City of Pickering - Awards - Ontario Marketing Awards of Excellence

The Economic Development Council of Ontario has once again honoured the City of Pickering. The City received awards in three categories at the EDCO Economic Development Awards of Excellence Presentation held Wednesday February 5th at the Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel.

Recognized for excellence was the City's 2001 Annual Report; the 2002 Economic & Community Profile and a new specialty publication entitled "Available Land & Space Inventory".

The City of Pickering was a big winner at the Ontario Marketing Awards of Excellence Ceremony, at the annual Economic Development Council of Ontario's conference held at the Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel last night.

Pickering's "Millennium Waterfront - Building Community Together" initiative was recognized in the Product Development Category.

The objective of this initiative was to share the vision of Pickering's Waterfront Development. City of Pickering Regional Councillors Maurice Brenner and Mark Holland created a Power Point presentation in partnership with Ontario Power Generation and with creative assistance from Citrus Media. The presentation outlines the story behind the Millennium Waterfront Project. It depicts the transformation of an unused waterfront to a unique focal point of our community. In summer 2001, Councillors Brenner and Holland were invited, along with OPG, to present this initiative at the conference for International Making Cities Livable Council held in Venice, Italy July 2001. The City of Pickering has been recognized internationally for this innovative approach to waterfront development.

Left to right: Sandy Muir, Globe and Mail; City of Pickering Regional Councillor Maurice Brenner; Pat O'Brien, Manager of Public Affairs, Pickering Nuclear, Ontario Power Generation; City of Pickering Regional Councillor Mark Holland; Stephen Chait, Town of Markham, and Vice President EDCO.

Accepting the award on behalf of the City were Regional Councillors Maurice Brenner, Mark Holland, and Pat O'Brien, Manager of Public Affairs, Ontario Power Generation. In accepting this award the crowd of over 500 participants from across Ontario was told, "that in these challenging times, creative partnerships are critical to success." This project's real success was in its partnerships. Two million dollars of the 4.5 million dollars spent to date came from community partners and government agencies that wanted to participate in the excitement and transformation of our community. The project received one of the largest grants in Canada from the Federal Government's Millennium Bureau of Canada - a grant in the amount of $340,000.

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Contact:	Lynn Winterstein, Manager Corporate Promotions & Economic Development
Phone:	905-420-4625

City of Pickering Wins Big at Ontario Marketing Awards of Excellence
February 2, 2000

The City of Pickering was the Big Winner at the Ontario Marketing Awards of Excellence Ceremony at the 43rd Annual Economic Developers Council of Ontario held at the Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel last night.

With over 200 entries submitted from across Ontario, the City of Pickering’s unique Pickering 2000 AirExpress Plane won the Award of Excellence for an “Innovative Promotional Piece” as well as EDCOs highest award for “Best of Show”. The Pickering 2000 AirExpress Plane an 8 seater Piper Navajo Chieftain, painted in the Pickering 2000 colours, was launched in August of 1999. It displays the logos of the City of Pickering and its co-sponsor Deer Creek Golf and Country Estates/Glen Cedars Golf Club. The AirExpress Plane is stocked with promotional information packages on the City of Pickering as well as a Promotional Mouse Pad. While accepting the awards on behalf of the Mayor & City Council, Regional Councillor Maurice Brenner, who was the driving force behind this initiative, told a crowd of over 500 participants from across Ontario, that the Pickering 2000 AirExpress Plane has flown 700 hours landing in over 97 airports in Canada and the United States, as far away as Texas, promoting the City along the way. Already, according to the plane’s owner operator, Brian Holden, the joint venture has been so successful that AirExpress has doubled its employment size to keep up with demands. Brenner reminded the audience that in these challenging times it is only through creative partnerships with the private sector that Cities such as Pickering can compete in the global market for business, industry and tourism. The City of Pickering - flying high above the rest.