r ec eiv ed will be used t o f or mula t e ac tion plans and t o lobb y go v er nmen t ofcials f or change T he sur v ey w as sen t out t o r epr esen ta tiv es whose businesses dependen t on the r esour c e sec t or I t star t ed on F ebruar y 25 2015 and ended on A pr il 1 2015 T he sur v ey w as c omplet ed b y 87 dif er en t people and the r esults ar e a v ailable her e Is univ ersit y campus push still aliv e timminst oda y c om A pr il 21 2015 Between the two colleges and high schools in this community we dont have 10000 students So it was a nonstarter as far as qualifying for a new university campus Fred Gibbons Chairman of the T immins Economic Development Corporation