Enterprise Services
The establishment of Enterprise Services as a unit within the Community Services Department is based on the following goals:
- Enhance customer/client services - maximize the level and quality of citizen and business client services
- Reduced process and service response times - establish one-contact service protocols;
- Achieve significant efficiencies within internal business and operating units;
- Create ‘entrepreneurial and organizational synergies’ between internal City business units with a pool of specialist staff that share resources and team up on a program-to-program and project-to-project basis.
Business Liaison
The Business Liaison Office is the City’s key point of contact for our business-to-business relationships with the City’s clientele. This office works in partnership with the Economic Development Office to establish meaningful links with business and development leaders to further existing and potential business ventures through coordination of business solutions, and response to concerns raised by the business community.
Film Office
The Film Office facilitate the film industry in its endeavours while working to protect the safety of our citizens, and to ensure that work is performed with a minimal disruption to our residents and businesses.
Sport Hosting
Sport tourism is an emerging market on the international stage and one that has recently been identified as a key sector market for the City of Richmond. Richmond is well positioned to take advantage of this emerging market with it’s facility inventory, abundance of accommodations, excellent transportation network, strong history of sport hosting by community sport groups, active educational institutions, established sport council and engaged corporate community.
Economic Development
The role of the Economic Development Office is to encourage and facilitate economic expansion within the City of Richmond. At the same time, its goal is to provide employment opportunities for Richmond residents by facilitating development of a strong economy and business community.
Economic Development acts as a catalyst to bring together people, ideas and capital, ultimately leading to economic development and diversification. It also assists companies considering expansion or relocation in Richmond, by providing a range of services, including information on available land or premises, government programs, and facts and figures that may be useful in arriving at the right location decision.
In addition, Economic Development implements programs which support the growth of local business enterprise and which attract complementary business to the community. To accomplish these goals, the Economic Development Office works closely with the Federal and Provincial Government agencies, Richmond Chamber of Commerce, Tourism Richmond, other locally based business organizations and businesses.
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