REGIONAL DISTRICT OF NANAIMO

NORTHERN COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SELECT COMMITTEE

AGENDA

 

Meeting #:
Date:	Thursday, February 21, 2019
Time:	11:30 A.m. - 12:30 P.m.
Location:	Oceanside Place

​This meeting will be recorded

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

3.

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

3.1

Northern Community Economic Development Select Committee Meeting - May 17, 2018

• ​That the minutes of the Northern Community Economic Development Select Committee meeting held May 17, 2018, be adopted.

4.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

4.1

Pam Shaw, Executive Director, Mt Arrowsmith Biosphere Region - Mt Arrowsmith Biosphere Project (MABP)

4.2

Kim Burden, Executive Director, Parksville & District Chamber of Commerce - Mid Island Tech Forum

4.3

Brian Taylor, Vice President, Parksville & District Historical Society - Digital Heritage Exhibition

5.

DELEGATIONS

5.1

Kim Burden, Parksville & District Chamber of Commerce

6.

CORRESPONDENCE

7.

REPORTS

7.1

Regional Economic Development

• 1. That a meeting be organized with the organizations listed in Attachment 2 to consider the creation of a region-wide economic development service.

• 2. That to assist with the meeting, a background report that incorporates input from the other organizations be prepared addressing the current state of economic development in the Regional District of Nanaimo.

8.

BUSINESS ARISING FROM DELEGATIONS

9.

NEW BUSINESS

9.1

Overview of Northern Community Economic Development Program

Presentation by Sharon Horsburgh

9.2

NCED Roundtable

9.3

NCED Program Application Area of Focus 2019

9.4

Northern Community Economic Development Committee Terms of Reference

9.5

Next Meeting (Verbal)

10.

ADJOURNMENT