PAGE B-4, THE HERALD, S0th ANNIVERSARY.EDITION, Friday, July 27,1977

TERRACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ©

Studying our future economic base ee

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THe Terrace Development
Corporation (TDC), in case
you don’t already know, is
-an organization that has
been investigating
feasibility of establishing

the .

certain industries in the
area,

The TDC _ recently
completed a booklet entitled
“ portunities Unlimited”,
which contain information’

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on industries that show
potential for growth in the
Terrace area. The booklet,

produced with the aid of an |

Lip grant, is being sent to all
levels of. government,
agencies, trade
associations, private
industry and chambers of

The TDC was the
brainchild of four people

from the -chamber of.

commerce and municipal

hall, who were worried’

about the ailing economy of

Terrace. Later this nucleus

was expanded to include a
cross section of community
interests. .
~The corporation came into
being in March 1976.
The TDC booklet says,

The next ten years is not

* : : going to be a decade of fast
, <i) growth for Terrace and the

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“expectations.”

‘foun
economic viability and self-

Northwest area, based upon
present forecasts for
industrial expansion and
economic

“Terrace will, ‘in all

| probability, maintain its.
“growth
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construction north,
| construction of the proposed —
ail pipeline to Edmonton.

as being an
the region but will decline in
rominence in its forest
sed economy.”
The TDC sees money
coming into the area from
new -rail and highway

But the report adds,
‘* the large scale
establishment of new
permanent industries and

: Jobs in the northwest is still

in the future and will not
materialize until the
northern transportation
system is completed.”

The TDC listed 19 areas of
specific economic activity in
its report. Of these, 17 were
to have potential for

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. favourably
and °

would only be so with
assistance from
government programs in
the first years of operation.
The corporation added that
all of the potentially viable
industries could benefit in
some form or other from
government assistance
programs. . ;

_ Ifthe suggested industries

“were started up, this could
Jead to the creation of

anywhere from five to 0
jobs. At the maximum, this
would mean a 10
drop in the number of
unemployed. -

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Regarding the feeling of gm

residents to development “it §

was found that,
disregarding extreme ‘for’
and ‘against’ opinions, the

basic po ulace of Terrace
ot favour the idea of -

did n
industrial I growth with jobs
in the productive industries
but required more social,
retail and recreational
facilities.
particularly wish the town

to grow-much larger in’
ulation but required the..

acilities of a city in the 50-
75,000 population range.
The nearby establishment of
new raw — resources
extraction and processin
industries was not view
and __ the
establishment of ‘clean’
secondary industries was
viewed with indifference.
There was, however, a
requirement for ‘somebody
to do something’ about
creating stable-secure jobs,
These jobs should be higher
paying than elsewhere in
British Columbia as the cost
of living in the northwest
was higher.’’

“The attitude of
government in the main can

‘be classified as negative

based upon. pre-conceived
misconceptions about the

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They did not.

foregoing. at
conciogusly --and —

Corporation,
“Opportunities Unlimited”,
says the people of the
northwest need .to get
cracking to educate the rest
of the cauntry about the ©

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area. These misconceptions -.
would appear to be caused ©
by. the. individuals'.* total-
ignorance about. any matter
relating to northwest British.
Columbia.” .: 7s

“Therefore, with the-
titudes being -

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TERRACE?

‘WHICH |

PROVINCE?’

The Terrace Development
in its report |

area. .
To get their point across,
the TDC has. listed the
following comments
received from employees in
government . departments
who have some jurisdiction
over development: in the
northwest.

“The trouble is in your’ -
area the snow being on the
ground seven to eight
months a year, does not
make it an attractive area. -
for industry to relocate.”

“Yes this department
handles northern B.C. How
far are you (Terrace) from
Kamloops?”

“We are . relocating
government offices to the .
rural areas. We have just. .
moved a department from -
downtown Vancouver to-

Abbotsford.” -

‘That whole area should
, it is too.
difficult to administer the.
populations which seem to
spring up there almost.
overnight. How far are you
(Terrace) from Prince .
George? 7 a

“Is that Alcan plant -
anywherenear your area?”

“My brother was up there -
once - you can only get in |
and out by plane or boat.”
(Transpired that Ketchikan,
fileska was being referred ©

‘Any industrial '
manufacturing. outside
Ontario and Quebec is. not -
really viable. There just is

! not the population base.