What exactly does PRDA do?

• Facilitate strategic planning for community groups and municipalities

• Foster small business development, investment attraction and business retention & expansion (BRE program)

• Bolster labour force recruitment & retention

• Support development of economic infrastructure

• Support welcoming initiatives and provide information for new residents • Assist with government funding proposals

With what projects have the PRDA been involved?

• Stewarding new 10-year regional economic development strategy entitled Forward Together

• Leveraging private and public partners for labour recruitment and retention initiative Where Work Meets Life

• Attracting new investment: Daewoo, Sport Chek, Future Shop, Aecon Fabco, Holiday Inn

• Spearheaded Fusion Festival celebrating diversity

• Establishing economic development conference focused on our rural communities and businesses

• Facilitation of strategic planning for communities and non-profits across the County

• Secured funding for re-training and re-employment of former TrentonWorks employees

• Creation of Pictou County Multicultural Association

What is the primary purpose of the PRDA?

• Stimulate Community Economic Development (CED) in Pictou County

• Deliver CED by leveraging private, public and non-profit sector partnerships to resource and support initiatives.

• Provide expertise in project management, skills building and strategic planning to municipal, private and community-based projects.

Is the PRDA the voice of Pictou County?

• PRDA is one of 12 Regional Development Authorities (RDAs), a made-in- Nova Scotia model of CED that facilitates all three orders of government working together – Federal, Provincial and Municipal.

• We are an effective voice thanks to the broad-based representation we have at our Board table.

• Guided by principles of collaboration and inclusion, we see our role as a bridge to united leadership; bringing stakeholders together for common vision.

• Forward Together is the essence of what we do and the key to our success. It is our tagline and the title of the key economic development document we are responsible for stewarding.

To whom is the PRDA acccountable? 

• The people of Pictou County and its funding partners