Economic development
Economic development
Economic development involves a whole range of things such as supporting education, encouraging and enabling employment, provision of infrastructure, regulatory frameworks, promotion, events, investment in new experiences, and more.
What's on the horizon?
Challenges
- Some specific areas of our local economy such as tourism focused areas suffered significantly during the COVID pandemic and are still recovering in some areas. Changes in workforce participation and remote working trends have also arisen as a result.
- Housing affordability and development pressures cause challenges across the district.
Council's response
- Coordinating events (e.g. Business Awards, Business Breakfasts) and supporting events at our venues
- Grant funding to promote and attract events through the Single Year Grants
- Funding to support business and tourism, such as Chambers of Commerce and Hamilton & Waikato Tourism
- Providing infrastructure and regulatory frameworks that support and encourage development and investment.
Opportunities
- Our opportunities include working together as a Waikato Regional Collaboration Economic Development Group to leverage opportunities and share ideas and learnings.
What do you stand for?
- What is our role in promoting economic development and attracting investment and employment opportunities?
- Who and how can we partner with others to improve the economic wellbeing of our communities?
