Sault Ste. Marie.The City of Sault Ste. Marie Sault Sainte Marie — pronounced "Soo Saint Marie" (IPA /su seɪnt məˈɹi/) — is the name of two cities on the Saint Marys River, which forms part of the boundary between the United States and Canada. , Community Development Corporation and the Economic Development Corporation approved its Economic Diversification Strategy in November 2002. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The new strategy approved by city council set aside funding for 31 projects and initiatives. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Growth Engines are defined as strategic sector priorities capitalizing on competitive advantages that the community may have, along with the opportunities for growth and diversification. Through their Destiny Sault Ste. Marie initiative, the community has identified objectives of 3,000 new jobs within two years and 8,000 within the decade by identifying six key growth engines, listed by order of priority. 1. Traditional and New Industry Development refers to goods producing and information technology activities involving value-added manufacturing, energy and IT. These sectors employ a large number of residents and pay the highest wages. Initiatives and investments: * Industrial Marketing Study: to contact 1,000 companies in value-added steel, wood, transportation and forest biotechnology over a three-year period. * Aircraft Industrial Study: to find a tenant for the former ONTC ONTC Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (Government of Ontario, Canada) ONTC Optical Networking Technical Committee ONTC Orlando Naval Training Center ONTC Optical Networks Technology Consortium hangar at Sault sault n. A waterfall or rapids. [Obsolete French, from Old French, leap, waterfall; see somersault. Airport * Industrial Land Development Program: to address immediate need for additional "ready to go" heavy industrial property. * Odena Rail Spur: private freight handling transfer operation with railway siding off CN Rail line. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Galvanizing galvanizing, process of coating a metal, usually iron or steel, with a protective covering of zinc. Galvanized iron is prepared either by dipping iron, from which rust has been removed by the action of sulfuric acid, into molten zinc so that a thin layer of the zinc Steel Industry initiative with Lappin Industries and Algoma Steel ''See also Algoma (Disambiguation) Algoma Steel Corporation (TSX: AGA) was founded in 1902 by Francis Clergue, an American entrepreneur who had settled in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. * Air Cargo air cargo: see aviation. : to establish Sault Airport as an international transpolar freight-handling hub. 2. Tourism development is aimed at taking advantage of the city's natural beauty and strategic location next to the U.S. Midwest. Specific initiatives: * Gateway project with private-sector developer to build a major tourism attraction on the city's waterfront * Searchmont Resort Searchmont Resort is a ski resort located in the community of Searchmont, Ontario, Canada. The area has over 700 vertical feet of skiing and snowboarding terrain. , to meet with Chicago owner to assist with expansion plans * Sault Ste. Marie Canal The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The canal is part of the shipping route from the Atlantic ocean to Lake Superior and includes a set of locks to bypass the rapids on the St. Marys River. , to make visitor improvements to the National Historic Site. * New arena project * Museum ship Norgoma improvements * Tourism Sault Ste. Marie business/marketing plan focussing on Attracting Packaging; Meetings, Conventions, Sporting Events; developing linkages with region for outdoor opportunities, animation centre, Bushplane Museum, waterfront boardwalk project and downtown trolley trolley: see streetcar. . 3. Knowledge-based Development Specific initiatives underway: * Algoma University College Algoma University College is a postsecondary institution in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, offering undergraduate university degrees in more than 25 academic programs. Algoma is currently an affiliated college of Laurentian University in Sudbury. Information and Technology Communication Centre * E-Commerce Contact Centre * Innovation Centre * Science Works, a partner ship has been formed to develop commercial, educational and research opportunities in the natural resource sector. * Upper Lakes Environmental Research Network (ULERN ULERN Upper Lakes Environmental Research Network (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada) ) * ADNet Bandwidth Project * Sault College Sault College is one of 24 publicly funded community colleges in Ontario. Sault College is located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and began in 1965 as the Ontario Vocational Centre. Railroad railroad or railway, form of transportation most commonly consisting of steel rails, called tracks, on which freight cars, passenger cars, and other rolling stock are drawn by one locomotive or more. Training Institute 4. Health, Social and Public Sector Development 5. Small Business Development 6. Trade and Export Development Export Development Initiative involving three city development agencies.
SAULT TOP PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS
Organization Sector # empl.
Algoma Steel Inc. Manufacturing 2,900
NuComm International Call Centre 800
RMH Teleservices International Call Centre 700
Koprash Investments Inc. Service sector 578
St. Marys Paper Ltd. Forestry 430
EDS-GM-Roadside Assistance Call Centre 330
Rome's Independent Grocer Retail 220
Canadian Tire Store Retail 185
Algoma Central Railway Transportation 162
CITY STATISTICS
Population 74,565
Average family income $61,837
Average price of 4-bedroom
executive house $133,000
Average price of 3-bedroom
standard house $94,000
Telecommunications infrastructure Digital switching, Internet ADSL,
scaleable transmission speed, local
IP, fibre optics
Major public-sector employers Sault Area Hospitals (1,712)
Algoma District School Brd (1,600)
City of Sault Ste. Marie (1,165)
STATISTICS CANADA 2001 CENSUS OF LABOUR FORCE
Mining 65
Agriculture 485
Manufacturing 5,290
Construction 1,650
Selected Services
Financial & Insurance 870
Real Estate 585
Wholesale Trade 665
Retail Trade 4,765
Transportation 1,240
Professional & Scientific 1,300
Health Care 4,430
Total 35,870
Males 18,665
Females 17,205
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