The Quesnel 2020 Prosperity Map
Themes and Projects supporting the future. Click on the Project and Theme buttons above to display the project or theme labels on the map.
The Quesnel 2020 Projects Map
Click on the numbers of the Projects map to display descriptions of the various project.
The Quesnel 2020 Themes Map
Click on the letters of the Themes map to display descriptions of the various themes.
 Regional agriculture grows via products for niche markets, organic agriculture, the farmer's market and other direct sales methods, greenhouses heated by industrial wastes, "agro-forestry" (e.g. birch syrup) and value-added processing. Harvesting of "non-timber" forest products, like florals, is related. Increasing energy prices make the local industry increasingly competitive against expensive imports, increasing access to the $250 million regional market. Please visit the Quesnel Farmer's Market website.
 Green City/Beautiful City: Quesnel becomes one of the most desirable places in BC to live, helping maintain the real-estate market and civic property tax base. Business districts working together are a major driver. Target markets include hundreds of thousands of people due to retire by 2020 in BC alone and people from around the world who can choose to operate their business anywhere, and desire a rural Canadian location that prizes social, economic and environmental sustainability. Please visit the Quesnel Information website.
 Canada's woodsmart city: Secondary wood product firms (from artisans to factories) make niche products from wood. A wood products applied research and technical extension initiative is created, building on the Wood Enterprise Centre, to support value-added entrepreneurial development. Please visit the Woodsmart City website and the Wood Enterprise Centre website.
 "Biomass" (plant-based) energy is generated from forestry and agricultural wastes, such as pellet mills, ethanol production and electricity generation, making Quesnel a national leader in these technologies.
 Metals and industrial mineral (lava rock and diatomaceous earth) reserves continue to be discovered and mined; value-added uses are actively developed such as lightweight building materials from diatomaceous earth.
 "Green businesses" such as commercial composting, energy efficiency, and renewable energy create new jobs and contribute to Quesnel's livability and reputation.
 Tourism: The North Cariboo has one of the densest concentrations of rural tourism assets in western Canada (e.g. Grease Trail, Barkerville, Bowron Lakes Park, extensive trails). Those assets, combined with transportation improvements and the 2010 Olympics, lead to new investments. See the North Cariboo Tourism website.
 New civic facilities (ice arena, theatre/cultural centre, library, agricultural arena, museum) drive downtown redevelopment including new hotel rooms, a spectacular lighting display on the Old Fraser Bridge (the longest wooden truss walking bridge in the world), green space for the farmer's market and other events, senior's housing, commuter trails and other efforts relating to the Quesnel 2020 Project.
 Goldpan City: The Rocky Mountaineer train generates thousands of visitors per year from May to October, stimulating the hospitality industry.
 Comprehensive worker adjustment programs (e.g. retraining and pension bridging) are created easing the transition for people affected by the pine beetle.
 A community forest is created in partnership with First Nations and others, providing opportunities for recreation, research, secondary wood products and education.
 Post-secondary education continues to expand in secondary wood products, sustainable agriculture and tourism, supporting growing local economic sectors.
 A water bottling plant employing over 100 people is developed in Nazko creating a new industry.
 Large new wood products operations, such as OSB employ hundreds of people, pending environmental reviews. BC's first system of special economic development zones accelerates this, as well as smaller scale developments.
 Large fossil fuel reserves (petroleum, coal) are developed as energy prices escalate, subject to First Nations settlements and environmental reviews.
 The Bowron River Road linking Hwy 16 and Hwy 26 is upgraded, creating a road link to Wells-Barkerville and Quesnel from Alberta, greatly benefiting Tourism.
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