The Citizen, 2019-09-26, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019.
The Goderich Flyers found
themselves on the losing end of two
games last week, falling to
Walkerton at home and Hanover on
the road.
On Sept. 22, the Flyers travelled to
Hanover, where the home team
Barons posted a 2-1 win over
Goderich.
Hanover started the scoring early,
earning a short-handed goal in the
first. The second period saw no
action on the scoreboard, and
Hanover started the third with a goal
in the first minute of play.
By the end of the third, Goderich’s
Chad Treble (Goderich) cut the
Barons’ lead in half with a goal
assisted by Colton Quipp.
Goderich goaltender Jarrod
Flemming played the entire game,
stopping 30 of 32 shots.
Goderich was assessed 22 penalty
minutes on seven infractions and
Hanover served 10 penalties
totalling 20 minutes.
On Sept. 21, the Flyers hosted the
Walkerton Hawks at the Goderich
Maitland Recreation Centre.
Goderich came out swinging,
dominating the first.
Trent Michie (Belgrave) started
the scoring for the game, assisted by
Ethan Long (Kincardine) and Jack
Stecho (Goderich).
Mitch Fisher (Goderich) earned a
power play goal for the Flyers with
assists from Parker Gibbings
(Auburn) and Long.
The second and third period,
however, were owned by Walkerton,
which scored five unanswered goals
leading to a 5-2 win for the Hawks.
Spencer Lazarevich played net for
the Flyers, stopping 38 of 43 shots.
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factors: availability of skilled labour,
availability of space for rent or lease,
availability of adequate housing,
local roads and streets, internet
service and cellular phone service.
One of the most crucial aspects of
the report, Marshall said, was the
need for a consistent approach. He
said the report found these six issues
were impeding investment and
frustrating investors:
• Local municipalities have
varying levels of capacity to pay
attention to economic/business
service delivery. This uneven
playing field makes it a challenge to
institute regional initiatives.
• Indications are that poor
interactions between businesses and
municipalities may be a driver of
low development process
satisfaction.
• Business development processes
are unclear or not well understood
and are likely exacerbated by poor
communications or engagement
from municipalities. Solutions are
needed to relieve ambiguity, provide
clearer instructions, reduce investor
anxiety and enhance co-
ordination/co-operation both within
municipalities and between upper
and lower tiers.
• An environment needs to be
cultivated which encourages both
local municipalities and the county
working together to ensure local
business concerns are heard more
regularly and solution-oriented
advice or resources are distributed.
• There is inconsistent
communication between the county,
local municipalities and other
service providers when it comes to
the state of the existing business
community and strategic sectors
(e.g. agriculture and agri-food) or
broader challenges (e.g. workforce
availability) that require monitoring
and problem-solving.
• There are no systems in place to
ensure consistency and
predictability in the way that
investment prospects can be
converted into qualified leads and,
ultimately, investments.
Marshall said that the report aimed
to connect a team to every gap that
was identified. One of the most
important aspects was a business
concierge service, which proved to
be one of the more controversial
aspects of the report when it was
presented to council.
Marshall said that according to the
board’s research, having a business
concierge service was crucial and
could connect potential investors
to all of the services they need
under one roof, rather than having
to call dozens of different
people for investment services.
As far as local buy-in was
concerned, he acknowledged the
heavy-handed nature of the
memorandum of understanding, but
said that to ensure consistency, it
was important that everyone was on
the same page and properly
identified roles.
Huron East Mayor Bernie
MacLellan said that while there were
concerns with red tape and being
held up by some processes, there
were some levels of processes that
are essential for a number of
reasons. Marshall agreed, saying
that cutting unnecessary steps is
important, but there are also a
number of steps that need to stay in
place. A business concierge or other
economic development staffers,
however, could help navigate those
processes.
He said that to someone who isn’t
used to what needs to happen during
a potential development, the path
can be daunting, but for those
familiar with the process, they know
there are things that have to happen
and reasons behind them.
Council accepted Marshall’s
report and the next steps will be
presented to council at a future
meeting.
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well received, Schlosser said.
Cummings added that it has been a
welcome addition to the show,
replacing the midway.
“The variety of inflatables and the
FireFit obstacle course were very
well received as they focused on
being active with competition,” she
said.
Schlosser agreed, saying that,
while he was in the arena on
Wednesday, he didn’t really see
crowds slow down outside the arena
at the activities.
“All in all, there were many great
comments heard and I thank all who
exhibited, attended and volunteered
to make the 158th fall fair a
success,” Cummings said.
Fall Fair a success
Flyers lose two last week
Marshall sells ‘Growing Success’ to council
Let’s open this thing
As is tradition, the Ambassador and his Junior and Little counterparts officially opened the
Brussels Fall Fair by cutting something a little more agricultural than a plain old piece of rope.
Ambassador Sean Mitchell, centre, did the heavy lifting with a little help from Junior
Ambassador James Speer, left, and Little Ambassador Rowan Gaspirc, right. The cake-
decorating auction then followed. Thanks to the creativity of these three and pver 20 other local
dignitaries, $1,000 was raised for the Brussels Agricultural Society. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
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