Welcome to Economic Zone 9

The Long Range RED Board is operated by a volunteer board of directors, an Executive Director, and an Executive Assistant. Throughout the year, additional support staff is provided through federally and provincially funded programs and through the work placements from the region's post-secondary educational institutions.

The staff works closely with the local development agencies, government and the private sector, to identify opportunities in the Zone 9. The zone encompasses 51 communities from from the South West Coast to Port au Port Peninsula all the way to Highlands.

Port au Port Peninsula

A considerable portion of the francophone population of Newfoundland's west coast, as we know it today, traces its origins back to a wave of Acadian settlers from Cape Breton Island beginning at the end of the 18th century (Thomas 1983 11). These French-speaking Acadians settled in various pockets in and around the Stephenville-Bay St. George-Codroy Valley area, and developed an economy based mainly on farming and, to a lesser extent, on fishing. Relative isolation and a family-based economy all click here for more...