Shovels, Surveys, and Strategy: Redefining Municipal Business Retention

Date: Thursday, September 17
Time: 3:00pm
Room: Salon A

Speaker: Nolan Carter, Ec.D – Senior Economic Development Strategist, City of Edmonton

Description: How well do you really know what's happening to the businesses on your city streets? Join the City of Vancouver and the City of Edmonton for a high-value look at two pioneering municipal initiatives redefining local business support. 

Turning to the prairies, Nolan Carter (City of Edmonton) will share the blueprint for their massive annual Business Census. Imagine a business walk on steroids: every summer, a ground-force of students connects with tens of thousands of active business license holders across the city, capturing unparalleled neighborhood-level data. Come find out how to steal these templates to supercharge your own community's BR+E efforts.