LED students participate in a design charrette to help stimulate development opportunities and promote the Waterloo region internationally. Read more.
In May 2009, the Local Economic Development program partnered with the Waterloo Public Interest Research Group to host Jane Buchan, a Transition Town facilitator, to speak at the University of Waterloo about this growing movement creating richer, more vibrant communities through the re-localization of services and resources needed to survive and thrive in a world of depleting fossil fuels, global warming, and increasing instability in the world economy. Following this event, a Transition group in Kitchener/Waterloo was established. To learn more and find out about upcoming events, visit the Transition KW website.
The Annual Conference of the Economic Developers Council of Ontario, held in Toronto on Feb. 3-4, 2010, was a remarkable opportunity to meet and to network with people from all around the province who are involved in the field of economic development and who are working towards creating vibrant and healthy communities. more…
