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Welcome!

If you're involved in the local economic development process in rural communities across Ontario, you've come to the right place. Whether you're a community leader, an economic development professional or citizen volunteer, this site will help you identify local priorities and carry out strategies that will achieve your community's goals.

Find out more about:

• Working Together for Success... And Getting Results - Rural Plan Update 2007
• Rural Ontario Profiles - data on conditions and trends affecting rural Ontario
• Evaluation Toolkit - designed as a step-by-step tutorial, guiding you through the process of project evaluation
• First Impressions Community Exchange - learn about the program that helps communities gain insight into their home town through the eyes of first-time visitors.
• Business Retention and Expansion (BR+E)  - Learn about the fundamentals of business retention and expansion as an economic development strategy, past projects, the on-line resources and the web-based BR+E application.
• Interactive Tools for Economic Analysis to help identify local strengths and weaknesses
• Rural Economic Development Program