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- 1. Building an Innovation Supercluster Waterloo Region's Role Mike Murray Chief Administrative Officer Region of Waterloo 1
- 2. Innovation Supercluster Toronto 1,600+ start-ups Waterloo Region 1,000+ start-ups 1,000 high-tech firms 11,500 high-tech firms
- 3. Employment growth is among the top in Canada Employment Growth in All Sectors 2004-2013 for Canadian CMAs 1% 3% 2% 4% 10% 10% 13% 13% 12% 12% 16% 16% 15% 14% 18% 22% 28% 27% 32% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% Saskatoon Calgary Edmonton Regina Waterloo Toronto Québec Vancouver Ottawa-Gatineau Victoria Kingston Halifax Montréal Winnipeg Brantford Saint John St. Catharines-Niagara Hamilton Guelph
- 4. Building a Strong Node "…the area’s economy is expected to expand faster than Ontario’s in 2014–2016, continuing a 12-year streak." -Conference Board of Canada, 2014 "…in terms of shareholder value creation, Waterloo Region outperforms other more famous innovation regions, including California (Silicon Valley) and Massachusetts. Comparisons within Canadian boarders reveal that the region has also outperformed the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in job growth and education attainment." - Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity, 2013
- 6. Building the Waterloo Region Node Key Success Factors • Strong Universities/College • Partnerships/Collaboration "• Great Business/government/People" academia • Sense of Place/Quality of Life Attract • Transportation and Retain Talent • To / from / within Waterloo Region • Competitive Economic Environment/ Access to Capital
- 7. Partnerships/Collaboration HeaSltchh Socoile onfc Aesrc Chaitmecptuusre Communitech Hub
- 8. Sense of Place/Quality of Life "big enough to be city; small enough to be a community"
- 9. Growth Plan Population Projections 900,000 800,000 700,000 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 2036 2041 Actual Regional Population Places to Grow (initial forecast) Places to Grow (new forecast)
- 10. Waterloo Hespeler Preston Galt 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Waterloo Kitchener Cambridge 2010 How Have We Grown?
- 11. More Residential Development in Built-up Areas (2013) And there are still more than 27,000 unbuilt units in plans of subdivision
- 12. More Housing Choice New Residential Construction 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 - 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Units Year Single Detached Semi Detached Townhouse Apartment
- 13. Quality of Urban Design CIGI Seagram Museum Perimeter Institute
- 14. Greater Focus on Creative Sector • Increased Municipal Investment in Arts and Culture • Creative Enterprise Initiative • Municipal / private / creative sector • Build "creative sector" capacity • Greater Provincial/Federal support? • Greater Private sector investment?
- 15. Waterloo Region Festival of Art, Architecture & Sound
- 16. CEI Creative Sector Services include… Made Available 150 Chamber Memberships Encouraging local small creative businesses access to the KW Chamber of Commerce benefits and programing
- 17. Greater Transportation Choice Focus on "moving people"
- 18. GRT Ridership 18
- 19. Rapid Transit Moving People / Shaping our Community
- 21. LRT Implementation • Public-Private Partnership • Design-Build-Finance-Operate- Maintain • GrandLinq • Plenary, Meridiam, Aecon, Kiewit, Keolis • Region's role • Own the infrastructure • Set fares, schedule, • Integrated system; seamless customer service • Optimum risk allocation • Cost and schedule certainty 21
- 22. Investment Around Rapid Transit 22 per cent of residential units and 25 per cent of non-residential floor area were constructed within 800 metres of planned "Following "The three region years is poised of negligible to see change, major local construction transportation output improvements is poised to soar over 14 the per next cent in 2014 five and years, 12 per which cent will in entice 2015 thanks even to more work on a businesses $818-million to light locate rail within line." the region." station areas in 2013 – Conference Board of Canada
- 24. Maintaining Momentum • Focus on talent attraction / retention • Creating a "sense of place" – Density / quality / creativity • Moving people – Into / out of / around the Region • Partnerships and collaboration
- 25. A Final Thought “Why is this the best place to invest in Canada? Talented people! Our region is a magnet for talent.” --David Johnston, Governor General of Canada-- --Former President of the University of Waterloo--
- 26. Thank you. Mike Murray Chief Administrative Officer Region of Waterloo mmurray@regionofwaterloo.ca
Editor's Notes
- R+T Park 49 ha, 1.2 million Sq.Ft. research and technology park on University of Waterloo campus Accelerator Center for Technology Start-Up Companies Currently: 55 companies (28 start-ups) 9 buildings (850,000 Sq.Ft.) 3,200 knowledge workers University "donated" 49 ha of land: 99 year lease 10 % of project costs Federal, Provincial, Regional, City: Built infrastructure (roads, water, etc.) Built "Accelerator Center" to support start-up enterprise 20% of project costs–1/3 each Private sector buildings: Approx 70% of project costs
- Photos: Waterloo Corporate Campus 144 Park BarrelYards Victoria Common
- Improved GO Train Service to Kitchener Frequent two-way, all-day service GO Train Service to Cambridge LRT from North Waterloo to downtown Cambridge (Galt)