Conventional Economics

Conventional community economic development is based on building the existing business community and attracting new investment. Rural Futures has a successful track record in both of those activities. We bring a business planning approach to all initiatives that are aimed at enhancing the local economy. Our approach allows our clients to evaluate a variety of options and to evaluate the return on investment and the likelihood of success. We don’t like our work to sit on shelves.

Examples of the work we do include:

	Development and marketing plans for industrial and business parks
	Business planning
	Project fund raising
	Airport business planning and development
	Harbour business planning and development.
	Specific investment opportunity analysis for hotels/motels, value-added forestry, marine services cluster, resort development and many more
	Development of local/regional energy projects
	Tourism product development and marketing plans
	Additions of community infrastructure
	Formation of industry associations in tourism, forestry and agriculture for cooperative development

Rural Futures has a high success rate when assisting clients to obtain grant funding for eligible projects. Our service model is based on building local capacity. We believe our clients should do as much of the work as possible. We assist where specialized expertise is required or human resources are not available. When our work is completed the initiative is left in capable hands.