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taking decisive action through Strategic partnerships

Great cities ensure that no good opportunity is lost and no challenge evolves into crisis.  In both cases, chances of success are enhanced through the coordination of effort and resources that comes with partnership and alignment. Successful business and community economic development requires us to be nimble both in identifying an opportunity or a challenge and then acting on it.  

Taking decisive action through strategic partnerships on opportunities and challenges will be one of the drivers of success of this strategy and a key factor in determining the pace of future growth in the Halifax economy.   A research and a response capability will allow us to identify and deal with critical opportunities and challenges and will include:

  • Using competitive intelligence techniques to identify issues affecting our economy, our companies and our community.  
  • Doing the analysis to understand the scope and implications of the challenge or opportunity and prescribing best practice tactics and approaches for dealing with them
  • Developing an action team approach to every critical challenge and opportunity

Progress Highlights 

  Objectives

   Highlights - Year 1, Q2


  1. Support and validate the implementation of the
    economic strategy through an enhanced research capacity
  2. Identify and respond to high value, high potential economic growth opportunities and encourage investment, exports, business productivity,
    innovation and competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



  • Led by Paul Kent, Greater Halifax Partnership
  • Emphasis of work to date has been on supporting
    the "Ships Start Here" initiative. Demonstration of
    economic development, collaboration, engagement
    and alignment at its best. Partnership completed the economic impact analysis for the bid.
  • Halifax Index - on target for launch in Spring 2012
  • Developed a comprehensive Competitive Intelligence profile for 6 key growth sectors
  • Responded to 55 incoming requests for information from April 1 – August 31 from prospective businesses and site selectors
  • Business and Retention and Expansion Program results to August 31, 2011, include:
    - SmartBusiness visits          45
    - Referrals                             26
    - Closed referrals                  82%
    - Project driven                      16%
    - Jobs created                         3
     - Referral to PNS PIP              4 (2 approved to date)
  • The Partnership manages the Halifax Gateway Council
    through a management services agreement. Working
    with partners to create the Land Development Strategy for the growth of the Halifax Logistics Park (Burnside)

 

Progress Reports

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