 Debt  Cost of inputs  Currency exchange  Price of oil

 Inventory of producers  register ‘local food’ friendly establishments  Identify assets  Document barriers

 New products  Improving existing products  Niche markets  Bundling products  Cross marketing

 Labelling  CFIA  Marketing  Distribution  Zoning  Health Unit  Abattoir Consistency

 Capacity Building  Marketing Solutions  Distribution Synergies  Culinary Tourism Program  Epicurean Trek  Savour Stratford Perth County Event  Culinary Guide  Food Summit

 Culinary Tourism  Local Consumers  Broader Public Sector  Food Service  Food in-secure  Education

 Screaming Avocado “Food to me is more than just the morsels we put in our mouths,” stresses Paul Finkelstein. “It’s a tool for change with the youth I work with.”  Organic Greenhouse & Gardens  Alternative Cafeteria  Student Exchanges  Celebrity

 A plan  Funding  Education  Capacity Building  Holistic approach  Marketing  Media exposure

 Inventory of artists  Identify assets  Document cultural assets  Identify cultural venues

 Performance arts  Historical buildings  Visual arts  Music  Literary arts  Heritage sites  Artisans

Mandate Perth Arts Connect is a not-for-profit, member driven organization whose mission is to encourage, promote and support arts, culture and heritage, to enrich and enliven Perth County communities and to ensure that creativity and imagination remain a vital part of our social and economic life.

 Epitaphs and headstones  Riverwalk personalities  St. Marys Stonetown  Here is the Church...here is the Steeple  The Ties that Bound a County...Railway heritage tour Tour routes, maps, descriptions

 ARTrepreneurship  Dinner series  This is a Quilt...pattern & passion  Culinary Camp  Bandarama 2012  Culture Days

 Awareness…what makes us great  Appreciate what we take for granted  Collaborate…organize…mobilize  Catalyst for Partnership  Attraction tool  Baseline to measure growth