Sentiers Prescott Russell Implements
OTC Trail Counts System - Reports to Council
Composition and functioning of the CMEO
• Non-profit business structure that offers a great service with the establishment and maintenance of 380km of trails annually in P-R (of which 72km is the P-R Trail)
• Executive Committee of approximately 82 volunteers
• 2306 members
• Active: Fleet of 5 industrial surfacers for trail marking in the winter (value of $ 256,000)
• CMEO is part of OFSC District 1 (Eastern Ontario), which includes the tip territory starting at Kingston-Arnprior to Quebec, a 3900km network.
• District 1 is part of OFSC (Ontario Federation Snowmobile Club) with 31000km 96000+ members
• Centralized Financial Administration in Barrie at OFSC for 1 year
• LOEC no longer sells trail licenses. Sale is strictly online through the OFSC website. Trail permits are MTO (Ontario Ministry of Transportation) permits at $ 190 each and issued to OFSC for administration.
• CMEO receives a very thin operational budget ($ 140,000) to operate under this new business model. 12 jobs in the winter.
What the LOEC and OFSC provide to the UCPR, municipalities and P-R companies.
• 12484 active members in Eastern Ontario
• Snowmobiling is recognized as Ontario's # 1 winter tourist recreation experience by the government and the PR Recreational Trail is part of the Interprovincial Trail (TOP Trail "A" from Quebec to Manitoba) integrated into the 30,000 km network. OFSC
• Top trail A connects Quebec to Manitoba. Brings a lot of tourist traffic. People from outside Ontario and the United States.
• The Ottawa / P & R / SD & G / Kingston region is ranked # 2 in Ontario as a 3,900 km snowmobiling area (OFSC District 1)
• In May 2017, the Province of Ontario recognized and honoured the TOP "A" Trail (which the PR Recreational Trail is part of) as "Ontario's Signature Trail" and will be part of a program. promotion as a main tourist destination this winter.
• The P-R Trail is an interprovincial trail during the winter with $ 95 million of economic impact generated in Eastern Ontario, 900 full-time jobs and $ 1.7 billion in Ontario.
• In the winter the trail drives the economy in PR during a typically dead touristic period (more than $ 12 million in annual economic benefits in PR) and a few hundred full-time jobs (dealers, hotels, restaurants, outfitters) who benefit.
• Impact of 1.7billion in Ontario
• 485 new snowmobiles sold in P-R (value of $ 7,350,000)
• 240 used snowmobiles sold in P-R by dealers (value of $ 1,440,000)
• 119 full-time jobs in the winter between the 5 dealers, Le Chardo, Motel 1967 and Hammond Golf Club.
• Free marketing hiking signatures in P-R (Tour loops) including the 'French connection' in P-R and SDG as well as the Ontario map of trails and local businesses that appears on the map. http://www.district1ofsc.ca/trailloops.htm
• Provides many health benefits and other recreational opportunities in the winter without charging any users (walking, dog walking, cross-country skis, snowshoes)
• CMEO holds up-to-date signage and brush clearing with each pass of surfacer
• Volunteers clean up during winter cataclysm
• Discover the trail by several snowmobilers outside the region and discover it is a cycle and multi-use trails
• Free marketing with loop towers, ontario map of trails, businesses shown on the map.
• During the winter, it is practically the only major tourist activity accomplished and put in place by a large team of volunteers and some annual employees. In the summer it's Calypso and agro tourism
• OFSC offers $ 15 million per incident
• CMEO has completed some fundraising for community causes annually.
• CMEO gets involved in community activities such as carnivals by identifying trails or territory for certain activities
• Trails help wildlife (Deer, Moose have a hardened trail)
• CMEO and OFSC are lobbying for all agricultural sectors. (Law 101 (presentation at Queens Park), the defense of supply management for agricultural products, Farmers feed cities (during the fall in grain prices) Every major problem affecting agriculture, this one asks for our help directly The focus of economic development is based in part on tourism in P-R. We could better synchronize our strengths and assets to help businesses and attract more people with our unique attractions. The P-R Recreational Trail is an inexpensive natural facility benefiting many different segments of people. It should be considered in the same way as arenas, parks, bullets, soccer etc.
Capital Received by the P-R Recreational Trail
• Oct 2004 .... At the creation of the recreational trail of P-R, beyond $ 10,000 in permanent signage was given (post of irons, signaling km and half km, stop, pre-stop etc.)
• Spring 2009: 4000 trees were donated to be transplanted to the recreational trail. CMEO did all the lobbying to get this project and bring it into action
• Nov 2010: $ 2,000 in recreational trail signage through Ontario Federation Snowmobile Club (OFSC) and National Trail Coalition
• March 2013: $ 80,664.95 was donated for recreational trail bridges through a grant
• Summer 2017: CMEO contacted Valoris sent people to help clean the gardens and other tasks.
CMEO has applied for a lot of grants but they have not been selected ...
