The Municipality of Port Hope has developed a comprehensive Economic Development Strategic Plan, which will guide our efforts to seize, retain, and attract new investment, job creation, and wealth generation in Port Hope over the next five to 10 years.
The strategic planning process included three phases: research and analysis, consultation, and strategy development.
Read the Economic Development Strategy
Components of the economic development strategy
The Economic Development Strategic Plan creates the road map to guide the Municipality by identifying strategic priorities, vision, mission, goals and objectives for Port Hope's economic development.
Strategic priorities:
Through extensive community consultation, strategic priorities that support a thriving, resilient, and prosperous community have been identified. These strategic priorities are:
- Supportive planning policies and processes
- A strategic framework for prosperity
- Infrastructure capacity
- Business-focused systems and services
- Focused sector development
- Talent rich community
- People attention and retention