Strategic Plan initiatives and measures
Initiatives
- Accelerate Guelph’s innovation economy through partnerships
- Help businesses to succeed and add value to the community
- Support businesses as they adapt to changing workforce needs
Measures
- Number of new businesses and collaborations with priority innovative sectors
- Percentage of businesses reporting Guelph as a good place to do business
Included in this priority
Operating
Capital Programs of Work
2021 to 2024 budget Impacts
- Implementation of economic development strategy including last step of funding for Community Improvement Plans
- Development of a Tourism Rebuild Strategy – indefinite pause on implementation of a Municipal Accommodation Tax, proposed one-time emergency funding program for businesses in the tourism sector to assist with impact of COVID
- City-owned fibre network that will reduce operating wifi/internet costs, provide the infrastructure backbone for enhanced digital services like community hotspots on transit and offer an opportunity for partnerships and revenue generation