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At its General Committee meeting on September 27, councillors heard from Explorers’ Edge and their Catalyst Housing project, a project which will aim to attract and retain employees for the tourism and hospitality sector in exchange for training, mentoring as well as subsidized housing for a two-year period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We know from a regional level that there’s 1,300 full-time positions and 4,600 part-time positions. So now it’s time to go into the specific subregions within the area, drill down find just exactly what’s needed in more detail…so we can flush out what housing looks like, what the training programs look like, and what the needs look like,” explained Explorer’s Edge CEO James Murphy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A report provided to committee indicates that many workers have left the industry, particularly during the pandemic, and the shortage is making it difficult for the sector to operate at full capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Catalyst Housing project would aim at developing tourism sector employee opportunities from within the community as well as attracting people from outside of the area, explained Murphy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillors heard that the project could be expanded to serve other industries and that Huntsville has been chosen for the tourism Catalyst Housing project due not the number of tourism accommodations in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explorer’s Edge has been working with the Town’s Lauren MacDermid, Economic Development Officer. She was before committee in support of redirecting the Town’s $15,000 allotted for Business Retention and Expansion in the 2023 budget to the project. The funds do not come from the tax levy but from the Municipal Accommodation Tax, noted MacDermid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Not only does this concept support the tourism and hospitality industry, it also is a potential model that may support other fields and needs of workers, such as health care and trades,” said MacDermid, adding that supporting the project will also enable the municipality to gather important Huntsville-specific labour gap data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Huntsville is a tourist town and people come here for a reason. We don’t really need to keep spending more and more money for people to come to a community that they already do. What we need to spend the money on is the infrastructure and the businesses and all of the things that we do have here to keep people coming here and that’s what I really like about this strategy,” she said, adding that she also likes that the project can branch out to other areas, as well as providing opportunities for youth to stay in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other councillors also expressed their support for the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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