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Overall,
there are four recurring themes, or categories into which
that the groups could focus their attention. These are:
- Moose Jaw as a place to visit
- Moose Jaw as a place to locate or expand a business
- Moose Jaw as a place to work
- Moose Jaw as a place to live
- Within each of the above areas, are a number of issues
and initiatives. The collective Pride and Promise partner
groups are undertaking actions under each category.
- The following activity has been noted relevant to the
four growth areas:
- Moose Jaw as a place to visit
- From 1996 to 2004 there are over 375 more hotel rooms
(an increase of 45.5%) for over 825 hotel rooms available.
- 266,000 travelers visited Moose Jaw in the first 9
months of 2004 and they spent $39.7 million during that
period. Total expenditures for 2004 exceeded well
over $40 million.
- Moose Jaw as a place to locate or expand a business
- 2006 Retail Sales estimates are $513.9 million up
9.6% from 2005 - The 2006 per capita retail sales
for Moose Jaw are 25% above the national average.
- Ninety percent of manufacturing companies surveyed
in 2003 were in business in 1990 and remain in business
today.
- Raider Industries recently expanded its Moose
Jaw operations, the company is a major manufacturer
of trucks caps.
- CJay Trailers started operations in September of
2005, the company specializes in building enclosed trailers.
- General Cable's Moose Jaw plant has expanded its
current operations by adding a production shift.
The additional shift will allow the manufacturer to
operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Local manufacturers and processors report that employee
work ethic is considered to be very good with all
companies reporting it as good to excellent.
Employee skill level for assigned tasks was also given
a very high rating with 95% rating it as good to excellent.
- Moose Jaw as a place to work
- A new retail complex was completed along Thatcher
Drive and now houses Marks Work Warehouse, Payless
Shoes, Staples and Reitman's. The commercial
development in this area has significantly increased
the retail trade for the City.
- General Cable's Moose Jaw facility received the
2005 Industry Week Best Plant award. This
annual award honors manufacturers who continually
seek out ways to improve their facility
- Moose Jaw as a place to live
- 2005 continued to be a hot housing market year as
an additional 60 housing units were started.
Since 2003, 189 housing units have been constructed
in Moose Jaw.
- The average house price for previously owned homes
in 2005 was $97,181. This amount is up 15.1%
from 2004 and 51% from 1998.
- Moose Jaw still has the most affordable housing
out of 11 prairie province cities with populations
above 25,000 people
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