2017-2021 Strategic Plan Wiarton Keppel International Vision, Mission & Goal

 Vision: To become the Grey Bruce region’s aviation hub offering exceptional service to leisure, corporate, business and recreational users.

 Mission: To contribute to and enhance the economic prosperity of regional businesses and leisure travellers by providing a to the world.

 Goal: To rebrand and market the airport to promote an increase in revenue by attracting new aviation related businesses, scheduled passenger service and air freight opportunities. Values and Guiding Principles

 Integrity  Fiscal Responsibility o Maintain the highest current aviation o Make sound financial decisions that standards balance the interests of the region, stakeholders and customers o Conduct business in an honest, fair, open and respectful manner by o Make decisions that help enhance the attending to responsibilities and economic vitality of the region fulfilling commitments o Live up to responsibilities, meet objectives and fulfill our commitments o Maintain credibility through communication with customers, employees and stakeholders o Instill confidence in all who deal with our organization that we act with the highest moral and ethical standards Values and Guiding Principles

 Innovation & Development

o Seek to create innovative solutions to attract and retain aviation related businesses and industry to ensure long term sustainability

o Set high standards in all aspects of the airport organization and focus on continuous improvement

 Environment

o Be responsive to environmental concerns of the regional communities

o Promote open and honest communication about environmental concerns

o Ensure high standards regarding environmental concerns/issues Priorities o Develop a rebranding strategy o Engage partners to promote the airport o Engage the First Nations communities o Market the concept of “Charter Flights” through commercial tour operators o Develop a master plan for hangar development o Preparation of potential aviation business areas and services summary for future development o Strive for financial self-sufficiency in the operations of the airport o To position the airport to become part of the Southern Airport Network o To continue to network with surrounding aerodromes to promote the aviation industry Objectives

o Increase aviation revenue o Increase non-aviation revenue o Develop leadership o Organizational excellence o Continue to develop partnerships to promote aviation and business opportunities Increase Aviation Revenue

o Secure year round Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) service

o Improve infrastructure

o Secure air service businesses

o Attract and secure aviation maintenance Services

o Market charter flight tours to professional tour operators

o Market the potential of the facility to accommodate excess capacity from southern and northern Ontario

o Develop marketing strategy including development potential scenarios

o Rebrand the facility to expose the potential to the aviation community and industry

o Investigate air freight services – including warehousing Increase Non-Aviation Revenue

o Increase rental of airport space for events o Increase tenants within existing terminal building to minimize empty office space o Offer advertising opportunities o Charge for parking o Offer lease opportunities for tower space on facility owned towers o Promote opportunities with rental car, taxi, limo service, and public transportation providers Develop Partnerships

o Engage tourism partners to promote the airport o Engage the business community to use the airport o Work closely with economic development agencies to seek business and aviation industry related opportunities Organizational Excellence

o Maintain safety standards o Deliver effective communication o Secure sustainable funding o Investigate a governance model that ensures a proper and efficient management structure while maintaining arms-length from Township Council o Continue to attract and retain qualified professionals to operate and maintain the airport MADE IN BLAZING NEW TRAILS

“I didn’t move here to grow switchgrass, I moved here because I loved the land. Then I started WIARTON KEPPEL (CYVV) INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT looking for a crop that was a good fit. Grey County offered great value FACTS & FIGURES within striking distance of the city. CO-ORDINATES: N44 44 39 W81 06 31 ELEVATION: 728’ ASL I couldn’t help but dream of the ski RUNWAYS: 05-23 - 5033’x150’ asphalt 11-29 - 3456’x100’ gravel trails I could buildWIARTON on this KEPPEL property.” INTERNATIONAL TOTAL LAND AIRPORT (CYVV) DEVELOPABLE: 820 acres / 332 hectares

The airport is located along the shore of Georgian ZONING: The Wiarton Keppel Bay and provides customs/port of entry service. International Airport (CYVV) The airport is owned and operated by the is federally regulated and Township of Georgian Bluffs. Staff are eager to owned by the Township of support development opportunities, with ample Georgian Bluffs. Commercial / developable land. light-industrial aviation-related businesses are permitted on The airport is located between Wiarton and this site. Owen Sound, within a two hour drive of the Kitchener-Waterloo Corridor and a three hour Some examples of permitted aviation related land drive of the Greater Toronto Area, boasting a uses include: combined population of over 6.4 million. • Air Cargo Courier Facilities POPULATIONS: 6,451,934 K-W / GTA • Aerospace Manufacturing 161,977 Grey Bruce Counties • URSAircraft EGGIMANN Maintenance, Repair and Overhauls (MRO) 21,341 Owen Sound Eggimann Facilities 1,989 Wiarton • SwitchgrassCommercial/ Producer, Corporate Eggimann Aviation Operations Farms Farms Holland Centre, Ontario ECONOMIC ASSETS High speed Internet, Top 7 Intelligent CommunityBorn and educated in Switzerland, Urs Eggimann and his wife Else Ranking, Georgian College, Regional Hospital, and a Grey and Bruce regional labour forcecame over to in 1975, planning to stay for 2 years. 41 years later, 90000 people. the couple is farming 120 acres of Grey County land, focusing their energy on switchgrass. Urs is one of the largest Ontario producers and has become an advocate and researcher for the biomass industry and its potential growth in Grey County.

“The environmental benefits of switchgrass were the immediate draw but the more I learned, I realized there were real opportunities. Grey County is a darn good place to grow switchgrass. We have a lot of marginal land where switchgrass performs and other crops might not. Wouldn’t it be great to create a new opportunity for the farming community up here? That’s my mission.”

Not only does Urs farm his land, during the winter he regularly skis the 11 kilometres of winding trails he’s carved through the bush and surrounding land. MADE IN CYVV DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Available Land ¯ BLAZING NEW TRAILS Take-Off/Approach Surface Airport Boundary

A R N “I didn’t move here to grow A switchgrass, I movedCYVV here PROXIMITY because R I loved the land. Then I started looking for a cropTRANSPORTATION that was a good ASSETS CYVV PROXIMITY TO MAJOR AIRPORTS TRAVEL DISTANCE BY TRUCK IN ONTARIO fit. Grey County offered great value Highway 6 3km Airports South of CYVV nm mins A R N Highway 21 26km Toronto Pearson International 91 20 A within striking Highwaydistance 26 of the city. 35km R N (CYYZ) A CYVV Highway 10 35km R I couldn’t help butHighway dream 410 of the ski 186km Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport 100 22 A (CYTZ) R trails I could buildOwen on Sound this Harbour property.” 33km London International Airport 103 23 Goderich Habour 135km (CYXU) CN Terminal Brampton 186km Windsor International Airport 169 37 (CYQG) A Downtown Toronto 233km Airport North of CYVV nm mins R Buffalo 337km Sudbury Airport (CYSB) 114 23 Detroit 415km North Bay Airport (CYYB) 120 24 A Syracuse 573km R N Sault Ste. Marie Airport (CYAM) 177 37 A *Distance (nm) and Flight Duration (mins) based on KING US/CANADA BORDER DISTANCES R N AIR 350. **Calculation of distance (nm) based on SkyVector Queenston/Lewiston 307km Aeronautical Charts. Flight duration based on King Air 350 Buffalo/Fort Erie 337km (Turboprop) aircraft with cruise Speed of 300 KTAS. A 0 500 Detroit/Windsor 415km R Meters

(actual travel times may vary) * approximate measurements.

OWEN SOUND HARBOUR URS EGGIMANN WIARTON KEPPEL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GREY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Eggimann 501262 Grey Rd. 1, Georgian Bluffs, ON N0H 2T0 595 9th Avenue East, Owen Sound, ON N4K 3E3 The commercial harbour is operated by Switchgrass Producer, Eggimann Farms Gaurav Sharma, Airport Manager Savanna Myers, Manager of Economic Development with over 1,200 meters of dockage. CurrentFarms imports Holland Centre, Ontario Phone: +1 519-534-0140 Phone: +1 519-372-0219 ext. 1261 Cell: 519-373-6133 include salt, aggregate, grains and cement. Heavy lift [email protected] [email protected] equipment and windmill parts are can also pass through the harbour. Born and educated in Switzerland, Urs Eggimann and his wife Else came to Canada in 1975, planning to stay for 2 years. 41 years later, the couple is farming 120 acres of Grey County land, focusing their energy on switchgrass. Urs is one of the largest Ontario producers and has become an advocate and researcher for the biomass industry and its potential growth in Grey County.

“The environmental benefits of switchgrass were the immediate draw but the more I learned, I realized there were real opportunities. Grey County is a darn good place to grow switchgrass. We have a lot of marginal land where switchgrass performs and other crops might not. Wouldn’t it be great to create a new opportunity for the farming community up here? That’s my mission.”

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