Timmins announces new management of economic development and tourism

The City of Timmins moving forward with its plan to change how the Timmins Economic Development Corporation is run.

In February 2024, the city announced it would dissolve its memorandum of understanding with the Timmins Economic Development Corp. It has since changed direction and has now decided to evolve how it operates.

The City of Timmins is in the process of evolving how the Timmins Economic Development Corporation is operated. (Lydia Chubak/CTV News Northern Ontario)

Two current TEDC employees will take over management duties: Brenda Camriand has been appointed director of economic development and Tourism Timmins will now be part of the TEDC and led by Noella Rinaldo, director of community economic development.

"They're also working closely with the engineering staff and the planning staff at the city on developing out the growth management study that we're that we're undertaking, so we're seeing some good synergies,” said Timmins CAO Dave Landers.

Landers said the TEDC team of 14 employees has put together a strategic plan that council supported in July.

"I am honoured and pleased to be able to both lead and work alongside the team at Timmins Economic Development,” said Camirand.

"We've really worked hard over the last year to develop a strategic plan and put together some strategies that will allow us to move the community forward, specifically looking at growth and development, working both with investors looking to come into the community, as well as addressing some of the sectors that we've either worked with in the past or new."

Tourism Timmins has been run out of the Timmins Museum and National Exhibition Centre for the past few years and officials think merging it with economic development will lead to better communication with the public and tourists.

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"Getting that message out of the variety of things that happen here, whether it's in conference tourism, agri-tourism-- there's a lot of different types of tourism that are available," Rinaldo said.

"So we're really trying to build on that and let the public know what's happening."

Landers said Timmins council can expect a tourism strategy over the next month as part of the city’s master plan reboot.