EDCO & Environics Community Profile Offer
EDCO and Environics Analytics are excited to be partnering to offer your community profile at a great price! Obtain better analytics to drive decision making in your community. Environics Analytics’ Community Profile leverages EA data to provide insights into the demographics, psychographics, expenditure and behavioural characteristics of small municipalities across Ontario. Through this partnership with EDCO, EA is making these community profiles available to Ontario’s small municipalities through this special offer.
If you missed the webinar you can watch the recording and learn more here
This is a limited time offer, please express your interest by completing the registration via the link below.
You must register by Friday, July 8, 2022.
*Please note that this information is an offer for exclusive use through the 2022 EDCO – EA partnership
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Regional networking opportunities are coming to your area!
Take advantage of these opportunities to meet peers in your region and learn about trends in economic development that are effecting your municipality.
Regional Event Topics:
- Current and Future Trends in Economic Development
- Talent Recruitment
- Bringing Housing, Business Support Services and Connections to Downtowns
- Economic Strategic Development
- Current and Future Trends of FDI
- Community Improvement Plans
- Childcare, 'She-Covery' and how these topics are effecting your economy
Members $100 (+hst) Non-Members $150 (+hst)
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We are excited to announce that our partnership with Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) is bringing you, EDCO Members, more benefits! We are thrilled to announce that through our collaborative program, My Main Street, we are providing the GooseChase digital scavenger hunt platform for FREE to groups across southern Ontario. This platform will be available through March 2023.
This fun and interactive tool provides hosts with everything needed to engage, activate, and attract more visitors and customers to your main street or local event. Create a scavenger hunt to enhance shop local / visit local programming, as a stand-alone to bring people together while supporting your local main street!
To get started, look for eligibility, and for the next steps, please visit the My Main Street GooseChase webpage
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EDCO Insider allows individual communities to easily and cost-effectively create their own customized apps and build incentives for people to visit places of interest or make purchases locally.
Take advantage of this service powered by 468 Communications, and drive economic development by rewarding people for exploring your community!
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Spread the word, the My Main Street Mastermind & Webinar series are available to all businesses! If you have businesses in your network who want to make 2022 the best year yet, they should join My Main Street for an interactive online webinar that’ll teach the steps to take to grow! Register at the link below. Feel free to share this information with your network of businesses in your community.
Mastermind Session: Business Financials
June 28, 2022 at 2:00 PM
In this interactive session, you will meet with subject matter experts to learn their best practices and the key points they believe business owners should focus on, including:
- Understanding financial statements
- How to analyze the income statement
- Gross profit and break-even
Participants will be encouraged to ask questions, share resources and knowledge and to learn from other business owners.
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Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs are researching Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in economic development within rural Ontario. They are interested to learn about common practices involving DEI across the province with potential application to rural communities, municipalities, or small population centres. An aggregated report from this survey will be shared with the Economic Developers Council of Ontario and a future Teeny Tiny Summit.
Please take a few minutes to complete the survey below that is about DEI initiatives in your area of work.
Please complete this survey by Monday, June 27. Thank you for your participation.
Thank you for your participation.
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Sustainable Northern Ontario Economic Development
The Sustainable Northern Ontario Economic Development course provides the
foundation you need to understand and promote economic and social development in Northern Ontario. Learn about opportunities and challenges, strategies for economic development, and more!
Who is This Course For?
- Economic development professionals
- Government officials and politicians
- Those interested in sustainable regional economic development
- Professionals that are new to the field who want to solidify their knowledge
The 12 module course is spread over 12 weeks. It is offered in both English and French.
- Accredited through EDAC
- Enrollment in the course is limited to 20 participants per semester
- Cost $725
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Premier Ford to Be Sworn-In with New Cabinet |
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Premier Doug Ford will be sworn-in alongside his new Executive Council by the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario.
Date: Friday, June 24, 2022
Time: Swearing-in at 10:00 a.m. Invited guests only. Open to media.
Unveiling of Executive Council followed by remarks by Premier Ford at 11:15 a.m. Invited guests only. Open to media.
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We are always looking for more ways to keep in touch and would love to help share important updates from your communities.
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