Table 1

Retention of emphasis on heritage and natural beauty

Employment in the community for coming generations

Attractive aspects to draw people (young, retired,   entrepreneurs, etc.)

Improved governance model (efficient and responsive to   citizens’ preferences and needs.

Be a centre supporting a diverse set of world class excellence that can be performed here

Table 2

Business friendly – open for business

Opportunity for youth people

Schools, education, training

Promotion, marketing

Local taxes need to be reduced

Community owned energy company

Tourism

Equal taxation

Table 3

Cultural sustainability (visual arts, theatre, heritage   (history))

Liability (works against sustainability)

Well being – we are all responsible

New businesses moving to the area to help increase tax   base and employ our youth

Table 4

Sustainable industry

High quality of life (health, happiness, average to above average income)

Productive population

Table 5

Reverse people flow movement from outflow to inflow

Focus on success opportunities:

• Creative, artistic, cultural
• Intelligence based activities
• Fundamental industries such as farming (cause an inflow of people for this type of activity)

Fisheries and forestry for people retention

Ocean based industries – clustering/closed loop (i.e., mink industry)

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Reverse the flow of people

$7,550.00

22.9

Opportunities / Jobs

Local food sustainability

$6,350.00

19.3

Removing regulations

Research and develop assets

$6,200.00

18.8

Knowing what your assets are

Not in the list

$4,300.00

13

N/A

Local energy sustainability

$4,200.00

12.7

Various factors

More business friendly

$2,800.00

8.5

Not discussed

Affordable vocational training

$1,300.00

3.9

Not discussed

Affordable quality housing

$100.00

0.3

Not discussed

Clean environmental contamination

$100.00

0.3

Not discussed

1. This will happen once the rest does (four other points) (8)
2. Attract various ages (6)

Research and develop assets

1. Community mapping (skills, resources, knowledge) (9)
2. “grow” what we have that is presently working   (4)
3. Involve young people in research (2)
4. Identify/establish core indigenous activities (0)
5. Revive ocean/fresh water economy (basin areas once bustling) (0)

Local food sustainability

1. Annex the tidal power plant to the County (4)
2. Geothermal (3)
3. Solar power (3)
4. Research and develop (3)
5. Hydro (0)
6. Wind (0)

1. More efficient and responsive model of government (8)
2. Equal taxation (5)
3. Attractive living environment (1)

Table 1

More viable rural economy

Reduce bureaucracy and intrusive legislation

Reduce duplication of government services

Need for investment

Better health care in rural areas

Table 2

Accessible, reliable wifi (support virtual jobs)

Health care electronic access for doctors

Grow arts economy

Get valley businesses and entities on internet, social media

Job development / training

Table 3

Water for downtown Bear River

More sustainable employment

Healthcare (clinic needs)

Preserve heritage buildings (culture & history)

Riverbank restored (rising tides bad erosion)

Child development (playground park)

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Infrastructure

$9,850.00

30.4

Tax dollars, money

Viable Rural Economy

$9,500.00

29.3

Infrastructure   investment, political / community will (these were debated)

Improved Healthcare

$4,950.00

15.2

Health pro incentives and restore health care fund

Clean Environmental Contamination

$2,600.00

8

Education, strong environmental legislation

Local Food Sustainability

$1,650.00

5

Jobs and farm land

Local Energy sustainability

$1,550.00

4.7

Not discussed

Not in the List

$1,200.00

3.7

N/A

Affordable Quality Housing

$750.00

2.3

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$350.00

1

Not discussed

Infrastructure

1. Funding for cultural / heritage buildings (8)
2. Prompt consistent road repairs (5)
3. Engineering study of erosion of riverbank (2)
4. invent a pot hole filling machine, one that   one or two people can operate (0)
5. Development for downtown “to do list” (drop in   centre) (where people can add things they would like done and others could drop in and pick something they could do that day) (0)
6. Meaningful signage (0)

Clean environmental contamination

1. Clean water development (12)
2. Prevent New Brunswick – Style Fracking (2)
3. End back road / river dumping (1)
4. End clear cutting (1)
5. Restore river edges (0)

Viable rural community

1. Encourage “niche” products (agriculture,   forestry, fisher, small-scale industrial information technology, investing)   (7)
2. Promote community cooperation (5)
3. Free pop up galleries for artists & retail (use unoccupied buildings downtown) (2)
4. Re-populate our family farms which rebuilds   rural population and develops food security (do it with tax incentives and   grants) (2)
5. Reliable cheep internet access and training for on-line economy (2)
6. Encourage entrepreneurship through less   regulation, better skills training, more global outlook (0)
7. Encourage increased immigration through   information provision (internal & external) (0)
8. Create a “live” “fiver” system – location for   artisans and craft people or other people who have a skill to sell (0)

Improved healthcare

1. Electronic media records (2)
2. Online nurse practitioners (1)
3. Extend dental care (1)
4. More doctor’s, nurse practitioners (0)
5. Phone-in system at clinic where sign up for   blood tests could be done before the upcoming appointment with the practitioner to save adding an extra appointment (0)

Local food sustainability

1. Promote help for young farmers (6)
2. Community cooperatives (4)
3. Training for non-farmers (market, gardens, bee   keeping) (2)
4. More family friendly (including   multigenerational farms) (2)
5. Prevent pollution (0)
6. Expand Department of Agriculture to do more   outreach (0)

Table 1

Create more opportunities for citizens (i.e., markets)

Raise the standard of living

More economic farming

Encourage farming

Table 2

Babba Yaga housing for older adults still largely able to care for themselves.

Certifying people’s skills regardless of their literacy

Reduced costs

County housing registry

Elder transport

Tax benefit for bequeathing housing

What types of industry?

Limits on population growth?

Table 3

Local health care (especially for seniors & more health care providers available)

Assistance with e-marketing for start-up businesses in this area

Develop branding for Annapolis County

Take advantage of knowledge and experience of residents

More extensive public transit

Non-traditional farming

• Both in methods and products
• Expand markets to areas outside of local region

Table 4

Forest management (instead of clear cut and walk away)

Retaining youth in the area

Small business

Incentives for woodlot sustainable land use

Re-develop every empty building

Table 5

Local industry

• Encourage entrepreneurship
• Diverse industries
• Craft industries

Adult recreational activities

Better internet connectivity

Household gardens

Reduce government regulations

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Increase Employment Opportunities

$6,800.00

17.1

Encourage local   entrepreneurship, inventory of local resources

Local Energy sustainability

$5,500.00

13.8

Varies

Local Food Sustainability

$5,350.00

13.5

Willing labour, equipment, arable land

Maximizing and Sustaining Existing Resources

$5,250.00

13.2

Inventory of resources

Communities Supporting Each Other and Working Together

$4,400.00

11.1

Leadership

Affordable Quality Housing

$3,850.00

9.7

Not discussed

Clean Environmental Contamination

$3,600.00

9

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$2,900.00

7.3

Not discussed

Not in the List

$1,600.00

4

N/A

Increase employment opportunities

1. Market the County to potential industries (11)
2. Improve connectivity (2)
3. Process local cucumbers into pickles and   relish instead of importing from India (compliments brand) (2)
4. Energy generation (1)
5. Certify existing skills and get over diploma/degree fixation (1)
6. Raise beef cattle on grass (0)
7. Grow asparagus (0)

Local energy sustainability

Local food sustainability

1. Encourage local farming and gardening in a sustainable and profitable way (9)
2. More financial support for people developing vineyards and wineries and growing grapes (3)
3. Provide community gardens (3)
4. Develop native food plants (2)
5. Forest gardens
6. Permaculture
7. Greenhouses

Maximizing and sustaining existing resources

Communities supporting each other and working together

1. Creating more inter-community events (9)
2. Break down barriers between communities and generations (2)
3. Coordinate / cooperate (2)

Table 1

Attention to health issues

Economy based on 21^st century vision. What will the world look like in 2050?

Learn from successful counties (Newfoundland)

As presented – goals seem to fall outside the legislated   prevue of Council – is plan to act or influence

Facilitator’s Notes with entire group

More Diversity

New business ventures

Bring back money to our economy

Making good money here

Defining Success[2]

For the purposes of comparative analysis we have used the previous information to produce a reasonable facsimile of the data in the format of the other meetings although that was not the manner in which it was gathered.

Table 1

Better Internet

Build an Advisory Committee on Leadership

Attract internet based service businesses

Sell more organic food to European / New England markets

Local energy sustainability ( Centre of expertise for alternate energy and storage (Bio mass, wind, tidal)

Increase exports/imports to European Union

Primary Target

Total Allocated

percent

Dependent Target(s) /   Factor(s)

Build an Advisory Committee on Leadership

$1,800.00

100

Not discussed

Increase Exports / Imports to European Union

$0

0

Not discussed

Better Internet

$0

0

Not discussed

Local Energy sustainability

$0

0

Not discussed

Local Food Sustainability

$0

0

Not discussed

Affordable Quality Housing

$0

0

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$0

0

Not discussed

Clean Environmental Contamination

$0

0

Not discussed

Not in the List

$0

0

N/A

Build an Advisor Committee on Leadership

-            No specific input

Better Internet

-            No specific input

Sell more organic food to the European / New England markets

1. More co-operatives
2. Better transportation and supply chain

Local Energy Sustainability

Research and development Centre of Expertise for alternate energy and storage (Bio mass, wind, tidal)

Table 1

Through leadership and political will provide an environment for sustainable rural development (through regulatory changes)

Realistic achievable goals

Well paid job

Increased access to building materials

Improve infrastructure (transportation, telecommunications, info-highway)

Employment – 95% full time work

Continued community involvement

Implementation – reasonable time frames

Table 2

Job creation

Support small business and planning

Transportation and communication infrastructure

Better link to air port

Fibre everywhere

Attractive to high quality labour force

Liveable communities

Table 3

Retaining our youth by providing training related to employment opportunities

Green goods / services / research

Developing employment opportunities

Allowing seniors to stay in their homes as long as possible

Developing green products

Table 4

More sustainable / quality employment

Creating a future for our children and young families

Making later life better

Enabling local industries to bring the west home

Supporting our local communities (employment, food, industry, seniors)

More convenient transportation

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

More Sustainable Quality Employment

$13,450.00

45.1

Municipal plan conducive procedure

Economically and Environmentally Viable and Liveable Communities

$4,100.00

13.7

Amenities, programs, services, activities, opportunities (inclusive)

Local Energy sustainability

$2,900.00

9.7

Create and educate using local energy

Local Food Sustainability

$2,750.00

9.2

Undecided

Affordable Quality Housing

$2,450.00

8.2

Conducive planning

Affordable Vocational Training

$2,200.00

7.3

Not discussed

Local Communities Have Continued Involvement

$1,350.00

4.5

Not discussed

Clean Environmental Contamination

$600.00

2

Not discussed

Not in the List

$0

0

N/A

More sustainable quality employment

1. Manufacturing and value added products (5)
2. Trades and apprentice positions that relate to available jobs (4)
3. Create incentives for companies to hire full time rather than multiple part-time positions (with benefits, pension, career) (3)
4. Make it easy to create a small/large business (2)
5. Legislation to encourage entrepreneurship (0)
6. Search for investors, apply for grants (to build business ideas) (0)
7. Improve education at all levels (0)
8. Create business supporting infrastructure (transportation – communication)

Economically and environmentally viable and liveable communities

1. Municipal units to purchase materials from locally harvested and processed sources (6)
2. Avoid ghetto-isation of demographic groups (i.e. seniors) (5)
3. More / convenient transportation (dependable, timely, affordable) (1)
4. All year round (1)
5. Be willing to retire towns (1)
6. Accessible and affordable recreation
7. Cycle lanes
8. Local shops
9. Fix trails / create ability to travel without cars
10. Enhance social interaction to build strong communities

Local energy sustainability

1. Create policies to encourage wind power and solar and tidal and bio-fuels (second). (10)
2. Mandate municipal buildings to use local fuel (wood, grass pellets, etc.) (3)
3. ESCOs program to retrofit/upgrade energy at the household level (ESCOs means the upgrade is paid by the savings created) (1)
4. Silo’s weren’t part of the landscape before 1920; now they are and in the future/present windmills need to be (1)
5. Identify quality resources (i.e. land base, investigate opportunities) (1)
6. Mechanisms to phase out oil furnaces (0)

Affordable quality housing

1. Renovate a (failing) hotel or motel (7)
2. Apartments / condos (2)
3. Modules (1)
4. Subdivisions / housing estates (0)

Local food sustainability

1. Mandate municipally controlled institutions, offices, etc. to use local foods (6)
2. Develop secondary foods from primary food resources (3)
3. Support organic sources of food – veggies / farms (2)
4. Discount for locals to buy local (show a card with current address *promote living here) (2)
5. Meals from ingredients (0)
6. Free community kitchens / programs (0
7. Encourage home-grown gardens / food (0)

Table 1

Communication (cell phone, high speed internet)

Food (grow our own, produce / encourage small farms and   Fish farms / improve feeding)

Tourist attraction (trails, public toilet / permanent,   improve roads, if possible, archaeology in cove / at beach, habitat –   knowledge of fauna/flora/fish & lobster, beach park )

Environment (keep beach clean)

Table 2

Change date to 2020

Explore internal resources

Coast line erosion saved

Explain natural coastline attractions

Tourism (tourists have beach life experience)

Interpretation centres along County coast

Table 3

Attract tourists

Money management for young people

Need real estate to move quicker

Promote beach / manage cleaning of beach

Signage for beach (i.e., pick up dog poo)

Fix mountain Rd.

Coffee houses & toilet

Table 4

Build on what we have

Tourism = make information available

Encourage cooperative approach

Could apply in food sustainability

Community gardens

Need to improve cell and internet service to encourage   investment in cottage industry

Affordable senior housing – why does it have to be in   towns only?

Table 5

Well paying jobs

More industry

More younger families

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Communications

$6,500.00

24.1

Government Support

Tourism

$5,150.00

19.1

Stand alone

Attract Primary Industry

$4,650.00

17.2

Local energy sustainability

Local Energy sustainability

$4,050.00

15

Education &   promotion opportunity

Local Food Sustainability

$3,000.00

11.1

Market (sales)

Affordable Quality Housing

$2,350.00

8.7

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$950.00

3.5

Not discussed

Clean Environmental Contamination

$250.00

0.3

Not discussed

Not in the List

0

0

Not Applicable

Local Food sustainability

1. Co-op – sharing of equipment & knowledge (7)
2. Stop competing with each other – cooperate (3)
3. Lower cost of local food (2)
4. Community garden (1)
5. Promotion of lobster suppers (or seafood) (0)

Local Energy Sustainability

1. Affordable turnkey solar packages (6)
2. Expand wind power (4)
3. Provide education to encourage people to make sustainable choices (2)
4. Develop tidal energy (2)
5. Provide education to encourage people to make sustainable choices (0)

Attract primary industry

1. Need high speed internet (5)
2. Affordable seniors housing (4)
3. Garbage incinerator (1)
4. Natural gas? Convert to finished product (1)
5. Software development (1)
6. Farms – mushroom (1)
7. Furniture – wood products (0)
8. Art school (0)

Communications

1. High speed & cellular coverage (8)
2. Promote what we have (3)
3. Interpretive centres along Fundy shore (highest tides in the world – Bay of Fundy) (1)
4. Trail systems (advertised and organized) (1)
5. Kid – friendly attractions (1)
6. Public washrooms (1)
7. Use Annapolis River more and promote it (0)
8. Suggestion boxes at tourist bureaus – what to   tourists want?

Table 1

Business development plan

• Environmental
• zoning/land use
• residents / businesses protection)onmental

Annapolis / Kings amalgamation

• economic development planning
• economics of size
• Purchasing
• governance

Health facilities (foundation for economic development)

Table 2

Marketing of agriculture

Roads

Table 3

Jobs (not Convergys’s, better wages, more jobs)

Farms / industry

• Value added product development
• Red tape reduction
• Better wages (farm labour)
• Incentives for low income / social assistance to work

Table 4

Lack of jobs (private sector)

Build retirement community

• Critical mass
• Require services
• Bring in money

Quality of health care

• Quality of life
• Promotion / marketing

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Value Added Agriculture

$6,450.00

36

Demand

Jobs Strategy

$4,700.00

26.2

Local economic demands

Land Use Planning

$4,300.00

24

Demand of the people   (desire)

Local Food Sustainability

$1,300.00

7.2

Demand

Affordable Vocational Training

$550.00

3

Tie training to local opportunities

Not in the List

$500.00

2.7

N/A

Local Energy sustainability

$100.00

0.5

Not discussed

Affordable Quality Housing

$0.00

0

Not discussed

Clean Environmental Contamination

$0.00

0

Not discussed

Value added agriculture

1. Less red tape for local growers (cranberry producer) (4)
2. Mobil app to link producers to consumers (3)
3. Mobile juice factory (2)
4. Apple Brandy / fortified wine (0)
5. Hard cider (0)
6. Dinner / meals to go (meals on wheels for the government) (0)

Land use planning

Local food sustainability

Affordable vocational training

1. Tie to local opportunities (2)
2. Paid by:

• Business (1)
• Government (0)
• Industry (0)

Table 1

Retention of youth

Employment opportunities

Infrastructure maintenance & building (i.e., roads, public buildings)

Cooperation between area and Keji Park

More equal pricing for small and large retail outlets

Table 2

Local job opportunities to keep the younger people we have here and attract others

Keep the park open year round!

High speed internet comes as far as Harmony, a new building is needed to push it to Maitland Bridge

Table 3

More jobs

Tourism

Something to attract more people to the area

Keep park open year round

Table 4

Youth retention

Employment (Park)

Solar energy

More small businesses

Community garden

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Kejimkujik National Park Open All Year Round

$7,850.00

32.7

Community Leadership

Youth Attraction and Retention

$5,900.00

24.6

Job opportunities

Infrastructure

$5,250.00

21.9

Money

Affordable Vocational Training

$2,050.00

8.5

Job opportunities

Local Energy sustainability

$1,650.00

6.8

Leadership

Affordable Quality Housing

$650.00

2.7

Not discussed

Clean Environmental Contamination

$350.00

1.2

Not discussed

Local Food Sustainability

$250.00

0.9

Not discussed

Not in the List

$0.00

0

N/A

Kejimkujik National Park open all year round

1. Lobby the CEO Parks Canada about the situation here at Keji (10)
2. Form a committee of Municipal, Provincial, Federal and local residents to speak to Parks and not leave it up to Friends of Keji to get projects going at Keji (3)
3. Employment Insurance could assist people to work at Keji, short and long term projects (0)

Youth attraction and retention

Infrastructure

1. If we are going to be a tourist area – we need the bushes and sides of the road improved (5)
2. Take care of pot holes in the spring (3)
3. High speed internet through fibre optics (2)
4. Move the speed limit to the lower end of Maitland Bridge so the big trucks are slowed down (0)

Affordable vocational   training

1. Survey the area to find out what type of training would be an asset to the area (10)
2. Have people come here to do income tax rather than leave local area (1)

Local energy   sustainability

1. Alternate energy sources (i.e., solar, wind) (9)
2. Local (small) energy generating station, focused on biomass (2)

Table 1

Craft cooperative for small time crafters

Micro-processing development

Improved cell service – emergency for the entire community

Recreation development for seniors

Table 2

Care for health & welfare of citizens

Address local transportation issues (infrastructure, including digital)

Table 3

Tourism – more development of local historic sites

Faster internet service

Cell phone coverage for entire community

Road repair

Table 4

More support for business entrepreneurial training

More transportation alternatives

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Increasing Business Start-up

$7,150.00

30.4

Would-be entrepreneurs

Communication Infrastructure

$5,100.00

21.7

Money

Affordable Vocational Training

$2,900.00

12.3

Government support

Local Energy sustainability

$1,900.00

8

Public awareness

Alternative Transportation

$1,900.00

8

Users who would use that transit

Local Food Sustainability

$1,800.00

7.6

Willing buyers

Clean Environmental Contamination

$1,800.00

7.6

Education and Enforcement

Not in the List

$500.00

2.1

NA

Affordable Quality Housing

$450.00

1.9

Not discussed

Increasing business start-up

1. Create a Provincial/County access/fusion centre for entrepreneurs to support and connect with business, technology, marketing, funding resources (i.e., help getting a good idea to market) (10)
2. Micro-processing (anything from breweries to wool growing, etc.) (5)
3. Consider temporary County tax breaks for new businesses (4)
4. Present self employment as a logical step to young people in the schools (3)
5. Provide marketing assistance and import / export database (2)
6. Create a business friendly environment by eliminating un-necessary regulations and red tape for start-ups (0)
7. Better advertising on web to show Annapolis County wants your business and will work to help you (0)
8. Local “expos” to highlight local business / talent (0)

Communication Infrastructure

1. Require / demand service providers to extend same high speed service to all communities (6)
2. Cell phone service to entire community (3)
3. Minimum band-width / average (2)
4. Government owned source (0)

Affordable vocational training

1. Adopt new network technologies such as on-demand learning via internet to local communities (13)
2. Vocational training facility for youth who do not (or cannot) get a grade 12 education but can learn a hands-on trade – these kids are falling between the cracks now (8)
3. Revamp the student loan program. Loans should be at 0 (or near 0) interest, payments not beginning until ≥ six (6) months after graduation and funding guaranteed available in time for course start (0)

Alternative transportation

1. Transportation for rural residents using volunteers who get reimbursed for mileage only (use their own cars) as it was done in the beginning of Annapolis County Transportation Service (now TCTs) (8)
2. Shuttle service at reasonable price (5)
3. Combine school bus service with general public conveyance (4)
4. "Lighthouse Route" tours (from Yarmouth ferry) (0)

Local food sustainability

1. Get large grocery stores to buy local instead of shipping it in from outside (7)
2. Educate regarding use of home gardens, greenhouses (i.e., winter harvesting of kale, spinach, carrots, etc. grown under plastic hoop shelters) (6)
3. Increase “under the glass” food production (e.g. 50x Den Hann’s operations) (5)
4. Support small farm start-ups with improved specialized infrastructure (2)
5. More support for the farm markets (use them for a start) (1)
6. Educational information for learning farming techniques (0)
7. Open a bigh fish farm (0)

Clean Environmental Contamination

1. Provide supplies and support for local clean-up efforts (6)
2. Extend the CARP model to other environmental issues (5)
3. Increase fines for polluters (4)
4. Make environmental data quality available on-line (0)
5. Promote the adopt-a-highway project and expand (0)

Table 1

Amalgamation of Municipal – reduce admin costs

New focus at Municipal level

Table 2

Efficient government

Attract and retain youth (all people)

Adjust to climate change (carbon)

Table 3

Tourism

Public Transportation

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Amalgamation

$9,300.00

46.9

Will of the people

Attracting People

$3,250.00

16.4

Values, examples, opportunities, pride of place, advertising, affordability, history/culture

Environmental Stewardship

$1,750.00

8.8

Education, Incentive, Involvement

Not in the List

$1,600.00

8

N/A

Local Energy sustainability

$1,350.00

6.8

Distribution, encourage small development, NS Power’s buy-in, reducing waste

Local Food Sustainability

$1,000.00

5

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$650.00

3.2

Not discussed

Affordable Quality Housing

$500.00

2.5

Not discussed

Clean Environmental Contamination

$400.00

2

Not discussed

Amalgamation

1. One municipality in County (7)
2. Eliminate redundancy & duplication (3)
3. Vision of growth between GSA of Annapolis County & Towns (1)
4. Possibly join other County (0)
5. More power to local government (0)
6. Decrease number of MLA’s (0)
7. Central purchasing for County (0)
8. Future orientation to Zoning (0)

Attracting people

1. Attract small business (7)
2. Reduce taxes (3)
3. Reduce living costs (1. Attract seniors 2. Attract small business 3. Better internet – communication)
4. Recreation facilities
5. Advertising (website) (ie. Plcte)
6. Gone – deed transfer tax
7. Welcome new way of doing things

Local energy sustainability

1. Incentive to use alternate sources of energy (6)
2. Bay of Fundy tidal power (2)
3. Integrated power grid (2)
4. Programs to reduce current use (0)
5. Carbon tax (0)
6. Solar power used more (0)

Environmental stewardship

1. Incentive sustainable farming (2)
2. Incentive sustainable energy generation (2)
3. Develop eco-tourism (hiking trails (summer & winter)) (2)
4. Reward fossil fuel reduction (1)
5. Incentive sustainable forestry practices (0)
6. Eliminate wood ticks (0)
7. Boat tours of Annapolis River (history, environment, economy) (0)

Table 1

Enforce unsightly properties act

Promotion of area for tourism

Market a modestly priced area to spend your retirement as many others have done

Encourage communities to make their areas more attractive

Make it easier and cheaper to open new business in Annapolis County

Baby boomers yet to retire and they are not the seniors of old

We have a beautiful area and affordable housing, advertise

Attract (recruit) more physicians into the area

Improve signage on highways

Promote new industries

Table 2

Grow export markets by __% (everything we produce now and in future)

Increase “under the glass” food production 10 times Den Haan’s operation

Set up North American recognized Liberal Arts Centre of Excellence in Annapolis Royal (and build creative economy)

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Attract and Retain People who have Resources and know what   to do with them

$5,850.00

40.6

Various

Market and Promote the area and opportunities

$3,450.00

23.9

Knowing what we have

To Retain Business

$1,650.00

11.4

Customers

Local Energy sustainability

$1,350.00

9.3

Affordability

Clean Environmental Contamination

$1,350.00

9.3

Vision everyone can buy into

Local Food Sustainability

$600.00

4.1

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$100.00

0.6

Not discussed

Affordable Quality Housing

$50.00

0.3

Not discussed

Not in the List

$0

0

NA

Attract and Retain people who have resources and know what to do with them

1. Mentorship program – County level (4)
2. Advertise outside of Nova Scotia (3)
3. Seek advice from some of the folds that came from away and are here already (1)
4. Discover and define “the DNA” of Annapolis County (i.e., what makes us unique in the eyes of the world and be specific   in what defines us – what are our core strengths (0)

Market and promote the area and opportunities

To retain business

1. Ensure needed physical and digital infrastructure (7)
2. Help to advertise for owner’s and population   to use the business (1)
3. Reduce the negativism of the population (that are not employed by that business) (0)
4. Provide in-training and educational support (0)
5. Open access to networks (including databases, people, etc.) (0)

Local energy sustainability

1. Encourage individual power generation (5)
2. Reward home owners and businesses for spending money for energy saving (1)
3. Reduce negativism (1)
4. Create “energy credits” (= carbon tax but, instead, rewarding effort and success stories) (0)

Clean environmental contamination

1. Broaden CARP model to other environmental issues (4)
2. Enforce the by-laws (2)
3. Develop local plan for environmentally sustainablitily (2)

Table 1

Youth Integrated

Internal production and marketing

Table 2

Zoning, agriculture versus residential

Infrastructure

Export emphasis for local business

Table 3

Climate change: reduce and adapt

Foundational public definition of “Prosperity”

Jobs and growth (consistent)

Table 4

Transportation and Infrastructure

County land use planning (zoning)

Create “rural” economy

Health and Wellness (aging population, bike trails)

Table 5

Communication Infrastructure (real high speed and cell coverage)

County wide Zoning

Businesses that will thrive in today’s environment

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Local Energy sustainability

$6,350.00

20.6

Infrastructure, IT, Zoning, Environment, Housing regs.

Clean Environmental Contamination

$5,750.00

18.6

Energy

Zoning

$5,400.00

17.5

Planning (all targets   are important)

Infrastructure

$4,400.00

14.2

Healthy Environment

Information Technology

$3,400.00

11

Infrastructure

Not in the List

$2,750.00

8.9

Not Applicable

Local Food Sustainability

$1,200.00

3.8

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$1,050.00

3.4

Not discussed

Affordable Quality Housing

$500.00

1.6

Not discussed

Local Energy sustainability

1. Reduce Consumption (County set example – leadership)
2. County Utility (Study cost of set-up)
3. Study of local energy production in other areas
4. Education, training & money

Clean Environmental Contamination

1. Strengthening our political power against national or global outside influences (e.g. fracking, mining)
2. Real-time continuous monitoring systems
3. Sronger penalties for polluters and Clean Environment

Zoning (no order of preference given – stated need Zoning Regs. first)

Density

Soil (farm land)

Riparian

Slope

Forest and Wildlife Habitat

Ground water recharge

Parks and Historic areas

Outdoor recreational areas

Information Technology

1. Leader in high speed and connectivity
2. Create an environment that attracts technology and low impact industries and innovation
3. Affects real estate decisions (selling, buying, moving businesses)
4. Absolute need for a strong platform
   1. Look to skilled work force
   2. Local expertise
   3. Education and training
   4. Tourism – food / rural producers
   5. Cultural Mapping (culture / asset)
   6. Industry
   7. Real estate

Infrastructure

1. High speed and cell phone
2. Roads / sidewalks / bike lanes
3. Parks and Trails
4. Encourage tourism related activities (e.g. boating, bike rental, etc.)

Table 1

Tourism (art, culture, heritage)

Recreation – health (parks)

Real high speed

Road rails river bikes

Zoning (land use plan, protecting agriculture)

Cooperation –partnerships (provincial – municipal levels)

Table 2

Program to promote by locally (Annapolis County)

Tax credits

Keep seniors in their homes

Micro loans for local businesses

Further ways to develop tourism

Improved public transportation

Healthcare

Internet connectivity

Increased employment

Retain young adults

Grow population

Zoning to protect quality of life

Table 3

Clear communication and ownership (government and local)

Zoning areas (need a plan - by-laws)

More jobs / attract youth

Table 4

Real high speed internet and cell phone availability

Affordable transportation

Zoning for businesses and residents

Learning opportunities (shared skills)

Decent roads

Services for seniors

Retrofitting homes

Commitment to health care

Table 5

Access to good reliable wireless service

Zoning supportive of home-based businesses

Produce food to export also – markets outside of Nova Scotia

Culture / Heritage support

Zoning to support clean environment and open spaces and places to go the open

Regulation that prevents big businesses from controlling and getting money for being left out (as in NSPI controlling off-grid buildings)

Evenly applied regulations and laws (property assessment) and on site assessment

County support for alternative energy (as part of County’s current plan)

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

High Speed Internet Access and Cell Phone Access

$15,550.00

17.7

Not Discussed

Clean Environmental Contamination

$14,900.00

16.9

Not discussed

Zoning in the Community

$11,550.00

13.1

Not discussed

Not in the List

$10,900.00

12.4

N/A

Local Energy sustainability

$9,650.00

10.9

Not discussed

Local Food Sustainability

$8,400.00

9.5

Not discussed

Affordable Functional Transportation and Infrastructure

$7,250.00

8.2

Not discussed

Affordable Quality Housing

$5,300.00

6

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$4,300.00

4.8

Not discussed

High speed internet access and cell phone access (10)

1. County funds and builds it (co-op) (14)
2. Globe net is 40 miles away – have the County petition there (6)
3. Use the CBC tower (0)
4. Lobby for satellite coverage for West Nova (0)

Clean Environmental Contamination (3)

1. Develop and implement effective ecosystem, monitoring, reporting annually to public and governance (13)
2. No GMO crops and round up (5)
3. Prevent future chemical contamination (4)
4. Change the title of this goal to “celebrate and protect our clean environment” (2)
5. Make this our strong point and educate others (centre of excellence) (2)
6. Get community and especially younger population (i.e., kids to have a highway clean-up & plant gardens) (1)
7. Protect birds, butterflies (bird migrations) wind turbines NOT on bird migration routes, support bee keeping (1)
8. Stop fracking (1)
9. Maybe signs “no littering” again. Terrible littering occurring (0)

Zoning in the community

1. What does this mean? Vision for future (land and water shore use) (18)

• Residential
• Industrial
• Commercial
• Agricultural (organic / conventional)
• Green spaces (no development)

Not on the list

Table 1

Maintaining Current Healthcare system

Attracting youth

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Maintaining Current Healthcare System

$1,600.00

29.6

Population, younger generation

Local Food Sustainability

$1,100.00

20.3

Population

Local Energy sustainability

$1,050.00

19.4

Money

Affordable Quality Housing

$600.00

11.1

Money

Affordable Vocational Training

$600.00

11.1

Government funding, commitment

Clean Environmental Contamination

$300.00

5.5

Not discussed

Attract Youth Demographic

$150.00

2.7

Not discussed

Not in the List

$0.00

0

N/A

Maintaining current healthcare system

1. Value our nurses, maintain & decrease the nurse to patient ratio
2. More access to Doctors

Local food sustainability

1. Input into provincial laws for marketing food
2. Easier for farmers to sell to locals
3. Encourage use of local farmers markets

Local Energy Sustainability

1. Small housing co-operatives (multigenerational)
2. Work with housing target to strive for “co-op style, energy efficient homes, communities as a whole
3. Community projects (community gardens, etc.)

Affordable quality housing

Affordable   vocational training

1. Mentorship programs
2. Attract younger people (in high school)
3. Community forest

Table 1

Jobs to sustain community

Road maintenance (infrastructure)

Table 2

Jobs/small business

Infrastructure maintenance

Sustainable power

Skill sharing

Table 3

Infrastructure

Proper management of our forests

Table 4

Transportation (shuttle bus to Middleton and to Bridgewater)

Employment (local jobs)

Energy (wind mills)

Community Centre (red school house)

Table 5

Well paying jobs

More industry

More younger families

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

More Jobs

$7,900.00

26

Stand alone

Local Energy sustainability

$5,700.00

19

Infrastructure

Infrastructure

$5,000.00

17

Stand alone (gov $$, jobs, training)

Transportation

$4,450.00

15

Infrastructure

Clean Environmental Contamination

$3,400.00

11

Nothing offered

Local Food Sustainability

$2,700.00

9

Not discussed

Affordable Quality Housing

$500.00

1.7

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$250.00

0.8

Not discussed

Not in the List

$100.00

0.3

Not Applicable

Local Energy sustainability

1. Windmills (12)
2. Sun Energy (2)
3. Turn waste into energy (2)
4. Use of forest by products (0)

Infrastructure

1. Trails and Lakes promotion (9)
2. Coffee shop (2)
3. Internet service / fiber op. (1)
4. Recreational activities (war games, remote controls, cars/track) (1)
5. Gas station (0)

More Jobs

1. Attract small companies (11)
2. Help start small business (2)
3. Small manufacturing plants to use logging waste (pellets) (2)
4. Vocational training (1)
5. Internet connectivity (1)
6. Agricultural product not fit for consumption turned into fine brick (0)

Transportation

1. Bus service to Middleton (11)

Clean Environmental Contamination

1. Using waste products (6)
2. Better forest management (5)
3. Mandatory clean up of private property (3
4. Proper septic and sewer on all properties (1)

Table 1

Population growth

Tourism growth

Infrastructure – road improvement

Communication (programs, science, government accountability)

Reduce taxes

Table 2

Reduce power rate taxes

Road repairs (clean ditches, pot holes, dips, shoulders)

Senior monitoring (home care, call-in or check-in during bad weather)

Fibre op cable

Preserve the history of our community

Table 3

Job security (offer competitive wages for trades)

Senior care (reward families who take care of families, great % of our population is seniors)

Transportation – affordable fuel

Preserving historic buildings

Tourism

Build a sense of community

Local business promotion

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Population growth

$8,100.00

34.4

Jobs, reliable healthcare facility

Infrastructure

$3,000.00

12.7

Money, provincial government

Senior Care

$3,000.00

12.7

Affordable services

Local Food Sustainability

$2,600.00

11

Encourage farming

Local Energy sustainability

$2,400.00

10.2

Local / home power (energy) development

Affordable Quality Housing

$1,500.00

6.3

Not discussed

Clean Environmental Contamination

$1,300.00

5.5

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$1,150.00

4.8

Not discussed

Heritage

$350.00

1.4

Not discussed

Not in the List

$100.00

0.4

N/A

Population growth

1. Stop raising taxes (7)
2. Job security, good infrastructure and energy will bring population growth (1)
3. Job creation (1)
4. Increase wages (0)
5. Training program sustainability (senior care) (0)
6. Programs to interest youth (0)
7. Not (0)

Infrastructure

1. Fix roads! or get ass kicked (7)
2. Clear ditches and old pastures farm land (1)
3. Widen roads and shoulders (0)
4. Expanded bus routes, etc. (0)
5. Fix bridges (0)
6. Public "electric" car servicing (0)

Senior care

1. “Cialis” free (5)
2. Home care (feet, cleanliness, dental) (3)
3. Job creation around senior care (1)
4. Fitness programs (0)
5. Senior monitoring (0)
6. Home visits from doctors & professions (0)
7. Alternates midwives (0)
8. Rebates (0)

Local food sustainability

1. Encourage local farms (9)
2. Tax incentives for local producers (3)
3. Not possible (0)
4. “buy local” campaign (0)
5. Produce swaps (0)
6. Abattoir in the local area (0)
7. Relax requirements (i.e., food safety, unpasteurized milk, local beef & pork, eggs & poultry) (0)
8. Save the seeds (0)

Local energy sustainability

1. Make energy competitive & not a monopoly like it is now (10)
2. Wind energy (wind mills) (0)
3. Growing (wood pellets, etc.) (0)
4. Local control of hydro-plants (get off Emera) (0)
5. Rebates for solar power conversion & heat   pumps (0)
6. Solar panels (0)

Table 1

Limit corporate interests (big businesses), empower small businesses

Take more control of the decision-making (less provincial / federal government)

Bio diversity – tourism

Affordable post secondary training

Affordable continuing training (throughout life)

More accessible internet service

Natural resources

Table 2

Enriched cultural, non-consumptive lifestyles

Improved high speed/broadband to support individual businesses

Greater community engagement and empowerment of individuals

Help to grow a younger population that can stay

Better public transportation and services

Table 3

Community co-operation and integration all municipal units and communities of interest

Remediated infrastructure (roads, proper high speed internet)

Creative rural economy (arts and culture)

Training in life skills

Asset map of county including towns

Return to small mixed farming

Return to train

Community halls – more creative uses

Repurpose housing we already have

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Sustainably Manage Natural Resources

$6,100.00

28.2

Community management

Local Food Sustainability

$3,350.00

15.5

Life skills education

Support and Market the Arts & Culture Community

$2,900.00

13.4

Community involvement

Infrastructure / Internet

$2,300.00

10.6

Province liable for past decisions

Community based decision making

$2,000.00

9.2

Informed citizen

Affordable Quality Housing

$1,550.00

7.1

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$1,400.00

6.4

Not discussed

Local Energy sustainability

$1,100.00

5

Not discussed

Clean Environmental Contamination

$900.00

4.1

Not discussed

Not in the List

$0

0

N/A

Sustainably manage natural resources

1. Re-structure management/usage/infrastructure bring decision back to owners and those affected (6)
2. Hydro generation to be included in solar and wind (provincially owned and not for sale) (5)
3. Prime directive – for the good of Nova Scotian’s and Nova Scotia (5)
4. Lower corporate influence and raise local voice (communities) (3)
5. Patch / select cut ALWAYS, never clear cut (soil nutrients) (3)
6. Political strategy (0)

Local food sustainability

1. Educate people the real cost of food (6)
2. Lobby for changes to agricultural regulations so that organic farms compete on a level field (4)
3. Teach people how to prepare food – use non prepared foods (4)
4. Grow your own – individual or community (2)

Support and market the arts & culture community

1. Require young people to take intro courses in life skills not unlike 4H life skill projects (10)
2. Economic Development department in cooperation with all municipal units develop strategy to use community halls for all artistic endeavours (concerts, seminars, workshops) (6)

Infrastructure / Internet

1. Municipalities lobby province on insisting on proper high speed internet throughout the province (10)
2. Acquire more control of self government
3. Make internet cost reflective of speed or service (i.e. slow speed or non fibre op should not cost the same as areas where choice of provider and speed) (2)
4. Municipalities lobby province on road repairs (0).

Community based decision making

1. Communities (i.e. municipal units, groups and organizations) need to work together instead of working as small individual single-minded groups (8)
2. Information pipeline to community individuals for knowledge of issues to make informed influence provincial decisions (5)
3. Secede (3)
4. More plebiscites (2)
5. Elect political reps that share our ideas

Table 1

Equitable funding of schools (include life skills)

Remove obstacles for small private farms

Repair roads and bridges

Better access to healthcare

Improved access points to the Annapolis River

Table 2

Local farmer produce not utilized

Tourism – Trails (multi-use)

Strategic wind farm placement

Open minded – decision making

Table 3

Infrastructure (in migration, tourism, small business will grow / prosper)

• Sewer
• Water
• Transportation
• technology

Promotion and protection of natural resources and heritage resources

Look outwards, reduce level of community isolation

Primary Target

Total Allocated

percent

Dependencies

Improved Highway & Trail Maintenance and Support Structure

$7,300.00

35.9

Money

Better Tourism Support Structure

$4,800.00

23.6

Money

Local Food Sustainability

$3,050.00

15

Enabling  legislation, knowingwhere to find, supply management

Increase the Level of Cooperation Amongst Communities

$1,700.00

8.3

Communication

Not in the List

$1,150.00

5.6

Fair legislation

Local Energy sustainability

$850.00

4.1

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$750.00

3.6

Not discussed

Clean Environmental Contamination

$700.00

3.4

Not discussed

Affordable Quality Housing

$0

0

Not discussed

Improved highway & Trail maintenance and support structure

1. Gas tax funds placed into road maintenance (6)
2. Lots of roads without signs – increase this   (2)
3. Multi-use trail on crown property (1)
4. Consistent signage (sign at the road crossing,   not 80 yards before it) (0)
5. Beautify the trails, make appealing (0)
6. Prompt repairs (0)
7. Increased facilities (food, washrooms, rest stops) (0)
8. The Annapolis River could be a tourism asset for canoeists & kayaks if there were useable entry and exit points (0)

Better Tourism Support Structure

Local food sustainability

1. Remove obstacles preventing the small farmer from operating a viable (going concern) business (7)
2. Local farmers should have contracts with Sobey’s / Superstore these companies can’t back out of and legal support (1)
3. Leftover farmer food use as a fundraiser, sell   the bent potatoes, etc. and raise money for some cause (0)
4. Letter – sheet – phone books with farms – addresses, phone numbers, what they have to offer (0)
5. Encourage local farmers to participate in “open farm day” (0)

Increase the level of cooperation amongst communities

1. Information ready and shared (7)
2. Tendus for a professional team builder (1)
3. Community leadership (0)

Not in the list

1. Equitable funding of valley secondary schools (10)
2. Annapolis County is a historic location- preserve and promote our heritage (0)

Table 1

Infrastructure (export for processing)

Taxes

Education, to the local consumer

Market, financially viable (transportation)

Table 2

Secondary processing (infrastructure & governance & stewardship)

Labour pool (i.e., on farm, trades people)

Land use planning

Succession / mentorship planning

The time is now – 3-5 years or die

Table 3

Infrastructure “Loss of:

Market access (local food, buy local)

Government regulations

Table 4

More quality infrastructure and zoning

Need to understand and use “under-utilized” agriculture land

Taxes

Collaboration

Zoning

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Access to Capital

$8,650.00

27.1

Various

Infrastructure

$8,350.00

26.1

Ecosystem

Not in the List

$5,500.00

17.2

NA

Land Use Planning

$5,200.00

16.3

Various

Local Food Sustainability

$2,300.00

7.2

Various

Local Energy sustainability

$1,300.00

4

Not discussed

Clean Environmental Contamination

$500.00

1.5

Not discussed

Affordable Quality Housing

$100.00

0.3

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$0

0

Not discussed

Access to capital

1. Access to programs that encourage “new farmers” support for those as well (5)
2. Access to working capital (3)
3. Money for start-ups (2)
4. Financial structure needs to change (i.e., fuel prices high – how does the individual farmer carry that debt?) (1)
5. Encourage transition from low margin sectors to high margin sectors (1)
6. Agriculture investment fund (0)
7. Mentorship program (0)
8. Access to capital for succession (0)

Infrastructure

1. More processing / value added capacity (5)
2. Without an accurate inventory of our assets, we cannot know where we are, and where we are going. This has to be shared with citizens (2)
3. Equal access to dependable high speed internet   (2)
4. Access to market (1)
5. Access to markets other than Sobeys/Superstore (creation of) (1)
6. Secondary processing & transportation (slaughterhouse, Provincial inspection) (0)
7. Turn poor territory roads into good quality gravel roads (0)

Not in the list

1. Sense of urgency (6)
2. Sense of importance (3)
3. Education (2)
4. People power (1)
5. Foster and support businesses that are here   (1)
6. Support local school food programs with local food or produced in the County (1)
7. Encourage the right people to run for Council   (1)
8. Market ourselves as a destination (1)
9. Formation of “co-ops” to share equipment, labour, knowledge (1)
10. Immigration (0)
11. Move away from mental silos. True citizen engagement (0)
12. Promote more tourism (0)
13. Push back against jealousy of success / negativity (0)
14. Overcome market access / now controlled by three main players, which also control margins – now driving producers margins down (0)

Land use planning

1. Change required to the municipal affairs act to allow municipalities to tax land for the long-term benefit of agriculture (5)
2. Tax unused farmland and use revenue to develop infrastructure (3)
3. Agricultural zoning – for conventional as well   as organic (room for both) (2)
4. Taxing unused farmland (1)
5. Open for all types of farming (food, fibre, textiles, fur) (1)
6. Better understanding of farming practices by non-agriculture (0)
7. Land banking (0)
8. Agriculture land trusts (0)

Local food sustainability

Table 1

Short brainstorm, skipped right to steps 2 and 3

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

More Infrastructure

$500.00

27.7

Not discussed

Local Food Sustainability

$500.00

27.7

Not discussed

Local Energy sustainability

$500.00

27.7

Not discussed

Reduce Dependency (social systems)

$100.00

5.5

Not discussed

Downsize Government

$100.00

5.5

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$50.00

2.7

Not discussed

Clean Environmental Contamination

$50.00

2.7

Not discussed

Affordable Quality Housing

$0

0

Not discussed

Not in the List

$0

0

NA

More infrastructure

1. Public-private partnership
2. Develop standards across region
3. Awareness of broadband backbone
4. Reduce red-tape / bureaucracy

Local food sustainability

1. Pay reasonable price for local

Local energy sustainability

Reduce Dependency

1. Encourage people to work

Downsize government

Table 1

Promote industry

Build sustainable tourism

Fisheries infrastructure

Awareness of fishing concerns

Strong self employment opportunity

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Promote Industry

$2,250.00

25

Sustainable fisheries infrastructure

Local Food Sustainability

$2,100.00

23.3

Clean Environment Contamination

Sustainable Fisheries Infrastructure

$1,650.00

18.3

Government support

Clean Environmental Contamination

$1,550.00

17.2

Sustainable fisheries infrastructure

Build Sustainable Tourism

$1,100.00

12.2

Clean Environmental Contamination

Affordable Quality Housing

$200.00

2.2

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$100.00

1.1

Not discussed

Not in the List

$50.00

0.5

NA

Local Energy sustainability

$0

0

Not discussed

Promote industry

1. TV & Internet advertising of fish products (top priority)
2. Tell (promote) people of the good seafood (safe because of regulations put on us)
3. Bay of Fundy lobster (best in the world)
4. Create Canadian demand for product; out west as well

Local food sustainability

1. Learn self-support; sell excess to world (top priority)
2. Rebuild resources (second priority)
3. Get rid of Tidal power

Clean environmental contamination

1. Find source of pollution and clean up (top priority)
2. Build a depuration plant
3. Fisheries habitat protection

Build sustainable tourism

1. Advertisement of industry (top priority)
2. Trails / sightseeing
3. Promote fishing in summer and winter (ice fishing)
4. Make better trails for four-wheelers and ski-dos (like NB)

Table 1

Develop an economically viable forestry sector

Management for small wood lot owners

Local control

Opportunity for E.D. in Annapolis County in forestry are huge

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Develop an Economically Viable Forestry Sector

$2,100.00

38.8

Market

Local Energy sustainability

$2,000.00

37

Infrastructure

Affordable Vocational Training

$850.00

15.7

Jobs, market

Clean Environmental Contamination

$200.00

3.7

Political will,   awareness

Local Food Sustainability

$150.00

2.7

Affordable

Affordable Quality Housing

$100.00

1.8

Not discussed

Not in the List

$0

NA

Develop and economically viable forestry sector

1. Establish forest management centre in Annapolis County as a stand-alone entity or in collaboration with neighbouring counties / municipalities focusing initially on small private owners and later on – crown land (2)
2. Tax and business climate that encourages investment (2)
3. Assist private woodlot owners in management (0)
4. Check out Cape Breton private wood lots partnership agreement (0)
5. Reliable high speed internet

1. Oil to wood heating (chips – big, pellets – smaller) conversions (hospitals, schools, business/institutional, houses) (3)
2. County should start taking Tidal power seriously (1)
3. Pressure NS Power to improve distribution system (0)
4. Wood to diesel fuel (0)
5. Policy for change (0)
6. Develop district heating systems (0)

1. Establish awareness of forestry as carrier choice for young people and provide incentives for them to stay and work in Annapolis County forests (3)
2. Change perception of the forest industry – not a sunset industry (1)
3. Stabilize silviculture investment (0)

Clean environmental contamination

-            No specific input

Local food sustainability

-            No specific input

Table 1

Opportunities

• youth retention
• comprehensive education

Access to healthcare in Annapolis West

• engaging
• family

Families opportunities

• jobs 0 move away
• increase income, decrease poverty
• PA and healthy eating
• Recreation
• Interests (i.e., South Shore, IT industry)

Sustainable employment

• Fulfilling (not dead end)
• Long term
• Financially viable
• Not subject to developing world outsource
• Diversity of economy

Sustainable heritage

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Sustainable and Diverse Employment

$2,050.00

37.9

Harnessing opportunity and marketing Annapolis County to opportunities

Maintain and Build on Holistic

Opportunities for Families

$1,500.00

27.7

Access family focused support services

Access to Sustainable Healthcare

$600.00

11.1

Local comprehensive skill mix

Affordable Vocational Training

$600.00

11.1

Local jobs to go to

Local Food Sustainability

$300.00

5.5

Harvesting infrastructure

Affordable Quality Housing

$200.00

3.7

Not discussed

Local Energy sustainability

$100.00

1.8

Not discussed

Clean Environmental Contamination

$50.00

0.9

Not discussed

Not in the List

$0

0

NA

Sustainable and diverse employment

1. Adapting to the “new economy” (3)
2. Small business support – encouraging   entrepreneurs who will stay (2)
3. Find a “niche” industry (clean energy, tidal?)   (1)
4. Local food production (farming & fishing)   (0)
5. IT industry opportunities (0)
6. Market and attract “business towns” (i.e.,   Bridgetown equipped to market infrastructure) (0)
7. Harness natural resources (farming, fishing,   climate, heritage) (0)

Maintain and build on holistic opportunities for families

1. Recreation money spent on family   opportunities and events (YMCA) (2)
2. Internet connection for homes – real high   speed (2)
3. Increase trails and natural opportunities make   active transition easy (1)
4. High quality educational opportunities for   high school students (O2 programs to IB programs, IT IS connections) (1)
5. Spend money on human resources developing   Annapolis County mentoring or high provide opportunity to elementary, high to   Jr. High, NSCC to high. None have to always adult LED (0)
6. Make upper Clements and zip line parks a   Destination a la Moncton (0)
7. Ongoing support for existing established   recreations (i.e., youth soccer) (0)
8. Links to sustainable and diverse employment   (0)

Access to sustainable healthcare

1. Effective recruitment of staff (1)
2. Attractive and appropriate remuneration for   staff (1)
3. Good colleges (1)
4. Family doctor (access) (1)
5. Clinically and aesthetically attractive work   places
6. Emergency care

Local food sustainability

1. Co-operative small scale producers (2)
2. Linked to employment (working up 1^st   production to 2^nd supplying (i.e., ping food lobster) (2)
3. Produce for provincial / National market...makes local food production sustainable (1)
4. Advocate for local and provincial regulations on food (i.e., milk cost less than pop, less sodium in food a decrease in available poorer food choices (1)
5. Focus on community gardens and farm to school   initiatives (0)
6. Effective marketing of local produce (0)

1. Linked to local employment opportunities (3)
2. Develop “niche” industry, train here (0)

Table 1

Volunteer database

Training for volunteers

Sustainability and attracting new volunteers

Mentorship

Access to database with opportunities and people – maintain by County

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Attracting and Sustaining new volunteers

$1,000.00

18.5

Identify needs and opportunities

Access to Database with Opportunities and People

$1,000.00

18.5

Money

Clean Environmental Contamination

$1,000.00

18.5

Education and awareness for government and public

Local Food Sustainability

$900.00

16.6

(1) Awareness & Education and

(2) infrastructure

Training and Mentorship Opportunities for Volunteers

$650.00

12

Indentify and use (promote) existing resources

Affordable Vocational Training

$500.00

9.2

Not discussed

Affordable Quality Housing

$200.00

3.7

Not discussed

Local Energy sustainability

$150.00

2.7

Not discussed

Not in the List

$0

0

NA

Attracting and sustaining new volunteers

1. Communication – groups need to be pro-active (2)
2. Create opportunities / meaningful / supportive (1)
3. Creative use of internet (0)

1. Follow Municipality of Kings Volunteer Resource Centre Passport program (1)
2. Link on County site (1)
3. People could list volunteering they are interested in skills and time (1)
4. Have groups list what types of voluntary needed time commitment (0)

Clean environmental contamination

1. Stricter, relevant guidelines (1)
2. Proactive approach (1)
3. Look at other regional / world approaches (1)
4. Support local clean-up efforts with equipment, standards, etc. (0)

Local food sustainability

1. Educate public / re-tool thinking / perception (3)
2. Support Avery’s and local farm markets (0)
3. Land use planning – long term (0)
4. Government regulations and priorities (better balance) (0)

1. Utilize existing resources (3)
2. Youth engagement (0)
3. Use community college, libraries (feed the project) (0)

Table 1

Job retention and creation

Attract and retain people

Thriving tourism industry

Enhanced environmental health

Balancing natural resources extraction

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Job Retention and Creation

$2,800.00

38.8

1. Additional (long term) funding support to initially create job opportunity (2) wages and benefits
2. Opportunities relevant to community (2)
3. Attract small business to area (2)
4. Longer funding commitment (0)
5. Less term based employment (0)
6. “gateway” to North America (0)
7. Tech industries – Silicon Valley? (0)
8. Offer support to local business for job creation (0)

Attract and Retain People

$1,350.00

18.7

Identify and market all the local positive attributes and attractions

Clean Environmental Contamination

$1,000.00

13.8

Engage experts in the field (local people if possible)

Local Food Sustainability

$1,000.00

13.8

See what’s working

Affordable Vocational Training

$550.00

7.6

Identify need

Thriving Tourism Industry

$300.00

4.1

Not discussed

Local Energy sustainability

$100.00

1.3

Not discussed

Not in the List

$100.00

1.3

NA

Affordable Quality Housing

$0

Not discussed

Job retention and creation

1. Opportunities relevant to community (2)
2. Attract small business to area (2)
3. Longer funding commitment (0)
4. Less term based employment (0)
5. “gateway” to North America (0)
6. Tech industries – Silicon Valley? (0)
7. Offer support to local business for job creation (0)

Attract and retain people

1. Maintain and enhance current jobs and local benefits (reduced costs of living, local “awesomeness”) (4)
2. Immigration strategy “best place to live, work and play” (0)
3. Promote “way of life” – community is important

1. Work with existing / partner organizations to understand Id and objectives (3)
2. Understand current issues (1)
3. Id ways to address / overcome (0)

Local food sustainability

1. Support to food producers to maintain and improve practices to ensure long-term, viable production (4)
2. Youth to start small farms / production / value add (0)
3. Succession planning for farming (0)
4. Community agriculture (0)
5. Understand needs / actions required for sustained local food (soils, water and environment benefits) (as well as jobs) (0)

1. Id local employment / on-job training in communities (4)
2. Sponsored by government – shift in taxes (0)

Table 1

Attracting and keeping people (i.e., youth) in the area

Creating local permanent employment

Creating cohesive community

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Affordable Vocational Training

$1,100.00

30.5

Industry and government cooperation

Attracting People / Youth to the Area

$800.00

22.2

Job opportunities

Creating Local Permanent Employment

$600.00

16.6

Local investment opportunities that maintain the current character

Local Food Sustainability

$550.00

15.2

Educating people why it is important

Local Energy sustainability

$550.00

15.2

Government support

Alternative Transportation

$0

0

Not discussed

Affordable Quality Housing

$0

0

Not discussed

Clean Environmental Contamination

$0

0

Not discussed

Not in the List

$0

0

NA

Affordable vocational training

1. Offer programs over wider area (now primarily Middleton) (3)
2. Offer programs in high schools (1)
3. Utilise surplus facilites (i.e. ARRA) (0)
4. Make it open across gender / cultural differences (0)

1. Offer programs and service that target young people (on-going) (2)
2. Don’t abandon support for facilities / programs based solely on numbers – talk to youth and find out what they’d like (i.e., at Y) (2)
3. Opportunities for involvement in projects (0)
4. Provide unique programs not available elsewhere (0)

Creating local permanent employment

1. Government can make hours worked the focus of employer taxes (as opposed to taxing by worker) – makes more jobs with less   “overtime) (2)
2. Tie to trades training (2)

Local food sustainability

1. Real cost of imported food (to even out the playing field for local/organic producers)

1. NS Power buying energy from local producers (not just credits) (2)
2. Provide financing / tax credits for solar hot water, heat pumps, etc. (2)

Table 1

Volunteerism increase

Affordable, sustainable, accessible recreational infrastructure (indoor / outdoor)

Grow the economy to promote existing business and attract new

Table 2

DAR Trails

Sustainable recreational infrastructure

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependent Target(s) /   Factor(s)

Sustainable Recreational Infrastructure

$5,600.00

38.8

(1) volunteers

(2) government support

Promote Existing Recreational Businesses and Attractions

$4,050.00

28.1

(1) consistent

(2) government support

Increase Volunteerism

$3,300.00

22.9

Awareness and Education

Affordable Quality Housing

$350.00

2.4

Promote existing businesses

and attract new

Local Food Sustainability

$300.00

2

Clean Environmental Contamination

$300.00

2

Affordable Vocational Training

$250.00

1.7

Local Energy sustainability

$150.00

1

Not in the List

$100.00

0.6

NA

Sustainable recreational infrastructure

1. DAR line – finish and connect (5)
2. Funding support YMCA – green energy (5)
3. Improvements to ice arenas (green energy, $ support, training volunteers, promotion) (2)
4. Funding support (1)
5. Coastal hiking trail (0)
6. Bicycle blue route (0)
7. Outdoor skating ponds / surfaces (0)

1. Attract new business (9)
2. Develop connectivity (2)
3. Invest existing business (2)
4. Build training opportunities for locals (1)
5. Promote spin off and sector business in art, wine and culture (1)
6. Increase training / apprentice opportunities (1)
7. Promote sectors (agriculture, fishing, culture) (0)

1. Awareness of need and opportunities (8)
2. Supports / training / recognition (7)
3. Volunteer recruitment expansion and definition the same as we do for business R.E.R. (1)
4. Look at all ages and time available (0)
5. Organized succession planning (0)

Affordable quality housing

1. Folks in their homes longer (5)
2. Lower housing costs for full time residents   (5)
3. Multi-generational housing / cooperatives (2)
4. Fewer slum landlords (0)

Local food sustainability

1. Promote farmers markets

Table 1

Effective public transportation system (within and getting to the area)

• Non motorized options that support recreation, tourism and health & wellness (supports sustainable environment)

Long term awareness / marketing of the region’s tourism assets (i.e., strategic on-line presence)

Employment strategy to engage / retain youth / talent in the region

• Specialized education (i.e., art/craft school in ARRA building as a tactic)

Long term plan for sustainable development of resource-based industries: farming, fishing, logging tied into food sustainability (i.e., industry could be created – carpentry using local hard wood)

Built heritage can be used as leverage for:

• Tourism / attraction
• Adaptive reuse of structures
• Training opportunities
• Could contribute to sustainable housing

Cohesive business development strategy (education, mentoring, financing) (related to employment education and build heritage)

Table 2

I – welcoming and sustainable tourism industry

Ia – Provincial icon for marketing like Peggy’s Cove (i.e., ARHG, countryside, lifestyle, attractions)

Ib – Lofty goals

• Annapolis Royal and area
• World-known destination (and as place to live)
• “world’s most viable town”

II – Maintain quality destination (rules, guidelines, cultural expert)

• Respects history
• Identifies that are here now, enrich, build on

IIa – services (retirement and businesses that serve people)

IIb – healthy young work force (balanced demographic & trades people)

IIc – (CARP) contamination – celebrate healthy environment

IId – lifelong learning (all ages, elder hostel Digby) (life enrichment lifestyle)

Primary Target

Total Allocated

Percent

Dependencies

Grow our Welcoming and Sustainable Tourism Industry

$3,200.00

29.6

Everyone pulling in the same direction

Sustainable Business Development

$2,250.00

20.8

Not decided?

Clean Environmental Contamination

$1,200.00

11.1

Enforceable regulations

Local Food Sustainability

$1,150.00

10.6

Willing buyers

Local Energy sustainability

$1,100.00

10.1

Cooperation from large energy industry

Training and Mentorship Opportunities for Volunteers

$900.00

8.3

Not discussed

Not in the List

$550.00

5

NA

Affordable Quality Housing

$350.00

3.2

Not discussed

Affordable Vocational Training

$100.00

0.9

Not discussed

Grow our welcoming and sustainable tourism industry

1. Work with industry and NS tourism agency to establish concrete / strategic plan to move the area ahead with “provincial icon” status (5)
2. Improve transportation to and within the region (1)
3. Heighten online presence (1)
4. Leverage current genealogical interest for bringing home descendants (1)
5. Target and aim for more cost effective marketing (1)
6. Extend shoulder seasons with May/October/November/December   events. Focus on fall, best season here (1)
7. Improve public transport options and awareness thereof (0)
8. Leverage build heritage (0)
9. Improve awareness and promotion of regional attractions (0)
10. Build app for travel, festivals in Annapolis County (0)

Sustainable business development

1. Move from a largely seasonal economy to year round – world greatly support the tourism industry too (4)
2. Clarify the “rules” – have an ombudsman or   navigator to help people start a business (3)
3. Encourage appropriate business (1)
4. Youth trade training for heritage structures   (1)
5. Develop art/craft school (bring in tourists for experiential learning) (leverage local art community) (0)
6. Ensure realtors etc. know zoning issues, etc. before selling properties (0)
7. Make more use of local talent (0)
8. “best practices” examples of similar size and located small towns (0)

Clean environmental contamination

1. Continue to support/grow sustainable waste: resource management, curb side collection, etc. (4)
2. Re-invest and restart Bear River treatment plant (I think it is on the Annapolis County side) (3)
3. Qualities of our environment (i.e., annual state of nature in Annapolis County) (2)
4. Support industry to remediate contaminated sites (1)
5. Educate community on what we have now (orgs, CARP, other agency/groups) (0)
6. Write zoning guidelines (more) (0)
7. Measurement of air quality program (0)
8. Establish a “drop off” sale area in the County where people can leave furniture etc. and others can purchase (I think there is one in Kentville VWRM) (0)

Local food sustainability

1. Incentives to support farming, fishing and forestry (2)
2. Year round farmers markets (2)
3. Grow the wine industry (2)
4. Support / encourage more experimental farm tourism and open farm days (helps farmers diversify revenue and helps tourism   industry) (2)
5. Re-introduction of heritage fruit trees – niche / partner with Pete Lucket (1)
6. Define market size here ($) and opportunity for local sales (1)
7. Development of green houses (0)
8. Support for “back yard” gardens (0)
9. Organic / pesticide free zones for farming (0)
10. Ease regulations to support small scale farm gate products and farm market sales (0)
11. Connect with transportation company for group transport of food to Halifax to grow sales ($) – enables businesses to be profitable while supplying smaller local market (0)

1. Develop tools / resources for industry and home owners to practice energy conservation (4)
2. Solar energy support for home owners and businesses to sell back to NSPI (4)
3. Tidal work with NSP to ensure the causeway plant remains sustainable (2)
4. Wind power – more (but sympathetic to environment, surroundings, view planes) (0)
5. Connect with NSCC waterfront campus for best practices – education and energy choices (0)
6. Calculate energy of collective public (i.e., fuel oil and invite (young) business to take market share (heat pump, solar, etc.) (0)