Canada - City of Quesnel - Economic Development Strategy and BRE Program

Description

The City of Quesnel is seeking proposals from qualified consulting firms to develop an Economic Development Strategy and Business Retention and Expansion Program. Over the past six years, Economic Development staff have worked with other departments and community partners to complete many of the projects and tactics outlined in the previous strategy completed in 2018.A refreshed Economic Development Strategy will drive the workplan for Economic Development staff over the next five years. It will be informed by consultation with the business community and residents. It will include a review of the goals set out in the previous strategy and may refine, re-draft, or re-commit to some or all of those goals. Unless consultation feedback dictates otherwise, the new Strategy will follow the same three pillars as the previous Strategy: Destination Development, Innovative Resource Industry, and Resident and Business Retention and Attraction.The consulting firm will also develop and deploy a BRE Program which will inform the Strategy, while also providing Economic Development Staff with a tool that can be used in future to measure success of projects and programs and changing needs or sentiment in the business community.The selected firm will have experience working with communities in British Columbia, similar in size to Quesnel. The firm will have experience with community economic development, destination development, resource-based economies, business retention and expansion programs, community partnerships, and stakeholder engagement.

Opportunity closing date

26 April 2024

Value of contract

to be confirmed