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2008 Year in Review
Presentation to Team Cornwall
Mark BoileauCornwall Economic Development
The Big Picture
• World and National Economy in Flux• World markets in significant turmoil
• USA and Canada under recessionary pressures
• Manufacturing shift to low-cost countries
• Demographic Shifts• Baby boomers continue to age
• Migration of young workers to Alberta and Saskatchewan
• Migration of baby boomers to smaller cities
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Cornwall’s Position
• Economic Diversification• Our economy is diversified across a number of sectors
• Should provide a stabilizing influence
• Companies with value added niche products and services will continue to succeed
• Competitive Edge• Cornwall offers true value in a number of site selection factors
• People• Unemployment rate currently 4%
» Below national and provincial levels
Building Permits
Hold steady at approximately $38 million year-to-date
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Paris HoldingsWork continues to remediate Domtar site
Cornwall Electric
• Reduces rates by 6.2%
• Announces 11 year rate stabilization plan
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• $34 million project continues
• Phase 2 construction underway
• Will create 59 Complex Continuing
Care Beds
• Estimated completion: Spring 2009
St. Joseph’s Continuing Care Centre
Cornwall Community HospitalConstruction to begin in early 2009
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Commercial Growth
SigmapointContinues strong growth
Now employ 250
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Locweld
Receives contract to supply structural steel framework for
$98 million Montreal bridge project
Seaway ExpressPurchases land in
Cornwall Business Park
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Benson Organization
$250,000 in improvements to former Midas building on Brookdale
Commercial Growth
• Canlyte• Increase staffing to nearly 300
• Parent company bought by Phillips
• Olymel• Expands building, expands staff to 475
• Richelieu Hosiery• Moves to larger facilities in Business Park
• Laminacorr• Expands to new Business Park location
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MiniMax
• Doubling in size with 30,000 sf addition
• Grant-Marion Construction
Verdant Power
• Pursuing water turbine technology
in St. Lawrence River
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Commercial Growth
• Knorplast• One of Canada’s “Fastest Growing Companies” (Profit Magazine)
• Now employs 30
• American Standard• Increases staff to 100
• DeJong Enterprises• Establishes 12,000 sf facility in Business Park
• Roy’s Pools• Establishes new facility on Rosemount Ave.
Canadian Tire
$2 million dollar investment in new gas bar
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DreamBuilderStudios
• $500,000 investment in state of
the art audio/film/photography
facility
• North American distribution
and ownership in Indie Guitars
• Other businesses continue to
grow and expand
Business Growth
• Royal LePage• Renovates new offices on Pitt Street
• CanadianTravel.com• New call centre opens at Second and Cumberland
• Nissan• 3,000 sf expansion on Brookdale Avenue
• Seaway Travel Centre• New activity at Brookdale and 401 includes Nicholby’s
and entertainment area
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Commercial Growth
• Astro Printing• $84,000 investment in new digital
printing and finishing machine
• Ontario Hockey Academy• New academy being run at former
Jazz Magnolia’s
Corus EntertainmentWins two National Awards for Broadcasting Excellence
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Seaway News
• Launches new
Cornwall Living
magazine
Construction of Cornwall’s first LEED building is underway
Ron Chenier and Bourgon Construction
Dominion Place
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Commercial Growth
• Farm Boy• Completes $1 million redevelopment of Cornwall store
• Lowe Gravelle• Merges with Plasco Energy of Ottawa
• New Downtown Restaurants• Moustache Joe’s
• Sherri’s Breakfast Club
• Serrano’s
• Athena’s Delight
• Champion’s Roadhouse
• State Farm Insurance• Jason Gadbois opens new insurance office
Community Improvement
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Community Improvement
• Heart of the City• 20 applications received
in 2008
• Total project values of $2.5 million
• Ratio of 7 to 1 (private vs public funding)
• Brownfield Program• Helping to redevelop old
industrial sites
• 3 applications received in 2008
• $5.5 million in total project costs
New
brochure
now
available
Ontario Helps
• MTCU and OMAFRA have provided assistance and
funding to implement action plans arising from the
Economic Development Strategic Plan
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Premier McGuinty Visits Cornwall
• Announces Eastern Ontario Development Fund
• Fund offers up to 15% grant dollars to help Cornwall companies expand
Cornwall Business Enterprise Centre
• Small Business Support
• Alyssa Blais took over as
Business Consultant
• Provided 400 one-on-one
consultations to both start-
up and existing businesses
• Held a popular series of
seminars
• First annual ARTpreneur
conference attracted 130
artists
• Four young people opened a
‘Summer Company’ in 2008
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Community Improvement
• Cornwall Carbon Reduction Initiative• Receives $72,000 grant from Ontario Trillium Foundation
• Medical Recruitment• City establishes scholarship fund
• Business Retention & Expansion• Downtown and Le Village Businesses Surveyed
• Manufacturing sector next
Banners
• Cornwall Electric
helped install new
decorative banners
to celebrate our
community• Sports
• Environment
• Industry
• 4 New banners
scheduled for Spring
2009
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Out of this World
• Cornwall Flag flies into
outer space on Space
Shuttle Atlantis in October
• Mike Skowronski takes
Cornwall 2 kilometres
below the surface of the
Pacific Ocean with the
Woods Hole submersible,
Alvin
Institutional Growth
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City of Cornwall
Improved entrance to the City with
$7.3 million Brookdale Avenue reconstruction
Ontario
Power
Generation
• Celebrates 50th Anniversary
of R.H. Saunders Dam
• New visitor centre for 2009
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Service Canada
• Announces new
call centre
operation
• 177 new jobs
•Construction of 55,000 sf facility underway•Gaetan Chenier and Westeinde Group
Central St. Lawrence Valley Detachment
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Hospice Cornwall$3.75 million palliative care facility
TRG and Grant-Marion Construction
St. Lawrence College
• 2.9% increase in its first year enrolment in 2008-09
• Will launch a new 2 year Game Development Technician program
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Cornwall Police Service
New community office opens in Le Village
Institutional Growth
• City of Cornwall• Multi-pad sports facility planned for Seventh Street
• Continued improvements to Civic Complex
• Splash pad in Lamoureux Park
• Three Nations Bridge• Preliminary work scheduled to begin in 2009
• Hospital Foundation• Invests over $500 K in new equipment
• Pitt Street Health Clinic• Construction starts at Pitt and Fourth
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Residential Growth
J.F. Markell Homes
• New Condominium project at 33 Cumberland Street
• 20 units, occupancy Fall 2009
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Cotton Mill Lofts
• $15 million project set to begin in January
• Over 80% sold, many units to out-of-town people
Residential Growth
• William Lang Condominiums• Retrofit of 117 Sydney
• CH Clement• New condos on Fourth Street
• McBain Condos• New condo building being planned for Water Street
• JC Godard• New 2 storey, 74 unit retirement residence being built on
former Healy Motors site
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Tourism and Special Events
Tourism 2008
• 39 Conventions, Sport Tournaments and Special Events
• Over 30,000 Out-of-Town Participants
• Total Economic Contribution: $12 million
• New logo for Tourism
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RBC Royal Bank Cup
• ….
Tournament gives Cornwall national exposure
Watchtower ConventionCelebrated 10 years of annual events
• Over 75,000
participants
over 10 years
• Total Economic
Contribution
$30 million +
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Lift Off 2008
• 50,000 people in the park
• 3 hour A-Channel live broadcast
• CTV Ottawa News at 6 live broadcast
• $3 million dollar boost to local economy
Olympic Torch Relay
Cornwall selected as a Celebration
Community for the Torch Relay in
December 2009
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Marketing Forward
Smart Decisions – Small Numbers
• Latest marketing campaign
highlights key advantages of
Cornwall
• Land Cost
• Electrical Rates
• No Development Charges
• Housing Costs
• Ads have run in key media
• Ottawa Citizen
• Globe and Mail
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Cornwall Special Report
• Ottawa Business Journal
prepared a special 12-page
report on Cornwall
• Supported by local companies
and organizations
• Distribution to over 25,000
business leaders in Ottawa,
plus 11,000 home subscribers
of the Globe and Mail
Choose
Cornwall• Popular website
has been reworked
with expanded
content, including
business news
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Looking Forward
• Marketing efforts continue
• Online
• Trade shows, trade
missions
• Team Cornwall members have a
role to play!
• Spread the word
• Referrals to Economic
Development Office
Stay on top of local business news!
www.ChooseCornwall.ca
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Special Announcement
New Investment
• Shoppers Drug Mart will build a
new distribution centre in
Cornwall’s Business Park• 500,000 sf building
• 65 acres
• 130 new jobs
• Construction to begin Spring 2009
• Completion early 2010
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Shoppers Drug Mart
• This investment will create a second major national
retail distribution centre in Cornwall
• Establishes the City as a logistics/distribution centre
of excellence in North America
• Local trucking companies and other service
organizations will benefit
• City will be building a new road to accommodate
access to the site
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Welcome – Bienvenue
Shoppers Drug Mart
Pharmaprix