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RREDA - Major Project Updates
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Increase Start-ups
2009 Progress2Capital Business Planning Competition Winners Announced
After five months of effort and excitement, the 2009 Progress2Capital Business Planning Competition were announced. The grand prize went to Check It Monitoring Solutions. Team members Jami Manastyrski, Cheryl Bechard and Jeremy Erdman won $10,000 cash from Information Services Corporation (ISC); 5,000 in services from Deloitte; $2,500 in consulting services from Communities of Tomorrow; and $2,500 in legal services with an additional $2,500 matching value service from McCrank Stewart Johnson.
Runners-up Propsicle, Nail Art International and 3twenty Solutions also took home prize packages.
Visit progress2capital.com to learn more.
Canadian Police Research Centre (CPRC)
Starting in 2006, RREDA has helped organize stakeholders to understand the potential of the CPRC relocation to Regina. Following the announcement in the 2007 federal budget and the formal funding announcement in September 2007, the CPRC has succeeded in securing their funding from the Treasury Board and expects to be in Regina by the end of the year.
Click HERE to read the press release regarding the original funding announcement.
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Improve Regional Logistics
Loblaw Companies Ltd. Announces Distribution Facility
On July 29, 2008, it was announced that Loblaw Compaines Ltd. would be the first anchor tenant leveraging the CP intermodal facility within the planned distribution and logistics park. The new facility when completed will be nearly a million square feet in size and is expected to generate 750 jobs within two years and as many as 1,500 jobs by 2017.
Click HERE for more information.
The Saskatchewan Alliance for Sustainable and Innovative Transportation
Communities of Tomorrow, with support from RREDA, led a group including Saskatchewan Highways and the cities of Regina and Saskatoon in early 2007 which has now formed the Saskatchewan Alliance for Sustainable and Innovative Transportation (SASIT).
Click HERE for more information.
Multimodal Announcement
RREDA highlighted the opportunity for a multimodal project in the Regina region at the Leaders Strategic Forum in early 2006. In December 2007, this multimodal project got the green light from the federal government under the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative (APGCI). The multimodal project will create transportation links to export markets and support economic development activities by establishing Regina as a major transportation hub. This project is estimated at $93 million, with up to $27 million to be provided by the Government of Canada..
Click HERE for more information.
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Attract and Retain Talent
Saskatchewan Business Succession pilot program begins
The Saskatchewan Business Succession pilot project matches those selling businesses in Saskatchewan with targeted buyer groups to ensure successful business transitions. The pilot is partnership between RROC and the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority, with support from the Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour.
Any Saskatchewan business owner looking to sell a business is welcome to participate in the program.
For more information on how to get involved, please contact John Waller at 306.791.4699.
Success at the National Job Fair
RREDA and Tourism Regina were part of a contingent of Saskatchewan organizations that participated in the 2009 Spring National Job Fair and Training Expo in Toronto March 31 to April 1. A record-breaking 14,000 job seekers attended the job fair, many of whom expressed a great deal of interest in the Regina region.
RREDA attended the event to help Regina region employers attract employees and to promote the Regina region as a great place to live, work, visit and do business. This was RREDA's second time attending a job fair in Toronto.
More information about the job fair is available in this promotional Leader-Post article.
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Develop Environment and Energy Opportunities
Belle Plaine Polygeneration Facility
This $4B clean technology project has moved another step forward. As part of the environmental assessment process, TransCanada submitted their project statement to Saskatchewan Environment.
Click HERE for the project factsheet and to view the video enclosed with the Saskatchewan Environment submission.
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