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With over 125 years of experience among the four partners, The RETHINK GROUP has become one of Canada's
premier firms in the field of leisure services - covering all aspects of parks, recreation, culture and
the arts.
The Firm has a great deal of successful experience in:
- municipal and regional parks/recreation/arts plans and studies;
- needs assessments and demand/market analysis;
- facility feasibility studies and business plans;
- visioning and strategic planning;
- park, open space, waterfront and trails planning;
- marketing strategies;
- volunteer development; and
- leisure trend forecasting and analysis.
The partners and staff have completed over 350 projects in this field, in addition to over 500 seminars
and training workshops, and the production of numerous publications and resource packages, including:
- "LEISURE WATCH Canada", which has provided leading edge information about the future for the leisure industry; and
- "The Benefits of Parks and Recreation" research and catalogue completed in 1992 for the Parks and Recreation Federation of Ontario, and updated, reformatted and republished in 1997 as "The Benefits Catalogue".
We have consulted with and completed research, studies and plans for communities of all sizes, senior levels
of government, non-profit leisure service groups, the commercial recreation/tourism sector, and volunteer
boards and committees.
The partners and staff have also designed and delivered a community college Certificate Course, taught
various college-level courses in the leisure field and delivered numerous guest lectures.
We have also designed and delivered staff training sessions for staff, boards of directors/committees and
other volunteer groups. We have also produced resource manuals and other training tools.
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Sample Clients:
- City of Scarborough
- City of London
- City of Oshawa
- City of Ottawa
- City of Mississauga
- City of Gloucester
- City of Windsor
- City of Burlington
- City of Guelph
- City of Peterborough
- City of Vaughan
- City of Welland
- City of Cornwall
- City of Kitchener
- City of Sudbury
- County of Norfolk
- County of Peterborough
- Town of Markham
- Town of Aurora
- Town of Ajax
- Town of Clarington
- Town of Bracebridge
- Town of LaSalle
- Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
- Town of Bradford-West Gwillimbury
- Town of Midland
- Town of Almonte
- Town of Ingersoll
- Municipality of Brighton
- Municipality of Trent Hills
- Municipality of Clarington
- Township of Beckwith
- Township of Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan
- Township of Delhi
- Township of King
- Township of Uxbridge
- Township of Michipicoten
- Township of Douro
- Township of Ennismore
- Township of Smith-Ennismore
- Royal Botanical Gardens
- Trent-Severn Waterway
- Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation
- OCLC Bark Lake
- Metro Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
- Golden Horseshoe Conservation Authorities
- Otonabee Region Conservation Authority
- Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority
- Crombie Commission on the Future of Toronto Waterfront
- The Cabinet Office, Toronto Waterfront Development
- Oshawa Senior Citizens Centres
- Brockville YMCA/YWCA
- Cobourg Family YMCA
- Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs
- Algonquin Snowmobile Alliance
- Ste. Anne's Inn and Spa, Grafton
- Whitchurch-Stouffville Soccer Club
- Welland Recreational Canal Corporation
- Village of Lakefield
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