The St. Lawrence Corridor Economic Development Commission Annual Report 2020 highlights our regional economic development strategy, progress and activities. Its purpose is to communicate and share our efforts and mandate with the respective member municipal councils and the broader community. Completing the report puts this tumultuous year in perspective and clarifies the importance of our renewed strategy and focus on creating jobs and regional prosperity. It also testifies to our resilience as a community. I am certainly grateful for the time, energy and commitment to our commission's Board of Directors.

1. Message from the Commissioner
2020 was a challenging year due to the COVID-19 pandemic
forcing us to work remotely since March. Nevertheless, we
maintained a “business-as-usual” approach, and our virtual
and digital efforts continued to attract new investment and
helped local companies grow. We managed 26 ongoing
clients and supported the creation of 29 jobs. Moreover, 2021
has more than $127 million in investment and 396 jobs in the
pipeline.
Overall, we had a very successful year. We created a
Regional Industrial Leadership Team which collaborated
to develop new regional supply chain connections and
fostered new business to business relationships. Likewise,
we supported regional firms by finding access to capital
through government grants and subsidies. Our digital
marketing efforts have focused on attraction activities and
our campaigns have set new records for organic traffic
and total views. 2020 was a challenging year, but the work
of rebuilding our regional economy has never been more
important. The SLCEDC is confident that we have built the
foundation for a successful 2021. Doubling down on our
strategy - through regional collaboration - will be critical to
driving recovery.
Charlie Mignault
Commissioner, SLCEDC
Prosperity
Partnership
Innovation
Annual Report | 2020
A leadership group formed through collaboration with our
partner municipalities. We will be a globally recognized
area for companies and innovators to locate their plant,
company or head office. We will strive for industrial and
commercial excellence.
We are focused on the attraction of new
industrial and commercial employers to the
region, increasing the quantity and quality of
job opportunities for our residents along with
assisting our existing business to expand.
MISSION
VISION

2. COVID
Emergency
Initiated
Presented to CBRE
a regional, custom
property brief. Listing
some 5 available
properties.
ECONOMIC RECOVERY TIMELINE
BIC Partnership
Announcement
$1.2 M Investment
Digital Government
Support Program
Launched
Business
Impact Survey
Launched
SLCEDC
begins remote
work
Economic Recovery
Plan Developed
Initiated
government
grant support for
business services
Prime Minister
releases statement
for restarting
economy
Industrial
Leadership Team
Formed
Supply Chain
Mapping begins
J
2020
F M A M J
Canarm Ltd. to
complete major
expansion
Northern Cables
breaks ground
for expansion
Investment
Sales
Concierge
Service &
Support
Investment
Marketing and
Awareness
Our Services
Leverage our team,
expertise, business
intelligence and
networks
Pursue alignment
among municipalities
and provincial and
federal government
Work in collaboration
with regional
businesses
Communicate in constant
contact - engaging and
collaborating with
stakeholders
Act swiftly, be agile and
innovate with purpose
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Build resiliency

3. 2020 ACTIVITY METRICS
ATTRACTION / EXPANSION
Jobs
Business To
Business
Connections
Stakeholder
Engagements
Partnership
Engagements
Planned 60 480 96 96
Complete 29 403 132 157
Implemented
a digital lead
generation
campaign
Industrial
Leadership Team
meetings begin
Supply chain
connections begin
producing tangible
products and services
J A
3M Brockville invests
$70M to produce
N95 masks
Greenfield Global
announces $75M dollar
expansion
Brockville General
Hospital opens
$180M dollar build
S O N D
Ontario announces
provincewide shutdown
Corridor evaluates best practices of economic
development goals and reporting
• 2,500 followers
• 68,451 impressions
Marketing Awareness
8
Deals
$127M
Potential
Value
396
Potential Jobs
Active Pipeline Q1 2021
Corridor develops
2021 Strategic Plan
St. Lawrence College
receives $774M for
Skills Trades
J
2021
• Over 35 video available
• 6,200 #wearewinning
• 3,000 followers
• 253,680 impressions
• Last 30 Days
• 253 visits from the US
• 61 visits Canada

4. ACTIVE
PARTNERS
AUGUSTA
2020 MEMBERS
Doug Malanka
Mayor
Joe Hendriks | Business Rep.
Invista (Retired)
BROCKVILLE
Jason Baker
Mayor
David Beatty, Chair
Business Rep. | Canarm
EDWARDSBURGH / CARDINAL
Pat Sayeau
Mayor
Brendan Bland | Business Rep.
Greenfield Ethanol
ELIZABETHTOWN-KITLEY
Brant Burrow
Mayor
Bob Anderson | Business Rep.
Burnbrea Farms (Retired)
FRONT OF YONGE
Roger Haley
Mayor
Richard Marcoux
Business Rep. | Mallorytown KOA
LEEDS AND THE THOUSAND ISLANDS
Corinna Smith-Gatcke
Mayor
Subodh Passey
Business Rep. | P&G (Retired)
PRESCOTT
Brett Todd
Mayor
Shelley Bacon, Vice-Chair
Business Rep. Northern Cables
The year 2020 will long be written as the most disruptive health and an economic year in multi-generational memory. The
COVID-19 health crisis sparked a response across all facets of the economy that will forever change the way we do business.
The Work-From-Home trend recognized during the past decade became the normal way of doing business and Zoom became
part of our meeting vernacular. On the commercial and industrial side of the economy, we saw extreme opportunities and
crisesoftenonthesameday. AttheSt.LawrenceCorridorEconomicDevelopmentCommission,ourroleistoidentifyandfocus
on the opportunities as they are presented. As a board, in the short term, we needed to focus our organizational energy on the
sustainability of our existing employers. We pivoted in the early spring of 2020 to provide advice and counsel to companies in
our region. At the same time we recognized that global supply chains were dramatically and negatively impacted with goods
stuck in ports across the globe. The identification that supply chains must shrink and reform to be as local and controllable
as possible prompted the formation of an industrial leadership team. This group represents the employment of over 2,500
individuals and over $1B in revenue. Our team of industry leaders continues to find opportunities to reform their collective
supply chains and maximize the procurement from local sources.
2020 was a year of crisis and a year of opportunity. We are entering 2021 with vaccines on the way and greater certainty in the
marketplace. The crisis will remain for the majority of this year and the opportunities will be present for those that are both
observant and swift.
David Beatty
Chair of the Board of Directors, SLCEDC
Message from the Chair of the Board of Directors