Project

Located in Northwest Ontario on Highway 17, just west of Dryden, the Municipality of Machin is a small community of less than 1200 residents. Machin is home to many fishing lodges that are on beautiful Eagle Lake. The community is composed of the communities of Minnitaki, Eagle River and Vermilion Bay. The N1 Strategy Inc. along with Fotenn Planning and Design prepared a Community Improvement Plan (CIP) for the Municipality of Machin. Machin’s CIP is intended to supplement the concurrent update to the Municipality of Machin Community Economic Development Strategic Plan by incentivizing new development. The plan is grounded in a future vision by the citizens of Machin for economic diversification, particularly in key mixed-use areas. The future development envisioned by the CIP will contribute to the continued prosperity of Machin citizens. The CIP included opportunities for engagement with the public and various stakeholders. Our team built a program that included the vision, goals, and objectives, identified servicing/program options, set out implementation strategies, and established the financial incentives. The new CIP provides a framework to establish financial and non-financial incentive programs to facilitate private-sector investment. Additionally, N1 Strategy Inc., as part of this assignment was engaged by Machin to update the community’s Economic Development Strategic Plan.