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<br /> <br />Full Notes from Salo Visit <br /> <br />Administrative Overview <br />● Population: 50,300 <br />● Budget: E118.4M from tax revenue, E33M from state <br />● Businesses: ~5,000 <br />● Unemployment rate 11%, recovered from 17% following Nokia closure <br />● Industries: Information and Communication Technologies, Trade, Metal, and Marine <br />● Largest # farms in Finland (wheat, sugar beets, oats, barley, fava bean, spelt, caraway) <br />● Emphasis on Entrepreneurial, Largest company Salcomp E500M revenue, 4 employees <br /> <br />Vision: Home of Sustainable Success <br /> <br />Marketing Slogan: Swap an Expensive Life for a Rich One <br /> <br />Challenges <br />● 2009 consolidation of 10 municipalities doubled population (51 member council) <br />● 2016 largest employer Nokia stopped production (6,000 employees, + 4,000 related) <br />● 1M sq ft empty complex <br />● 2023 Rescue Services shifted to Wellbeing Service County <br /> <br />Themes <br />● Innovation <br />● Continuous Improvement <br />● Focus on People (well rounded services) <br />● Forward Thinking (not leave landfill for our children) <br /> <br />Strategies <br />● Identify & deliver desired services (multiple strategies for expanded stakeholders) <br />● Investment in IoT (maximize skilled workforce) <br />● Investment in Waste to Energy (reduce environmental impacts and energy costs) <br />● Capitalize on Sports complex (better health outcomes and satisfaction) <br />● Expand Cottage industry (income from real estate and local spending) <br />● Capitalize on 2-hour commuter service to half of Finland (become destination of choice) <br />● Shift EU perspective (new risks create balance between regulation and security) <br /> <br />Key Learnings / Ideas to Explore <br />● Strong collaboration between public and private sectors <br />● Idea that holiday home sales don’t drive up cost of living <br />● Mindset of supporting the wellbeing of people, allows people to build mindset of I can do <br />things <br />● SafetyNet allows collective/planful thinking <br />● ? Is there research on social services and Finnish life expectancy and mental health <br />● ? holiday homes - old idea of cabins ? in forest, out of site ? risk assessment ? <br />expanded services for cottages (waste, health) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />22