Municipality of Emerson-Franklin
Emerson-Franklin, Manitoba
Overview:
M Richard & Associates Ltd. has been key in formalizing the Emerson-Franklin Community Development Corporation (CDC) to drive local economic development objectives. The CDC has been a champion for advancing a Port Authority and Trade Corridor concept, while finding innovative ways to build infrastructure capacity and attract sustainable growth to the Municipality.
Challenges:
The challenge to realizing economic development in rural communities is the process of finding solutions that are practical, meaningful and incremental to a larger vision and greater community benefit. Our approach is based on building stakeholder buy-in and nourishing lighter, quicker and cheaper strategies.
Services:
Facilitation + Engagement
Urban + Community Planning
Development Advisory
Research + Advice
Invest Emerson-Franklin
Collaborators:
Emerson-Franklin CDC
McGowan Russell Group
Sandbox Design & Consulting
Strategic Systems Engineering
Steve Godkin Productions