Rural crime innovation challenge - Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor Garth Harris for Thursday Sept 21st, 2017 8:35 am

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Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor Garth Harris for Thursday Sept 21st, 2017 8:35 am

With GX94's Craig Wallebeck > see him @ http://www.gx94radio.com/craig-Wallebeck


This week we focus on: Rural crime innovation challenge

Innovation Saskatchewan announced a new initiative that will focus on the development of technologies that can be used to help residents address crime in rural areas in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice’s Protection and Response Team.

The rural crime innovation challenge will call for technology companies and researchers to submit proposals for a 16-week residency program.

“Rural residents face special circumstances when it comes to crime,” Minister Responsible for Innovation Steven Bonk said. “It is our hope that this new program will attract students, researchers and technology companies to complete a bid and assist rural residents who have concerns about the safety of their property and well-being.”

Prior to the October 13 deadline for expressions of interest, there will be information sessions in Regina, Saskatoon and online. Applications are available at www.innovationsask.ca. Applications will be evaluated by a panel including Innovation Saskatchewan, the Ministry of Justice and stakeholders - such as rural residents, farmers, police services and technology experts who will use the solution. The successful candidate will prepare a prototype of their technology during the 16-week residency period in government.

“We are optimistic that this new program will identify some technologies and innovative ways to improve safety and security in rural Saskatchewan,” Bonk said. “Our hope is that a feasible technological solution can be identified and eventually commercialized to benefit rural areas not only in Saskatchewan but in other provinces as well.”

This initiative forms part of the government‘s strategy on rural crime reduction announced on August 22, 2017

http://innovationsask.ca/

  Mission Statement

"At Innovation Saskatchewan, our mission is to be an innovation catalyst serving the needs of individuals, companies and institutions as well as to enhance the role and benefits of innovation in Saskatchewan through:

- Developing an environment that encourages and rewards innovation;

- Enhancing the ability of the private sector to innovate and implement innovations, leading the commercialization of new, high value-added products and improved competitiveness; and

- Fostering coordinated public sector research, development and technology transfer targeted at economic growth for the Province of Saskatchewan.

 Our Mandate

"Our mandate is to develop policies and programs and conduct activities that assist in the implementation of the innovation priorities of the Government of Saskatchewan"




­Creating Partnerships between Government and Start-up Technology Companies

Calling all start-ups, researchers, entrepreneurs and students!

Innovation Saskatchewan is piloting a program to harness the ideas and expertise of startup technology companies together with government to rapidly solve public sector challenges and create enhanced citizen experiences.

During a 16-week residency period, working side-by-side, government and selected participants will work to develop and launch their solution in the spring of 2018. If selected, the participants will benefit through:
A $10,000 grant to off-set company/team expenses;
The full rights to commercialize the solution and sell into the growing government-technology market;
The potential for customer validation and the ability to reference the Government of Saskatchewan as a customer;
The potential to contract with the Province to continue to support, license, or maintain the solution they created; and,
A greater understanding of working with and selling to government entities.

Saskatchewan is looking at creative ways to build partnerships with technology companies based on their skills and ideas, not their size or past experience selling to government. Saskatchewan is a hot-bed for entrepreneurial ideas and through innovative procurement initiatives like this, Government can be an important customer for technology companies.

Upon completion of this pilot, Innovation Saskatchewan will evaluate the feasibility of rolling out additional challenge questions from government to the technology community.

Creating Solutions to Rural Crime

Through the Innovation Challenge pilot, we want the best and the brightest to propose their innovative solutions, and if selected, will join us in residence to determine:
“How can technology be used as a solution to improve the safety and security of
rural citizens and rural property?”

Safety = beyond confrontation / removing confrontation

Security = the comfort [for the citizen] of knowing the solution is there

Background

The Ministry of Justice is responsible for promoting adequate and effective policing throughout Saskatchewan; the preservation of peace, prevention for crime, efficiency of police and improvement of police relationships with Saskatchewan communities.

Rural Saskatchewan residents have real and perceived concerns surrounding their personal safety and the security of their property.

Residents have expressed that the combination of slow response times to calls for service and lack of police visibility and presence has caused rural residents, including farmers and their families, to live in fear or protect themselves by taking emergent matters into their own hands.

The Ministry of Justice and Innovation Saskatchewan are looking for technology solutions to prevent and proactively respond to these issues.

Process:

Technology companies and researchers with ideas for solving this issue using existing or new technology are invited to submit an Expression of Interest. Submissions will be evaluated and those selected to proceed further in the evaluation process will be asked to submit a more detailed proposal and present their solution to the evaluation committee. It is anticipated that the successful applicant will begin working with the Ministry in November 2017.

Information sessions will be held on September 25th in Saskatoon, September 27th online, and September 28th in Regina.

Click here for times and locations

The call for expressions of interest will be open until October 13, 2017.

 CLICK HERE TO APPLY

Please see FAQ’s for more information.

http://innovationsask.ca/

- Town of Preeceville Official Community Plan

The Town is initiating a planning review project to adopt a New Official Community Plan and a New Zoning Bylaw to better guide development within our community. The Town’s Zoning Bylaw is outdated and does not reflect the changing needs of the Town and provides almost no direction on growth. In order to update the Zoning Bylaw, the Provincial Government requires the Town to adopt an Official Community Plan. The benefit of having an overall plan with “Action” items will assist Council in planning cost effective infrastructure and balancing residential, commercial, recreational and industrial development. Town Council has engaged Tim Cheesman, M.C.I.P. and his Planning Team to prepare the Plan and Bylaw.
The Planning Team has completed the Town’s Draft Official Community Plan. The Draft OCP and the Results of the Public Consultation Process are available for viewing by clicking the links below:
Town of Preeceville Draft Official Community Plan about 73 pages
Preeceville Public Consultation Responses about 35 pages
You may provide your feedback/comments on the Draft OCP by emailing tcheesman@accesscomm.ca or  preeceville@sasktel.net.
  

Events:

 - Ongoing
- Preeceville & District Lions Club Chase the Ace.
"So far Preeceville Lions (Chase The Ace) has paid out $11,263.00 in weekly prize money and a lucky winner won the Jack Pot of $18,137 last week. A total prize pool of $29,400.00
-  New jackpot starting today with a Jackpot of $2500.Get your tickets and the jackpot will build again.  Draws every Thursday night.
Watch their Ad's.   Follow the ACE on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/PreecevilleChaseTheAce/
Each week the Lions post photo's of the draw and sometimes the winners. Check it out!

 

- And as always if you wish to have an event promoted visit and post it to our Community Events Calendar at www.townofPreeceville.ca


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