The City of Timmins is undertaking a Feasibility Study for a new Aquatic Centre in Timmins! Sierra Planning Management along with partner CS&P Architects has been retained by the City of Timmins to develop the Aquatic Centre Feasibility Study.
Posts in category Project Overviews
Business Capacity Modules
About Business Capacity Modules One of the most successful types of economic development is focusing on helping local businesses become bigger businesses. This approach is sometimes called “economic gardening.” By providing advice, support and information to business people, economic development teams can facilitate more exporting and diversification, which makes our economy more sustainable. A Business […]
Buy Local Campaign
About the Buy Local Campaign One of the ways to diversify the Timmins economy is to buy local. Buying local entails purchasing goods and services from businesses and companies that employ local people and use local products. Buying local will ensure that money spent in the community stays in the community and is used to […]
Communications Campaign
About the Communications Campaign During the public consultations, participants expressed a need for more dialogue with the City and other community organizations. Many felt that they did not know where to look for accurate, up-to-date information, or they had to look in too many different places to get it. The forest fire situation that affected […]
Community Calendar
About the Community Calendar This project is now completed. In 2012, the Timmins Chamber of Commerce completed work on a central community calendar. A community calendar is a single place where community members and organizations can post and/or look up events. The Timmins Community Calendar is an up-to-date web-based calendar that provides information on events […]
Community Foundation
About the Community Foundation Community foundations are charities that receive gifts from generous local citizens. These gifts are held forever as capital in an endowment, with the interest distributed back into the community as annual grants to deserving local charities, community groups and leadership initiatives. In pure sustainable models the principal remains untouched. Project Progress […]
Aboriginal Partnerships
About Aboriginal Partnerships The Aboriginal people who first called this region “home” bring important social, cultural and environmental perspectives to our identity as a community. Team 2020 recognizes the value of these Aboriginal perspectives. The Aboriginal Partnerships project aims to foster the development of positive and productive collaborations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal organizations, especially related […]
2020 Engagement
About 2020 Engagement The Timmins 2020 Strategic Plan has the overall goal of making Timmins a better place to live, work, play and invest. To that end it is important to keep community members and stakeholders up to date. A big part of making the Timmins 2020 project successful is getting support, feedback, engagement and […]
Aligning Skills with Demand
About Aligning Skills with Demand One of the strategic goals in the Timmins 2020 Strategic Plan is to ensure that local training programs mirror the needs of conventional as well as new industry employers. Industries like the forestry, agriculture, biotechnology, and information technology have specific employment needs. The reason we need to align job skills […]
Applied Research
About Applied Research This project is now completed. The Northern Ontario Applied Research Institute (NOARI) at Northern College supports local businesses with research that helps them operate more effectively. Established in 2012, NOARI creates innovative partnerships and relationships between academics and businesses. The research projects ultimately provide benefits to both students and businesses. For businesses, […]