Dear Huron County Industry/Business Organizations and Municipalities:
The development of the new Huron County Economic Development Opportunities Blueprint (EDOB) is progressing well and is on schedule. Final drafts of the Strategy and Action Plan are anticipated to be completed by November/December 2010, with final approval in early 2011.
This strategy is being developed in close partnership with the Huron Business Development Corporation, as well as with considerable input from industry and municipal partners. Phase 2 industry consultations/workshops began in May and continued into June and July with organizations such as the Huron Manufacturing Association, Huron County Federation of Agriculture, Huron Tourism Association, Huron Business Leaders Network, etc. Meetings will all nine municipalities also occurred as part of this consultative process to ensure that local municipal opportunities and needs are addressed within the new Strategy and Action Plan.
In addition to special industry workshops, an on-line business survey was launched in July and targeted at County businesses through various business organizations and sector groups. Telephone interviews were also conducted in July and August with key business and public sector contacts. The last industry workshop occurred on September 15th with the Huron Business Leaders Network.
The on-line survey has been well received, with over 120 detailed responses to date. The EDOB Action Team are closing this survey on October 1st. If you and/or any of your members or contacts have not yet filled out this brief survey, we would encourage you do do so in the next week.
For the link to the survey please visit:
Additional information regarding the new Economic Development Strategy (Opportunities Blueprint) can be found at:
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Once again, we appreciate your cooperation in this very important economic development initiative for the County and many thanks in advance for your participation!
As many individuals are involved with more than one organization, we apologize in advance if you receive this message more than once.
Yours truly,
Mike Pullen,
Senior Economic Development Officer
County of Huron
Economic Development Services
57 Napier Street
Goderich, ON N7A 1W2
Phone: 519-524-8394 ext. 3
Fax: 519-524-5677
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