RED Projects
Central | East | Northeast | Northwest | West
The RED projects described below are regional in nature and will benefit multiple communities.
| Region | Summary | Provincial Share |
|---|---|---|
| Central | The Township of Muskoka Lakes will install wayfinding signage in the communities of Bala and Port Carling. | $25,500.00 |
| Central | The Town of Georgina will launch an incubator-accelerator hub program in collaboration with the Town of East Gwillimbury and York University to better meet the business support needs of youth, Indigenous and other underserved communities. | $150,000.00 |
| Central | The Southern Georgian Bay Innovation and Technology Accelerator and the Community Futures South Georgian Bay will establish a formal team venture mentoring program to help grow technology and innovative companies in order to create long-term full-time employment outside the service sector and diversify the regional economy. | $100,588.00 |
| Central | The Township of Scugog will develop and implement a Business Retention & Expansion exercise. | $26,050.00 |
| Central | The Town of Midland will transform its downtown laneways and alleyways into a welcoming, vibrant and visually appealing environment. | $21,720.00 |
| Central | The Town of Innisfil will develop and implement a business retention and expansion exercise. | $150,000.00 |
| Central | The Township of Uxbridge will update their CIP as well as application processes through the creation of an online landing page, an automated application form and marketing campaigns targeted at eligible building/property owners in order to better reflect current needs and opportunities. | $22,500.00 |
| Central | The Town of Bracebridge wants to improve the Woodchester property, a local tourism asset. | $47,500.00 |
| Central | Simcoe County will support a workforce attraction and retention program to address a workforce shortage, by conducting a market research study, educating and training employers on best practices for workforce attraction and retention, career fairs and promotional work to increase awareness of jobs and resources. | $58,875.00 |
| Central | The Town of Wasaga Beach will install wayfinding signage in and around the town and tourist areas. | $49,200.00 |
| Central | The City of Orillia will implement a portal on the Orillia.ca website to provide customers accessible information and the ability to plan, reserve, research and pay for activities online. | $75,000.00 |
| Central | The Collingwood and Marine General Hospital Foundation will create a project to orient rural needs to mental health resources. | $9,000.00 |
| Central | The Environmental Network will develop a workforce development program for occupations needed within the local community and upskilling local youth to meet these gaps. | $54,852.00 |
| East | The Township of McNab/Braeside will rehabilitate and market Red Pine Bay Park as a nature/sporting enthusiast's tourism destination. | $14,790.00 |
| East | The County of Prince Edward will retain a Downtown Revitalization Implementation Coordinator to review and implement revitalization including downtown beautification and heritage policy. | $130,000.00 |
| East | The Township of Russell will retain a consultant to update their community profile and videos in order to stimulate interest in the development of an economically prosperous community. | $21,816.00 |
| East | The Municipality of Brighton is redeveloping a building to serve as a pop-up location for local businesses. | $11,800.00 |
| East | The Belleville Downtown BIA will undertake a summer event expansion to revitalize downtown Belleville by creating an esthetically pleasing space. | $14,474.22 |
| East | The Township of Cavan Monghan will develop and implement an investment campaign for their community. | $5,417.50 |
| East | The Town of Gananoque and the Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands will develop a multi-faceted marketing program that includes: video, audio and print content, blogging, vlogging, creating and posting social content to create business awareness and increase tourism in the region. | $45,000.00 |
| East | The County of Renfrew will develop and implement a business retention and expansion exercise focused on the film industry. | $10,250.00 |
| East | The Kemptville Campus Education and Community Centre will develop a bilingual pilot program to teach skills in agri-food entrepreneurship for youth. This initiative will engage 20 youth from the Campus's four partnering school boards and the community in order to build a thriving ecosystem for agri-food entrepreneurship. | $80,167.75 |
| East | The Municipality of Port Hope will implement an employment initiative to mitigate a shortage of frontline workers in the tourism sector through training and accrediting employees, and provide resources and guidance to both employees and employers. | $50,000.00 |
| Northeast | The Municipality of Magnetawan will repair their downtown following a fire in 2011 through beautification, public art, marketing and wayfinding signage, | $14,700.00 |
| Northeast | Canadore College will facilitate new business growth through education, entrepreneurship support, connection with angel investors, familiarization tours and new technology development. | $150,000.00 |
| Northeast | The Municipality of Callander will produce marketing materials in order to promote municipal facilities and parks as well as events and tourism opportunities in Callander. | $3,500.00 |
| Northeast | The City of Sault Ste. Marie will add beautification and other streetscaping/landscaping elements to its downtown civic plaza. | $250,000.00 |
| Northeast | Mill Market Sault Ste. Marie will redevelop two properties at 73 Brock Street to host an expanded and updated farmer's market facility. | $250,000.00 |
| Northeast | The Timmons Chamber of Chamber will develop a suite of programming tools for succession planning in order to maintain businesses in the community. | $87,750.00 |
| Northeast | The project will support employers in the business community in the City of North Bay by addressing critical workforce shortages through a multi-pronged approach that involves contracting HR expertise to work with businesses, developing tools and training for employers, conducting job fairs and recruitment initiatives, and increasing awareness of available employment resources. | $76,760.00 |
| Northeast | Keepers of the Circle will provide culturally based pre-employment training to Indigenous Peoples to build careers providing support services within their communities. | $150,000.00 |
| Northeast | The Township of Hornepayne will hire a project manager and engage in community consultations, branding strategies and business and retention and expansion activities to help attract workers and business investments. | $75,000.00 |
| Northeast | The City of Kenora will deliver new and refurbished streetscaping elements including banners and street pole wraps throughout the Harbourtown Centre. | $13,500.00 |
| West | The Municipality of Middlesex Centre will enhance the streetscape in the community of Ilderton. | $3,625.88 |
| West | The Township of North Huron will create a tri-fold brochure and a booklet for distribution locally and in welcome packages (for newcomers, doctor recruitment packages and tour participants) in order to create awareness about attractions and services across multiple communities and businesses sectors. | $6,710.90 |
| West | The Township of Wellington North will continue work on the revitalization & streetscaping of the downtown corridor. | $32,195.85 |
| West | The Township of Howick will install wayfinding signage, street furniture and amenities. | $6,287.10 |
| West | The Township of Wilmot will repair the porches of Castle Kilbride, a local cultural asset | $9,850.00 |
| West | The Town of Essex will develop a toolkit to help diversify farmers and producers business and attract new markets for their goods and services. | $10,500.00 |
| West | The City of Woodstock will conduct a Business Attraction and Retention program to attract new businesses to both vacant and redeveloped buildings. | $40,000.00 |
| West | The project will implement a workforce recovery action plan to address an ongoing labour shortage by enticing workers and businesses to relocate in Middlesex County. | $47,000.00 |
| West | The Township of Woolwich will develop and implement and business retention and expansion exercise. | $25,000.00 |
| West | The City of Port Colborne will make streetscaping and landscaping enhancements to its waterfront. | $77,520.00 |
| West | The Town of Hanover will implement its wayfinding strategy by installing signage across the town. | $56,927.24 |
| West | The Municipality of South Bruce will be redeveloping a vacant building in their downtown core to serve as a healthcare facility. | $250,000.00 |
| West | The Municipality of Bluewater will restore the heritage aspects of Bayfield Mainstreet with heritage lighting, gardens and trees. | $78,495.00 |
| West | Stratford Economic Enterprise Development Corp and the City of Stratford will create an implementation work plan and an online community incentive toolkit in order to lead the Attainable Housing Pilot on Vivian Lane. | $80,000.00 |
| West | The Municipality of Bluewater is to replace the windows in a a local tourism asset, the Hay Town Hall. | $19,600.00 |
| West | The Town of LaSalle will install Wi-Fi at its waterfront. | $63,000.00 |
| West | The County of Perth will prepare and implement a cycling tourism sector strategy. | $23,293.50 |
| West | The Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula will retain a project manager and a consultant to collect data and community insights in order to identify where untapped opportunities exist for downtown businesses and for the broader community. | $75,000.00 |
| West | The Municipality of North Perth will make improvement to their trailhead on the Guelph to Goderich Trail. | $14,155.00 |
| West | The Town of Niagara on the Lake with create and implement a business retention and expansion exercise. | $44,500.00 |
| West | The Township of Warwick will create wayfinding signage and a strategic marketing plan. | $18,000.00 |
| West | The Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership will hire a project coordinator for ten months to conduct research and promote downtown Forest and Petrolia. | $50,000.00 |
| West | The Town of Lincoln will add beautification and lighting to the entryway into the community. | $38,508.00 |
| West | The Town of Kingsville will hire an Economic Development Planner who will perform business outreach and development of planning strategies for their downtown area. | $47,500.00 |
| West | Haldimand County will develop and implement and business retention and expansion program. | $144,500.00 |
| West | The City of Niagara Falls will develop and implement and business retention and expansion exercise. | $32,500.00 |
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