The Chatham-Kent Economic Development Podcast is a way to share information and business news from across the region. We will look to cover topics including: - Boots on the street: a summary of the news from EDO’s - Week in review: overview of key highlights from within the community o Wallaceburg & District Chamber of Commerce introduces Jill Misselbrook as their new Executive Director o Nurse Next Door o Country Garden Market is Growing in all the Right Ways o Business Incubator o Article on Drone photography o Economic Development red tape o Tourism business ready overdrive o War room google ads 2.0
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some music so we hit go
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and it actually has something,
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we can sit here and listen
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and then go, "hi."
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Welcome to the first
episode of the podcast.
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This is Economic Development.
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What have we called this thing?
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Yeah, that's it.
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So, we'll have some music at some point,
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but it is episode one,
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so we're learning how to do this.
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Key thing here is to try to help
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share some information, some news
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about things that are
happening in the community
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and going on,
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and I will stop hitting the table.
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I just remembered the
microphone's right there
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and every time I hit the
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(hitting the table)
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So, stop doing that.
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Don't do that.
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I'm Andrew Tompsett,
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Marketing Communications here
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at Chatham-Kent Economic Development.
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Ward Six, Chatham.
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with wards three, four, and five.
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All right.
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What's the date today?
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We're on the 14th of June, right?
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what's happened this week.
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There's been a lot going on.
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It's been a very
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We've got quite a few things
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Do you wanna talk about
the Chamber of Commerce?
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So, this week, actually,
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we just put out a news release
about Jill Misselbrook.
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She's now the new Executive Director
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for the Wallaceburg and Area District
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Chamber of Commerce,
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and she's been with that organization
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for a little over a year now
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in different roles,
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so they saw her accomplishments
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and what she's been able to
bring to the organization.
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So recently, April,
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she's been named as Executive Director,
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and so far, I've been
able to work with her.
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She's been very collaborative
on different projects,
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and I continue to run into
her all over the place,
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and I don't expect that
to change any time soon.
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so they've got a great person there,
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from what I've seen.
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She was at an event today.
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We were over at South West Credit Union,
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South West Regional Credit Union,
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because they're not just Wallaceburg,
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they're also up in Sarnia
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and around the whole region.
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They were celebrating 80 years,
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and you had the opportunity
to get up and say a few words.
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I guess I can say Tony put me on the spot,
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and it was great.
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I think anytime, once you
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that was as big as what they had,
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it really shows how a business
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has really contributed
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and the amount of support
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has put back into the community.
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It was really nice and refreshing to hear
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what a good corporate
citizen they've been,
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to hear all the different initiatives
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that they've put money towards,
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and you can really tell that organizations
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that support the community,
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the community supports the organization,
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and one way of showing that,
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is, today actually, Tony was presented
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the Spirit Award for the
Wallaceburg Dragon Boat Races
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that had recently
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and they said they wanna do so much more
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for the community,
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and yet all of these people
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were stepping forward to give stories
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about how they've been giving back
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and all the wonderful
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for that type of presentation.
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they had their own barbecue outside
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in which they had members of the public
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and had nice cake cutting ceremony
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and councilor Aaron Hall was there
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on behalf of Carmen McGregor,
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as well Mayor Kenneth,
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just to do a presentation
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It was well received,
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and I think, pretty well,
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the presentation in
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we had cake without you.
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It was good.
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It was pretty good.
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Into something a little
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Nurse Next Door.
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Yes, what a great service
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So, officially launching on June 12th.
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it was Wednesday.
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We've been working with Nurse Next Door
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since probably early April,
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myself and Taylor Hughes,
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and really doing whatever
we can to support them,
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but what can I say about them?
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Just two great people,
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Tina and Dakota Hodgson,
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that own the business.
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Just such great people with caring hearts.
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So, what they do is they offer care
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for seniors, or for anybody really,
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but in their own home
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so that, again, they don't have to move
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to nursing homes or longterm care homes,
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which again, is something that's so needed
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in our community, right?
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There's a long waiting list
for beds in nursing homes
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and longterm care homes,
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and if we can help seniors
stay in their homes longer.
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keeping them in familiar
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of their own homes,
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but doing it with a caring heart.
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So, I know I was quoted
in the Wallaceburg paper
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as saying that these are
people that I would recommend
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and refer to my family and friends,
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and they absolutely are.
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I would wholeheartedly
recommend them to somebody
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that's within my family that
needed that type of care,
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so I wish them all the best of luck.
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I won't be surprised in a year to hear
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that they're doing extremely well.
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that they have just
received back their car,
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which is a bright, hot pink wrapped.
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You can't miss it.
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So, if you see Nurse Next
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it's a bright, hot pink car.
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It's pretty.
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You just can't miss it.
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you can see it from space.
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I had a great opportunity
to meet with Alex
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over at Country Garden Market this week.
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Rosemary Montgomery and I
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We get asked this a lot.
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We get asked, "so, what happens
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with your summer company students
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once they finish up with the program?"
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And a lot of times,
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they'll take what they've learned
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but go to other education opportunities.
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they may go post-secondary,
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others will take it right into careers
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and take it into jobs.
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Some, in Alex's case,
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he continues with his business.
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So, he took that Summer Company program
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about two years ago,
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in the past year, he's
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another program that we have here,
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he launched out with his
business a while ago,
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but he's launched out for
the new season this year
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with weekly food baskets
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that go out to the community,
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all fresh produce.
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He grows everything.
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He's got a half acre lot
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and he has quadrupled his production
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since he started three years ago
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in the same amount of space.
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So, he's quadrupled what he's getting
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in terms of yields.
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So, he's researching this,
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he's done phenomenally.
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He went to the University of
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so he's knowledgeable, he's passionate.
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While he was at school full-time,
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he was working on developing this business
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and working night shifts
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at a local place around here
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to help pay for all of this.
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extremely passionate and so kind
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in conversations with him.
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Just a nice person.
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He's got a spot out
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He's not just doing the food baskets.
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He's also got a garden market
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out on his location in Chatham
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and he's going out to market,
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so he's going to the Wednesday market,
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which has been renamed
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the Weekly Market?
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Ooh, this is terrible.
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I should know the name of it.
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It's formerly the Wednesday
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That's what it's commonly known as.
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So, he's doing great.
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So, I would say that I went
to the Dresden BIA this week
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and they're just getting ramped
up for their summer season.
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Actually, they recently
put up some new banners
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that reflect the downtown Dresden.
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So, whether it's past.
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They're all sponsored by businesses,
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but they all have images
from the community
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that really reflect the downtown.
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So, every time you're
driving downtown Dresden,
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you might actually recognize
some of the individuals
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that are on the banners,
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or a past photo.
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So, those were recently put up
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and when I was there, they
passed along their thanks
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to Public Works, as well as Entegrus
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for their assistance in the manner.
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by the local businesses in Dresden.
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could put up a banner
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for a series of years
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for the life of the banner,
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and another thing is too,
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they're preparing for
the Dresden Night Market.
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So, there's a lot of big
plans coming up with that.
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So, the organizers of the event
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were at the BIA meeting
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and they described a little bit more
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about what is going to be happening,
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but a lot of those details
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will be later released
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on their social media channels.
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and I cannot wait for that.
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282
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Yeah, so they have some pretty big plans
283
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coming up for that,
284
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and that's out on August 17th,
285
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Saturday, August 17th.
286
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287
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There was eight or 9000 people.
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Is that?
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290
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I don't think I've seen the
downtown like that ever.
291
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(laughing)
292
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293
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but I haven't seen it that busy
294
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with wall to wall people.
295
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So, it was quite a positive event
296
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for that community.
297
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298
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299
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300
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one of the key moment,
I think, of the week
301
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is I went to the Annual General Meeting
302
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for the Chatham-Kent
Workforce Planning Board.
303
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Very heavily data-driven.
304
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So, normally not my cup
of tea, if you will.
305
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However, the reason
that I'm bringing it up
306
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is the Chatham-Kent
Workforce Planning Board
307
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has done such an amazing
job over the last few years
308
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in terms of producing reports, data,
309
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that helps us to do our
jobs within the community.
310
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Some of the highlights this year
311
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is that they've received an
increased amount of funding
312
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so that they can do more projects
313
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because of the significant impact
314
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of the projects that they've been doing
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up to current.
316
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317
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to see the overall numbers,
318
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and just, again, the
outreach that they're able
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to provide with those reports.
320
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So, that was a big moment for me this week
321
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that I wanted to share.
322
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323
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324
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325
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that have gone on the website.
326
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I don't wanna dive into them too much
327
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because they're all articles
328
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on the InvestCK website
329
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under the current news area.
330
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One is an article about drone photography,
331
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and so I went out and started looking
332
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to what has to happen in
terms of drone photography.
333
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A lot of rules changed back
334
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in the start of this month, June.
335
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You need a pilot's license,
336
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different license for things,
337
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and because of that,
338
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it's made it a little more complex,
339
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so there's an article on there about that.
340
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Another article that I wanna bring forward
341
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is the fact that our very own Kim Cooper,
342
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he brought forward
343
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a really great piece
344
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that goes on behind the scenes.
345
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So, a lot of things, economic development,
346
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are very out in the public
347
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in terms of grand openings
348
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or helping businesses launch
349
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and training and all of these
different types of programs,
350
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but some of the things
people don't realize
351
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is behind the scenes, we
get a lot of phone calls
352
00:12:16,410 --> 00:12:18,660
in terms of can you help
us with this problem
353
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or this issues?
354
00:12:20,150 --> 00:12:22,980
And things that we don't
generally wanna discuss
355
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because they're private issues, right?
356
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And some are opportunities.
357
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Some are private opportunities
in terms of things
358
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that are confidential.
359
00:12:30,050 --> 00:12:31,417
So, people will approach us and say,
360
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"I've got this great idea,"
361
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but they don't want us to share that,
362
00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,710
so this was a story
that we could talk about
363
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that we're able to talk
about how the municipality
364
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worked with the business
365
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and so it's been posted online.
366
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I'm really happy with how that turned out
367
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because I think it gives a
bit of that behind the scenes,
368
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behind the velvet rope, as
they say, sort of thing.
369
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So, pass it over.
370
00:12:55,670 --> 00:12:56,800
You've got some events.
371
00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:58,360
Did you wanna talk about what's going on?
372
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Yeah, there's quite a lot
of events that are going on
373
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from now until the end of June
374
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that I wanted to touch on.
375
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So first and foremost,
the RM 40th anniversary
376
00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:13,313
slash Retro-Fest, June 21st to the 22nd.
377
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There's some big bands coming.
378
00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,220
Sam Roberts Band coming to Chatham-Kent,
379
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and I believe that's on the Friday,
380
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which I believe is also the 21st.
381
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There's also in Thamesville,
382
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the Threshing Festival,
June 21st to June 22nd.
383
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June 23rd, Boulevard of
Dreams-Erieau Car Show in Erieau.
384
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So, a car buff like
yourself might be interested
385
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in something like that,
386
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plus, it's Erieau.
387
00:13:42,351 --> 00:13:43,670
388
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might be interested in that,
389
00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,630
and I'm sure they'll have
something for you too, Spen.
390
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391
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392
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393
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So, you've got the Bothwell Car Show.
394
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395
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And lastly, June 29th to July first
396
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is the Festival of Nations,
397
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finally coming back to Chatham-Kent,
398
00:14:00,740 --> 00:14:03,785
brought by our fine mayor, Mayor Canniff.
399
00:14:03,785 --> 00:14:06,853
That will be one heck of
a celebration, as well.
400
00:14:08,682 --> 00:14:10,300
Lots to do this summer.
401
00:14:10,300 --> 00:14:11,540
Lots to do in Chatham-Kent.
402
00:14:11,540 --> 00:14:13,150
Lots to do in June.
403
00:14:13,150 --> 00:14:15,220
404
00:14:15,220 --> 00:14:16,053
that are going on next week
405
00:14:16,053 --> 00:14:18,430
in terms of business-related activities.
406
00:14:18,430 --> 00:14:20,400
Although, I have to say,
407
00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:21,730
it's a big celebration for them,
408
00:14:21,730 --> 00:14:23,800
so congratulations to RM.
409
00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:24,633
That's great.
410
00:14:24,633 --> 00:14:26,670
We love supporting those businesses
411
00:14:26,670 --> 00:14:27,530
40 years.
412
00:14:27,530 --> 00:14:28,624
That's fantastic.
413
00:14:28,624 --> 00:14:30,470
One of the things going on next week
414
00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:32,510
is the Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce
415
00:14:32,510 --> 00:14:34,990
is doing their last business after hours
416
00:14:34,990 --> 00:14:36,530
for the summer.
417
00:14:36,530 --> 00:14:38,720
I believe it's the last
one until the new season
418
00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:39,810
later on this year,
419
00:14:39,810 --> 00:14:42,160
but it's gonna be over at the Kent.
420
00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:42,993
There's gonna be
421
00:14:42,993 --> 00:14:46,488
some great things are launched out there.
422
00:14:46,488 --> 00:14:48,703
I can't get into all
the details right now.
423
00:14:48,703 --> 00:14:49,536
424
00:14:49,536 --> 00:14:51,063
425
00:14:51,063 --> 00:14:52,064
426
00:14:52,064 --> 00:14:54,180
427
00:14:54,180 --> 00:14:55,013
that are happening out there.
428
00:14:55,013 --> 00:14:58,136
So Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce,
429
00:14:58,136 --> 00:14:59,630
that's on Wednesday evening.
430
00:14:59,630 --> 00:15:00,700
431
00:15:00,700 --> 00:15:01,840
432
00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:03,060
The next thing I wanna mention
433
00:15:03,060 --> 00:15:06,995
is we have been holding a
Supercharge Your Workforce event,
434
00:15:06,995 --> 00:15:10,871
we've been to Chatham,
Wallaceburg, Wheatley,
435
00:15:10,871 --> 00:15:12,888
and now we're going to Tilbury.
436
00:15:12,888 --> 00:15:16,400
We were asked, we had such popular demand
437
00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:17,940
at the other events, to come out
438
00:15:17,940 --> 00:15:19,463
and go Tilbury.
439
00:15:19,463 --> 00:15:21,310
We're currently up to, I believe,
440
00:15:21,310 --> 00:15:23,340
12 business registered,
441
00:15:23,340 --> 00:15:24,711
which is great.
442
00:15:24,711 --> 00:15:28,340
443
00:15:28,340 --> 00:15:31,291
Small business, we've got large employers.
444
00:15:31,291 --> 00:15:33,810
All the information, again, is available
445
00:15:33,810 --> 00:15:35,846
on our website, the InvestCK.ca,
446
00:15:35,846 --> 00:15:37,970
so if you wanna go check
it out and register,
447
00:15:37,970 --> 00:15:39,330
there's still some time,
448
00:15:39,330 --> 00:15:41,403
'cause that's next Friday.
449
00:15:43,100 --> 00:15:44,430
So, come on out.
450
00:15:44,430 --> 00:15:47,340
And there's a few more things
going on in the calendar.
451
00:15:47,340 --> 00:15:48,940
We've got a calendar of events.
452
00:15:48,940 --> 00:15:51,660
Again, it's on our
website, the InvestCK.ca.
453
00:15:51,660 --> 00:15:53,210
You can see all of these activities,
454
00:15:53,210 --> 00:15:55,330
other activities, other agencies.
455
00:15:55,330 --> 00:15:56,962
We try to post as much as possible,
456
00:15:56,962 --> 00:15:58,866
different BIAs.
457
00:15:58,866 --> 00:16:01,460
And we almost forgot to mention
458
00:16:01,460 --> 00:16:03,320
about our Tourism Ready Seminar.
459
00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,860
So, our first pilot podcast
460
00:16:07,860 --> 00:16:09,940
we mentioned that this is the time of year
461
00:16:09,940 --> 00:16:11,620
that people are getting amped up
462
00:16:11,620 --> 00:16:12,930
for our seasonal businesses.
463
00:16:12,930 --> 00:16:17,350
Well, earlier this week we
had our Tourism Ready Seminar
464
00:16:17,350 --> 00:16:21,040
at Tru's Restaurant, just here in Chatham,
465
00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,530
and it was kind of an intersection
466
00:16:23,530 --> 00:16:26,800
of tourism, as well as
economic development.
467
00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,270
So, we kinda put on a seminar,
468
00:16:29,270 --> 00:16:32,570
hoping to energize and motivate
469
00:16:32,570 --> 00:16:34,480
our tourism-based businesses
470
00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:38,683
and those that operate similar to tourism,
471
00:16:40,540 --> 00:16:43,120
just to different things
that they can look at
472
00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:47,709
and different ways to use
social media to their advantage,
473
00:16:47,709 --> 00:16:50,381
as well as introduce ourselves
474
00:16:50,381 --> 00:16:54,410
to different cross-sections
of how we can help
475
00:16:54,410 --> 00:16:57,480
your organization, as well.
476
00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,500
477
00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:01,370
with some tidbits of tricks
478
00:17:01,370 --> 00:17:03,339
and information and that sort of thing.
479
00:17:03,339 --> 00:17:05,400
I found out, following the event,
480
00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:06,580
there was a few things.
481
00:17:06,580 --> 00:17:09,250
A couple of businesses
came up to me afterwards
482
00:17:09,250 --> 00:17:10,610
and said they absolutely loved it,
483
00:17:10,610 --> 00:17:13,114
they had some suggestions
for future programming,
484
00:17:13,114 --> 00:17:15,360
which we're gonna implement.
485
00:17:15,360 --> 00:17:16,957
We're definitely gonna
move those ones forward.
486
00:17:16,957 --> 00:17:18,524
I also found out,
487
00:17:18,524 --> 00:17:20,510
because we had BDC and
Community Future Development
488
00:17:20,510 --> 00:17:22,170
Corporation there presenting,
489
00:17:22,170 --> 00:17:23,900
providing some information of funding.
490
00:17:23,900 --> 00:17:25,920
We share a building here,
491
00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:29,437
and so immediately within
an hour of coming back,
492
00:17:29,437 --> 00:17:32,530
Donna, who is from
Community Futures came up
493
00:17:32,530 --> 00:17:34,604
and said, "I already have my first client
494
00:17:34,604 --> 00:17:35,880
out of the meeting today."
495
00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,000
So, she came out and was thrilled
496
00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,720
that she's already able to help people
497
00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,930
from that meeting, the same day.
498
00:17:41,930 --> 00:17:42,763
499
00:17:42,763 --> 00:17:43,596
500
00:17:43,596 --> 00:17:45,710
and that's what this partnership's about
501
00:17:45,710 --> 00:17:47,090
is bringing those people together.
502
00:17:47,090 --> 00:17:49,470
So, that was a success.
503
00:17:49,470 --> 00:17:51,070
504
00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:53,220
is last night I attended the toner.
505
00:17:53,220 --> 00:17:54,120
Or, sorry.
506
00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:55,432
507
00:17:55,432 --> 00:17:56,431
(laughing)
508
00:17:56,431 --> 00:17:57,436
You attended the Tony's?
509
00:17:57,436 --> 00:17:58,269
510
00:17:58,269 --> 00:17:59,436
But now, I went to the IPM,
511
00:17:59,436 --> 00:18:01,000
the donor event.
512
00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,260
So, last year after the big IPM,
513
00:18:03,260 --> 00:18:05,230
held out by PanCore,
514
00:18:05,230 --> 00:18:07,479
we had a lot of community groups
515
00:18:07,479 --> 00:18:08,930
that put a lot of time and effort
516
00:18:08,930 --> 00:18:11,620
into making sure that
the event was a success.
517
00:18:11,620 --> 00:18:14,177
So last year, we had over 70,000 people
518
00:18:14,177 --> 00:18:17,410
come to the event within Chatham-Kent.
519
00:18:17,410 --> 00:18:19,960
So, it really did help our bottom line
520
00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:21,720
across the community,
521
00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:24,340
and this was an opportunity
for all those community groups
522
00:18:24,340 --> 00:18:26,384
to come back and contribute,
523
00:18:26,384 --> 00:18:28,780
and this ceremony was more,
524
00:18:28,780 --> 00:18:31,920
essentially it was the
IPM giving money back
525
00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:33,070
to those community groups
526
00:18:33,070 --> 00:18:35,450
that helped make it a success.
527
00:18:35,450 --> 00:18:38,070
So, there was about $80,000
528
00:18:38,070 --> 00:18:42,280
that was redistributed
to over 70 organizations
529
00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:43,550
within our community.
530
00:18:43,550 --> 00:18:46,150
So, it was really exciting last night
531
00:18:46,150 --> 00:18:47,550
to see a whole bunch of people there
532
00:18:47,550 --> 00:18:49,490
that did a lot of good
533
00:18:49,490 --> 00:18:50,450
for their own clubs
534
00:18:50,450 --> 00:18:52,270
that will then get redistributed
535
00:18:52,270 --> 00:18:54,269
amongst their own communities,
536
00:18:54,269 --> 00:18:56,020
but just to...
537
00:18:57,438 --> 00:18:59,980
I think out of all the
70 plus organizations,
538
00:18:59,980 --> 00:19:02,540
there was only a slight
few that couldn't make it,
539
00:19:02,540 --> 00:19:04,290
so it was really a packed house
540
00:19:04,290 --> 00:19:08,020
and we got to see Toby Coby one last time;
541
00:19:08,020 --> 00:19:10,800
and over all, last night's event
542
00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:12,410
was a huge success.
543
00:19:12,410 --> 00:19:13,850
544
00:19:13,850 --> 00:19:15,112
Was that you?
545
00:19:15,112 --> 00:19:16,145
(laughing)
546
00:19:16,145 --> 00:19:17,150
No?
547
00:19:17,150 --> 00:19:18,050
548
00:19:18,050 --> 00:19:19,100
I'm like the Pokeroo.
549
00:19:20,580 --> 00:19:22,182
550
00:19:22,182 --> 00:19:25,260
Want to also mention that
we had a war room session
551
00:19:25,260 --> 00:19:26,640
this week, which was,
552
00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:28,350
war rooms, for those who don't know,
553
00:19:28,350 --> 00:19:31,580
they're very intimate
sessions, in terms of training.
554
00:19:31,580 --> 00:19:33,590
So, this session had three people
555
00:19:33,590 --> 00:19:35,260
coming together with a trainer
556
00:19:35,260 --> 00:19:37,410
who were able to walk
through the specifics
557
00:19:37,410 --> 00:19:39,400
of how their Google ads were set up.
558
00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,770
It was called Google Ads Two
Point Oh was the session,
559
00:19:41,770 --> 00:19:43,950
and so rather than a large seminar,
560
00:19:43,950 --> 00:19:46,700
where you just sort of gain
some general knowledge,
561
00:19:46,700 --> 00:19:48,802
this was guiding into
each of the profiles,
562
00:19:48,802 --> 00:19:50,310
seeing what they're doing,
563
00:19:50,310 --> 00:19:51,630
ways to optimize,
564
00:19:51,630 --> 00:19:55,540
and I've chatted with
two of the three so far
565
00:19:55,540 --> 00:19:56,580
and they were thrilled.
566
00:19:56,580 --> 00:19:57,720
They had a great time,
567
00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,280
they got some good advice out of it.
568
00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,530
We've got more war rooms coming up.
569
00:20:02,530 --> 00:20:03,746
I haven't posted them yet.
570
00:20:03,746 --> 00:20:05,410
They're gonna be online soon,
571
00:20:05,410 --> 00:20:06,700
along with our Tech Night.
572
00:20:06,700 --> 00:20:08,800
So, we have a special
Tech Night coming up,
573
00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,890
because there's a little thing
574
00:20:10,890 --> 00:20:12,000
that was shared the other day.
575
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,250
I think it was called
the Business Incubator.
576
00:20:16,036 --> 00:20:17,680
(laughing)
You wanna chat about that?
577
00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,360
You were kind of at that
meeting, weren't you?
578
00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:22,150
579
00:20:22,150 --> 00:20:24,070
Not sure when they're going to open;
580
00:20:24,070 --> 00:20:25,650
however, what I can tell you
581
00:20:25,650 --> 00:20:29,352
is that it's just an absolutely beautiful,
582
00:20:29,352 --> 00:20:34,257
modern, innovative space.
583
00:20:34,257 --> 00:20:38,657
When I think of a Google office or Apple,
584
00:20:38,657 --> 00:20:43,283
high tech, but also very modern,
585
00:20:44,435 --> 00:20:49,435
there's a very deliberate,
modern feeling to the building,
586
00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:51,083
which to me,
587
00:20:52,515 --> 00:20:53,615
it just, I don't know,
588
00:20:54,898 --> 00:20:56,453
it creates innovation.
589
00:20:58,473 --> 00:21:01,320
There's just a really
cool vibe in the place,
590
00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,040
to break it down pretty plainly,
591
00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,170
but got to tour that again
592
00:21:05,170 --> 00:21:06,220
and take a look at it
593
00:21:06,220 --> 00:21:08,510
and it's just absolutely beautiful
594
00:21:08,510 --> 00:21:10,230
and I cannot wait.
595
00:21:10,230 --> 00:21:11,760
I think it's going to be such a blessing
596
00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:13,111
for Chatham-Kent,
597
00:21:13,111 --> 00:21:14,920
especially for our youth,
598
00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,160
and not only for our youth,
599
00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:18,550
but I think our youth are the ones
600
00:21:18,550 --> 00:21:20,900
that are really gonna take this
601
00:21:20,900 --> 00:21:22,370
and start their new businesses there
602
00:21:22,370 --> 00:21:24,640
and share in the clusters
603
00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:26,760
of other new businesses
604
00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,650
and I just think it's such
a blessing to Chatham-Kent.
605
00:21:29,650 --> 00:21:31,390
What do you think about that, Mr. Spenny?
606
00:21:31,390 --> 00:21:33,960
607
00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,680
and the space, as you mentioned,
608
00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,500
to me, just kind of, you look at it
609
00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:39,730
and it's almost like you're looking
610
00:21:39,730 --> 00:21:40,965
inside a magazine.
611
00:21:40,965 --> 00:21:41,798
612
00:21:41,798 --> 00:21:44,530
613
00:21:44,530 --> 00:21:47,050
but it's a collaborative space
614
00:21:47,050 --> 00:21:49,423
that could be used for multiple functions.
615
00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:53,098
As I was there, I was kinda thinking,
616
00:21:53,098 --> 00:21:54,600
what could I do here
617
00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:55,680
or what could I see here?
618
00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:59,099
And my imagination was kinda running wild
619
00:21:59,099 --> 00:22:03,240
with what the potential
of that space could be.
620
00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,593
So, I'm very interested to learn more
621
00:22:05,593 --> 00:22:07,820
about what they have planned for it,
622
00:22:07,820 --> 00:22:09,466
but I think it's really encouraging,
623
00:22:09,466 --> 00:22:11,720
not just for the Chatham area,
624
00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:14,056
but for Chatham-Kent as a whole.
625
00:22:14,056 --> 00:22:17,270
I think that being out
626
00:22:17,270 --> 00:22:19,430
and seeing as we are boots on the street,
627
00:22:19,430 --> 00:22:21,900
we're seeing a lot of these innovative,
628
00:22:21,900 --> 00:22:23,260
especially tech companies.
629
00:22:23,260 --> 00:22:26,140
We have a lot of tech in Chatham-Kent.
630
00:22:26,140 --> 00:22:27,660
It doesn't make the radar
631
00:22:27,660 --> 00:22:29,350
on a national scheme,
632
00:22:29,350 --> 00:22:31,700
but we have a lot of innovative businesses
633
00:22:31,700 --> 00:22:32,960
that are here,
634
00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,420
and that have already been here for years.
635
00:22:35,420 --> 00:22:37,090
So, it's gonna be really exciting
636
00:22:37,090 --> 00:22:39,510
to see if there is a potential
637
00:22:39,510 --> 00:22:42,320
to connect people to one another
638
00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,990
and it looks like an ideal space.
639
00:22:45,990 --> 00:22:47,340
640
00:22:47,340 --> 00:22:49,850
of tech companies that aren't huge
641
00:22:49,850 --> 00:22:52,450
in the area, aside from Tech Savvy
642
00:22:52,450 --> 00:22:53,663
doing wonderful things.
643
00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:57,187
Part of the goal of this group,
644
00:22:57,187 --> 00:23:00,130
and there'll be lots more
information coming out soon,
645
00:23:00,130 --> 00:23:03,160
but they're being run as a non-profit.
646
00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:07,130
This is not a municipal run organization.
647
00:23:07,130 --> 00:23:08,090
This is independent,
648
00:23:08,090 --> 00:23:10,270
and they've set themselves
up as a non-profit
649
00:23:10,270 --> 00:23:13,050
with the goal of helping these businesses
650
00:23:13,050 --> 00:23:17,610
with ideas, it could
be an early-stage idea,
651
00:23:17,610 --> 00:23:19,000
it could be somewhere along the line,
652
00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,310
it's already been out there for a while,
653
00:23:20,310 --> 00:23:22,640
but it needs, perhaps, capital,
654
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,120
or it needs mentorship,
655
00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:25,640
it needs different
things to accelerate it,
656
00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:27,513
to scale it up.
657
00:23:29,449 --> 00:23:31,900
They're not in this to look
658
00:23:31,900 --> 00:23:33,610
at how they can pull money out of it.
659
00:23:33,610 --> 00:23:35,280
They're in this to help that business
660
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,753
become a generational 50 year business
661
00:23:37,753 --> 00:23:40,121
and that is a huge difference
662
00:23:40,121 --> 00:23:42,072
between some of these
other business incubators
663
00:23:42,072 --> 00:23:43,400
that are out there,
664
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,067
which have perfectly good
models in themselves,
665
00:23:45,067 --> 00:23:46,840
but this is a different scale.
666
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,610
This is looking at how there
can be a Chatham-Kent solution.
667
00:23:49,610 --> 00:23:52,750
So, I can't say much more
668
00:23:52,750 --> 00:23:54,520
about what we know so far.
669
00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:55,539
670
00:23:55,539 --> 00:23:57,430
(laughing)
671
00:23:57,430 --> 00:23:59,330
But yeah, this is gonna
be really exciting,
672
00:23:59,330 --> 00:24:02,070
and hopefully what they will develop
673
00:24:02,070 --> 00:24:04,107
are some of those big names
674
00:24:04,107 --> 00:24:06,983
that we see out there.
675
00:24:06,983 --> 00:24:09,370
It's be cool to have the next Dropbox
676
00:24:09,370 --> 00:24:12,720
or the next, something like that,
677
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:14,448
that will come out of Chatham-Kent.
678
00:24:14,448 --> 00:24:16,026
So, yeah.
679
00:24:16,026 --> 00:24:19,233
Look forward to more
information on that coming soon.
680
00:24:20,460 --> 00:24:22,150
We'll keep you posted.
681
00:24:22,150 --> 00:24:23,970
I wanna be aware of time.
682
00:24:23,970 --> 00:24:25,540
This is supposed to be half an hour long
683
00:24:25,540 --> 00:24:28,880
and we are starting to run
out of time on this one.
684
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,730
As I said, there's a lot of news going on.
685
00:24:31,730 --> 00:24:33,550
I'm gonna jump over and simply ask
686
00:24:33,550 --> 00:24:34,950
is there anything else you wanna touch on
687
00:24:34,950 --> 00:24:37,580
at this moment for your points?
688
00:24:37,580 --> 00:24:38,960
Have you got anything else?
689
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:39,820
690
00:24:39,820 --> 00:24:41,952
691
00:24:41,952 --> 00:24:42,785
692
00:24:42,785 --> 00:24:44,230
693
00:24:44,230 --> 00:24:46,810
that if anybody's watching this
694
00:24:46,810 --> 00:24:49,711
and they have any sort
of business questions,
695
00:24:49,711 --> 00:24:52,840
provincial, municipal, federal,
696
00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:53,980
it doesn't matter.
697
00:24:53,980 --> 00:24:56,810
Again, we just wanna solidify the fact
698
00:24:56,810 --> 00:24:58,840
that we're here to help
serve the community
699
00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:00,070
of Chatham-Kent,
700
00:25:00,070 --> 00:25:01,703
all areas of Chatham-Kent.
701
00:25:02,550 --> 00:25:04,370
So please, reach out to us.
702
00:25:04,370 --> 00:25:06,260
Let us be the conduit for you.
703
00:25:06,260 --> 00:25:07,910
Let us do the running
around on the back end
704
00:25:07,910 --> 00:25:11,580
to find solutions or
assistance to solutions
705
00:25:11,580 --> 00:25:13,130
so that you can do your business.
706
00:25:13,130 --> 00:25:14,340
707
00:25:14,340 --> 00:25:17,200
It starts with a call or an email,
708
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:21,840
and our website has been
completely re-designed
709
00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,460
to better meet our end users,
710
00:25:24,460 --> 00:25:26,980
so there's a good chance that you'll find
711
00:25:26,980 --> 00:25:28,670
what you're looking for on there, as well,
712
00:25:28,670 --> 00:25:31,220
and be sure to subscribe
to our news and events.
713
00:25:31,220 --> 00:25:32,240
714
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,250
715
00:25:34,250 --> 00:25:37,073
that we're actually
putting onto our website.
716
00:25:38,660 --> 00:25:40,270
That's a great place to start,
717
00:25:40,270 --> 00:25:41,690
but as Anthony said,
718
00:25:41,690 --> 00:25:42,730
just give us a call.
719
00:25:42,730 --> 00:25:43,680
720
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,842
I think we touched on the
highlights of this week.
721
00:25:45,842 --> 00:25:49,200
Next week is gearing up
to be another busy one.
722
00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,090
We've got a few major events going on,
723
00:25:51,090 --> 00:25:52,340
so that's gonna be exciting,
724
00:25:52,340 --> 00:25:55,210
and as you said, we've got a newsletter,
725
00:25:55,210 --> 00:25:57,600
so please, take a moment
to register for that.
726
00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:58,600
It's on the website.
727
00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:00,846
InvestCK.ca
728
00:26:00,846 --> 00:26:03,530
We're also very active on social media.
729
00:26:03,530 --> 00:26:05,778
I have been out blasting
quite a few things
730
00:26:05,778 --> 00:26:07,937
in terms of different activities,
731
00:26:07,937 --> 00:26:10,610
celebrations that have been going on,
732
00:26:10,610 --> 00:26:12,650
things we haven't even talked about here.
733
00:26:12,650 --> 00:26:13,937
There's so much going on.
734
00:26:13,937 --> 00:26:17,460
Anyhow, we'll wrap things up for now.
735
00:26:17,460 --> 00:26:20,036
This has been the first episode
736
00:26:20,036 --> 00:26:22,800
of Plugged in CK.
737
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:23,633
738
00:26:23,633 --> 00:26:25,196
I'm gonna get this.
739
00:26:25,196 --> 00:26:26,413
(laughing)
740
00:26:26,413 --> 00:26:27,310
741
00:26:27,310 --> 00:26:28,200
742
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:29,033
743
00:26:29,033 --> 00:26:30,419
744
00:26:30,419 --> 00:26:31,252
745
00:26:31,252 --> 00:26:34,177
Stuart Fineman, everyone.
(laughing)