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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES
October 26, 2016 City of Kitchener
The Economic Development Advisory Committee met on this date with the following members present: Johanna Classon-
Romero, Bil Ioannidis, Darin Snider
Staff in attendance: Brian Bennett, Rod Regier, Chris Farrell, Valerie Bradford, Paul Grivicic and Eowyn Spencer
Business Items
1. EDAC Members toured the new Velocity space at Communitech.
2. Following the tour, the group met in Communitech’s executive boardroom for a brief and informal chat. Key highlights
of the discussion include:
Bil Ioannidis raised a point of a recent study which ranked Kitchener as the 18th most entrepreneurial city in
Canada. The group decided that it must be a private paid ranking, as we should be ranked much higher.
Information Items/Unfinished Business
Rod Regier will be leaving The City of Kitchener to take on a new role as Commissioner of Planning,
Development and Legislated Services for the Region of Waterloo, and will no longer be a member of the
Economic Development Advisory Committee for the City
On motion, the meeting adjourned at 1 p.m.
Eowyn Spencer
Recorder