Category: Economic Development and Prosperity
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Triathlon Canada Opens New National Performance Centre in Victoria
June 21 2017 – For Immediate Release The City of Victoria and 94 Forward delivered the ultimate house warming gift to Triathlon Canada in the form of a new National Performance Centre, along with a major financial injection into the national body’s high-performance program. The announcements come as Triathlon Canada begins a new era…
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Megaphone – Change that works, one newspaper at a time
Last week I had the pleasure of standing with Megaphone vendors during their annual “Big Sell” event in downtown Victoria. I joined the vendors on Douglas Street and saw first hand how hard they work and how vulnerable you have to make yourself in a business like street vending. “Can we interest you in a…
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Where to Park in our Downtown
From the Downtown Victoria Business Association FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Last week, the complexities of transportation editorial launched what the DVBA is currently partnered and working on. The initial 28 action items have now grown to 31 and we are working diligently to bring some or all of the ideas to fruition. Part one was to…
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Task Force Seeks Input on Draft Action Plan: Good Jobs + Good Business = Better Community
Date: Thursday, January 19, 2017 For Immediate Release VICTORIA, BC — The Mayor’s Task Force on Social Enterprise and Social Procurement is seeking input to help shape its draft action plan, Good Jobs + Good Business = Better Community, which will be introduced at the Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Victoria mixer tonight from 5…
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Rock Bay Square – Hidden Entrepreneurs and Big Local Talent
When I say “Rock Bay” you think, Ellis Recycle? Rock Bay Landing Shelter? Heavy industry? Down and out? Think again. Last Tuesday I had the delight of having my socks knocked off during a tour of Rock Bay Square with owner Bob Skene, his daughter Carolyn, and John Juricic, local entrepreneur and economic development keener. Rock Bay…
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2015: Pathway to Prosperity
A recent and very well done Times Colonist series by Sarah Petrescu documented the economic hardships of many people in the region, from single moms to seniors. I’ve heard from these people. Two days after I was elected, a long-unemployed woman sent me three different versions of her resume asking, now that I was mayor, could I…
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Strong Local Economy
Starting a new business or expanding an existing one is hard work, in and of itself. When the guys at Wheelies Motorcycles on Rock Bay went to City Hall to get their idea off the ground, they got stuck in so much red tape that they asked me, as a councillor, to help them out. While I…
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On Business and City Business
A number of people in the business community have asked me to spell out both my values and my intentions for business and the economy, should I be elected Mayor of Victoria. Three foundational convictions The following three statements summarize my beliefs and convictions, based on my local experiences with small business start-ups at Community Micro…
