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Presented by : Sandy Blue, Manager Strategic Economic Initiatives (Maple Ridge)

& Founding Partner - Invest North Fraser – an economic initiative of Maple Ridge, Mission & Pitt Meadows

November 20, 2013

True North Fraser –helping grow our Ag & Tourism economy

Metro VancouverRegional Food System Roundtable

North Fraser communities are:centrally located, accessible, awesome!

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about Invest North Fraser (INF)INF is an economic initiative of Maple Ridge, Mission &Pitt Meadows – 3 of BCs fastest growing communities Regional Statistics Current Projected 2040

Size Commercial land Industrial landAgricultural land

590 sq. kms 480 hectares

1,120 hectares11,800 hectares

PopulationCurrent labour forceMedian household incomeMedian age

139,80058,000

$72,32738.6

208,000

Jobs 47,000 89,000

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� we’re going to quickly cover some information about our partnership and what makes this area such a great place to invest. You can see that our communities cover a large area; and that our median age skews younger – in fact we are attracting more young families all the time. and we’re about to see unprecedented growth in population and in jobs. People are attracted here for a variety of reasons, including affordable land; but we have a long way to go in terms of having high value jobs for all of our residents. That’s a big part of what today is all about.

why regional?

• Leverages budget and resources• Creates a larger pool of talent and skills• Strengthens position more opportunities • 'Think regional’ gives new perspective • Combined natural & built assets more marketable• Together we all win

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easy access:

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VICKI�}Translink provided us this beautiful shot of the Golden Ears Bridge – this amazing piece of infrastructure opened at the end of 2009 ago and makes Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows now easily accessible to the US border, Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley communities.

great outdoors:

Access to hiking, biking, boating, fishing allwithin minutes from work or home

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VICKI�One of our key sectors today is Tourism. This is a key sector for the Province, and represents a huge opportunity for us.

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competitive advantages:

locationavailable land growing populationaffordability

accesstalentquality of lifestrong business community

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top investment places: Top Canadian Investment Cities includes only 2 BC communities No. 4 - Surrey No. 5 - Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows

Top BC Investment Towns & “the place to live for lifestyle” – 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013No. 1 – SurreyNo. 2 – Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows

Top 25 Communities for Business inWestern Canada – 2012 Mission

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VICKI�You can’t buy your way to this ranking. It’s based on research by the Real Estate investment Network who for the first time ever listed communities as small as Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows on their top 10 Canadian list. Not only do we hold the top 10 Canadian ranking, but for the 3rd consecutive year we have been named # 2 Top B C Investment Town.

BC Jobs Plan Sectors

Natural Resource Sectors: Forestry & Agrifoods Knowledge based sectors: Technology, clean tech & green economy Film, digital, new media, animation &

gaming TourismInfrastructure sectors: International education Transportation & aerospace

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Background - BC Jobs Plan Pilot:

builds on unique assets in key sectors leverages competitive strengths creates jobs through facilitating investment

• Partnership between the Province and Invest North Fraser• Intended to identify economic opportunities and priorities for

the region where the province could assist• Economic forum in December 2011; 67 opportunities

identified by close to 100 delegates

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This morning we begin with a presentation about Invest North Fraser – who we are, what we’re up to, and what it means to be part of the BC Jobs Plan Pilot. The tables represent priority sectors. Our goal this morning is to identify priority projects by sector. You’ll hear about sector strengths and challenges; and through a process you’ll hear more about shortly, working with the facilitator at your tables you’ll come up with a list that will form the basis of our conversation with the Minister when he arrives mid day. We have a busy agenda so let’s get underway. Goals of the session – morning/afternoon By the end of today, we will have a short list (hopefully around five) of opportunities that the North Fraser and the provincial government will work together to advance over the coming 6 – 18 months. These opportunities will relate to bringing new or increased investment and/or removing barriers to investment in the region. We need you to assist in identifying the potential projects – you know your sectors better than anyone. We want to hear what the opportunities are. You’re seated in tables with others from your sector or those from sectors where partnerships may be successful. This is intentional. Throughout the morning, you will be working with your sector colleagues to identify all of the potential opportunities in that sector – this may result in a long list. Then we’ll get you to identify your top picks – the projects that you would like to see move forward within the parameters of this initiative. In the afternoon, we’ll take the top picks that you’ve identified and run them through a scoring exercise based on strategic criteria to assist in identifying which projects are best aligned with the intent of the initiative and the timelines we are working with.

North Fraser Priority projects:

Priority projects have cross sector synergies:

• Centre of Excellence & Innovation:– Working Farm School – Business Innovation Accelerator– Green Building Technology Centre of Excellence

• Mission Interpretive Forest • Tourism Recreation Corridor • YPK International Education & Business Park • Agri-food Distribution Hub

Pitt Meadows: YPK International Business & Education Park:

Goal: attracting aerospace businesses and increasing international education program offerings.

Agri-food Distribution Hub: Goal: attracting primary & value- added investment; expanding regional producer business opportunities

Manufacturing: Goal: encouraging clean industrial investment on 100+ acres of land near multi-modal transportation connections.

Mission Downtown Mission: Goal: New development / revitalization of historic downtown

Waterfront Development: Goal: Redevelopment of 150 acres of waterfront along the Fraser River

Tourism / recreational Corridor: Goal: a more cohesive, effective regional tourism approach

Mission Interpretive Forest: Goal: expand & enhance regional tourism, forestry & natural resource industries

Maple Ridge: Centre of Excellence & Innovation: Goal

to establish: • Working Farm School Kwantlen Polytechnic • Business Innovation Accelerator BCTIA

Centre4Growth• Green Building Technologies Douglas College

Maple Ridge Town Centre Investment Incentive attracting investment (commercial and multi-family residential)

Partnerships with Post Secondary and Industry creating opportunties across the Region

Building our Ag & Tourism capacity

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Together North Fraser partners are making significant progress toward achieving the goals of the BC Jobs Plan / North Fraser Pilot community projects.

Our approach is helping build capacity in our priority sectors.

Thank you for your interest in True North Fraser – I hope the presentation has shown how a simple strategic initiative can helping build capacity to grow our local food economy.

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