Municipalities across Canada are struggling with how to attract new businesses and jobs to their region.  One of the difficulties that they face is with understanding the myriad of federal and provincial legislation and regulations that could either hurt or help them to attract new business from both within Canada and from international destinations.

They also have difficulty in locating and taking advantage of spending programs such as infrastructure and job training funds that are available to them.

Connect Public Affairs can help with:

• Competitive Positioning – How does your community stack up against other similar communities?
• Development, implementation and analysis of public policy to support economic development
• Strategic planning for economic development
• Work with clients to establish a shared vision for the future of their community and identify aggressive, yet attainable objectives
• Funding Research & Proposal Development – assist municipalities and private businesses in accessing funding programs.
• Developing communications plans and SWOT Analysis.
• Connecting with officials across all levels of government.
• Plans to develop collaboration agenda within a community