Development of Local Industries

Youth Deep Roots Project

• With 7-ELEVEN stores across local area, we have witnessed the impact of aging populations, low birth rates, and declining local tourism and other industries. Yet some youths are moving to remote areas and starting their own businesses, gathering resources to revitalize local industries and rural communities. Therefore, the PCSC Good Neighbor Foundation started the Youth Deep Roots Project in 2017. In addition to providing funds and resource matchmaking, we invite relevant experts to mentor and assist these young entrepreneurs.

   

  PCSC Good Neighbor Foundation discovered that these young entrepreneurs did not lack the innovation or ability to grow their business, but rather a space for them to stay rooted, showcase their achievements and integrate them into the local market. Therefore, PCSC is collaborating with these young entrepreneurs to provide a platform for performances, exhibitions, and exchange of ideas. Our OPEN! Youth Funfest program brings together resources from the local community, turning local stores into the best partners in local placemaking. The Youth Deep Roots Project has two models, with the first giving youth groups the opportunity to combine existing store experience sessions (Mini Store Manager) and the second being sharing store resources (providing the physical store and MyShip online platform) with youth groups. More returning youths have given local towns a boost, and in the long run this will help PCSC procure local products, creating a win-win-win situation with local procurement, local marketing for the enterprise and environment, as well as the society.

   

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PCSC has discovered that young people returning home to start businesses that develop into social enterprises by combining social and environmental issues, which have become a new force in the revitalization of local communities. To this end, PCSC combines its stores as platforms and funding investment, as well as providing the MyShip online platform and setting up a “Youth Deep Root Project” section to waive the slotting fee and reduce the pressure of starting a business. We aim at creating sustainable partnerships by connecting online and offline channels.

Local Procurement for Shopping Centers

PCSC helps local small farmers and groups with fewer resources increase their income by purchasing local rice and providing free sale venues in Taichung Houli and Hsinchu Youda Shopping Centers. Since 2017, all the rice used in the Houli Youda Shopping Center has been purchased from the Houli Farmers’ Association to support local agricultural products with practical actions. Hsinchu Youda Shopping Center holds charity bazaars with local small farmers and public welfare organizations from time to time to help groups with fewer resources gain some exposure and income, effectively increasing the income of stakeholders.