Monctonlandlord asked for my ideas regarding municipalities and their efforts around economic development. This is something that would require some serious thinking but my initial thoughts are below (with special effects for your reading pleasure). Picture the scene: ….Knuckles cracking,…
Continue ReadingTime to rethink municipalities
I was given a copy of the City of Moncton’s Vision 2010 Strategic Plan last week and as I flipped through it I started to chuckle. It wasn’t that long ago that municipalities did ‘curb and gutter’ kinds of things.…
Continue ReadingData Center Boom Reaches Smaller Cities
Interesting article yesterday about the growth of data centers. Corporate demand for data centers is likely to remain strong for years to come, and cost issues will lead many companies to build new facilities in smaller markets in the center…
Continue ReadingHomework time
Okay, all you faithful bloggers. Time to get you engaged in the process of economic development research. Here’s your research question. How did New Brunswick’s job growth compare to other Atlantic Canadian provinces and the national average from 2000 to…
Continue ReadingFood for thought – daily morsel
I came across these numbers in a recent study by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards in Ottawa. It’s an interesting way to present the population challenge. Essentially, back in the 1960s when there were all those attempts…
Continue ReadingSelf-Sufficiency commission wants input
The self-sufficiency commission wants people to provide input according to a column written by Francis McGuire in today’s paper. I had heard they were going to have some form of forum or blog on the site but none yet. However,…
Continue ReadingGov. supports community TV
At least one of our frequent posters will like this.
Continue ReadingMassive data centre put in rural NY
Rural economic development is not dead yet. HSBC North America Holdings has selected a farm field in the Town of Cambria as the site for its proposed new $139 million Niagara County data center, which will supplement its existing facility…
Continue ReadingNB exports to the EU down
Another example of the challenges facing New Brunswick in the area of exports. Just came across this statistic in a Statistics Canada report called “Canada’s Merchandise Trade with the European Union: 1995 to 2004“: Exports from Ontario to the EU…
Continue ReadingStuck in rut – Exhibit A
You want a perfect example of why the Federal government has overtly politicized its role in economic development? Here it is. Here’s the deal. The Federal and Quebec governments spend billions of dollars directly through large contracts and directly through…
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