IPG's Plan for Next 3 Years

Monday, November 29, 2010 09:37 PM

Prince George, B.C. – Initiatives Prince George has laid out its plans for the next three years, and those plans plans are ambitious.

The strategic plan states a goal of being “the catalyst that enhances Prince George as the sustainable, knowledge based, resource economy, connected to the world.” The goal pleases Councilor Debora Munoz who says she is pleased to see sustainability as a cornerstone of the plan.

Councilor Sheri Green made it clear she is pleased to see that downtown development is now on the list "IPG is the downtown development corporation and I look forward to the efforts to bring forth many of the initiatives we have through the Downtown Partnership."

The strategy has 5 key areas:

1.Strategic leadership, partnerships and marketing

2.Downtown development

3.Sustainably connected to the world

4.Sustainable resource-based economy

5.Sustainable knowledge-based economy

Highlights for the next three years include:

Develop and implement a marketing plan for business development in the downtown (20% of the IPG budget will be used for downtown focused projects).
To have an inventory of 200 to 500 hectares of industrial land market ready for intermediate to heavy industrial projects as part of the Regional District Industrial Land Strategy
Through leadership in advocacy with its stakeholders, corporately and with senior government to have:

A broadly based engineering program at UNBC
To have a major trades and technology center at CNC
To address,in partnership, skilled worker needs

4. Support development of Northern Bioenergy Partnership society as catalyst to a world-class bioenergy sector in Northern BC

5.To be a leading force and advocate for the Wood Innovation and Design Centre and a Performing Arts Centre in the downtown

6. To have 10 logistics related tenants ready to move into the Logistics Park through programs delivered in partnership with PGAA, CPG and land owners

The budget plan for next year sees no increase as the budget is expected to stay at the current levelof $1.024 million, and there will be no change in staff, as the staff compliment will remain at 7.

Council has agreed in principle with the strategic plan, and referred the request for a three year service agreement to the Finance and Audit Committee.

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