RROC Updates
RROC Updates
2010 Progress2Capital Business Planning Competition Winner Announced
Nancy Armstrong and her business Booby Trapper Enterprises has been named the Grand Prize winner of the 2010 Progress2Capital Business Planning Competition. Her product is the Booby Trapper – a revolutionary nursing canopy that provides a mother a completely private and unobstructed view of her breastfeeding baby during public nursing sessions. Congrats Nancy! Click here for full competition results or here to watch the P2C video.
Visit progress2capital.com to learn more.
National Infrastructure Summit Announced
Mayor Pat Fiacco has been instrumental in gaining support for a series of summits to be held in Regina so that all three levels of government can focus on exploring a new partnership for funding and managing infrastructure. The opportunity to host internationally recognized speakers and leaders from all three levels of government is energetically supported here at RROC. We report great progress in obtaining the commitment of experts in innovative practices. The first Summit will be held in Regina Jan 26-28, 2011, and a second Summit is expected to follow in 2012.
RROC-SREDA Business Succession Pilot Building Interest
RROC and SREDA have been actively recruiting Saskatchewan-based business sellers to participate in the Business Succession pilot and have also been engaged with immigrant entrepreneurs and First Nations and Métis groups interested in buying businesses. The partners also plan to work with the Entrepreneurial Foundation of Saskatchewan to provide education and support to the prospective buyers. The official information sharing phase of the pilot will begin in the coming weeks.
Conventions Rolling In
Our Conventions, Meetings and Tradeshow Manager, Lisa Mitchell has been busy successfully winning bids for several national conferences that will be hosted in Regina within the next four years. Since July 2009, Lisa has helped 25 national associations choose Regina as their conference destination between 2010 and 2014. These conferences total approximately 15,000 hotel room nights, and the economic impact will benefit the entire city. Some significant conference bids that have been recently won include the Canadian Association of Police Boards, the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, Canadian Mathematical Society and the Canadian Pharmacists Association.
RROC is Connected
Along with developing a new website prior to year end, RROC has been actively committed to enhancing their presence online via social media applications. We are proud to say that you can now find us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube! Come be our friend, tweet along with us and read what we are up to!
Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn - YouTube
City Unveils New Community Brand
Mayor Pat Fiacco unveiled the new city brand February 8 during the Annual State of the City Address. A new logo, “Infinite Horizons” tagline and website were officially launched. The brand was developed over a period of 18 months by a committee of community partners including RROC, Regina Downtown Business Improvement District, Regina Warehouse Business Improvement District, Regina & District Chamber of Commerce and the City of Regina. RROC, along with the City of Regina are the first organizations to adopt the new community brand.
Visit www.infinitehorizons.ca.
