Lunenburg Part 2 - Section 5 - Social Vulnerability - August 30.pdf

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groups, 175 the ICSP does acknowledge the importance of integrating the involvement of active community interests, and local agencies serving community members. 176 Economic Development Strategy The District’s Economic Development Strategy reiterates many of the strengths and challenges noted in the Strategic Plan and ICSP. The Strategy notes the relatively large number of middleincome earners in the District in comparison to the rest of Nova Scotia, with lower than average numbers of households earning either over $80,000 or at the very bottom of the income scale. 177 The number of incomes over $50,000 is increasing, and the number below $50,000 is decreasing. 178 The Strategy states that the number of jobs in the District is increasing, but that the shrinking manufacturing sector could result in the loss of a significant number of jobs. 179 The ‘youth retention problem’ is described as a threat to the community’s well-being from an economic and social perspective, and that the declining overall population is problematic in that it causes decreased demand for local services, a diminished workforce to attract future employers, and a shortage of new entrepreneurs to replace those who retire. 180 The Strategy does not fully explain how these employment trends fit together: if the number of jobs in the District is increasing, why are youth leaving? If declining populations are causing reduced demand for local services, why is the number of jobs increasing? Is the number of incomes below $50,000 declining because a lack of jobs in this wage range has forced employees lacking qualifications for higher-paying jobs to leave the District? Further clarification could provide a better understanding of socioeconomic challenges. While businesspeople interviewed as part of the Strategy’s public engagement process repeatedly emphasized the need to improve the way the region attracts residents, particularly the provision of more amenities for young families, 181 the Strategy does not emphasize this approach in its recommendations. The Economic Development Strategy suggests that supporting the rise of the ‘creative class’ may be an economic solution for the District. The notion of the creative class derives from economist and social scientist Richard Florida’s widely popular theories about a class of individuals whose innovation, particularly in high-tech fields, comprises a major economic driver. These individuals are generally highly-educated professionals working in fields that create new ideas and content, such as high-tech industries, science, engineering, architecture and design. Florida maintains that these individuals are drawn to cities with thriving cultural scenes, entertainment opportunities, night-life, and ethnic and cultural diversity. When ranking cities according to their creativeness, Florida looks for the creative class share of the workforce; hightech industry; innovation, measured as patents per capita; and diversity, measured by the proportion of gay households, intended to indicate an area’s openness to different kinds of people and ideas. 182 175 Ibid., p. 5. 176 Ibid., p. 21. 177 Millier Dickinson Blais Inc, 2009. p. 27. 178 Ibid. 179 Ibid., p. 55–56. 180 Ibid., p. 57. 181 Ibid., p. 39. 182 Florida, 2002. 58
While the Economic Development Strategy suggests that the Municipality seek to attract creative industries to “form the backbone of the new economy,” 183 it does not address obvious barriers. While the District has a relatively high proportion of apprenticeships, trades and overall collegebased education levels in the workforce, it also has a higher than average proportion of residents who haven’t completed high school, and a lower than average proportion of residents with university education. 184 Overall, many District residents lack the characteristics Florida describes in members of the creative class. While the area has many natural and cultural assets, it also does not meet Florida’s criteria for a ‘creative city.’ Main industries include retail trade and health care and social services, rather than high-tech innovation. From a technical standpoint, continued lack of internet service to approximately 700 residences could be a significant barrier to creative industries. 185 The population is not diverse by Florida’s standards, but culturally and ethnically quite homogenous, with residents and community leaders acknowledging a significant degree of conservatism in the District. 186 Additionally, the area’s cultural amenities do not fit Florida’s description of those sought by members of the creative class. Even if attracting creative industries was a suitable economic solution for the District of <strong>Lunenburg</strong>, it is one with little promise to address the needs of socially vulnerable residents, who are unlikely to possess the high levels of human and social capital required to join the creative class. While attracting members of the creative class from other jurisdictions might help to grow the local economy, this would provide little direct benefit to existing residents. The influx of the creative class is often accompanied by gentrification, driving up already-heightened property values; local business owners surveyed during the development of the Economic Development Strategy felt that high property values already challenge the ability of young people and lower to moderate income earners to afford living in the area, and that the community should consider efforts to develop affordable housing. 187 Other strategies identified in the plan, such as retaining and enhancing the manufacturing sector, particularly in the fields of advanced manufacturing and value-added products; opportunities in food production and processing; and tourism, may have better potential to support the economic well-being of the District and its residents. Secondary Plans Riverport and District This planning area includes the communities of Riverport, Rose Bay, Lower Rose Bay, Upper Kingsburg, Kingsburg, Feltzen South, Bayport, Indian Path, Middle LaHave, East LaHave, Lower LaHave, Crouse’s Settlement and Five Houses, as well as portions of Tanner’s Settlement and Grimm’s Settlement 188 183 Millier Dickinson Blais Inc, 2009. p. 61. 184 Ibid., p. 55. 185 Waters, 2012. 186 Stantec, 2009. p. 1.1. 187 Millier Dickinson Blais Inc, 2009. p. 43–44. 188 Municipality of the District of <strong>Lunenburg</strong>, 2009. p. 6. 59
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