Attracting investment to your community requires careful planning, promotion and follow-up. Having a economic development plan and investment attraction strategy in place provides the framework to target your investment attraction and assessment efforts. Understanding what you can do to promote your community, including location and unique assets, will assist you with your investment attraction efforts.
There are a number of practical strategies and tactics that you can use to create awareness of your community and attract business investment opportunities. These should be geared towards convincing prospective investors that your community meets their needs better than any alternatives they may be considering.
BritishColumbia.ca, B.C.’s Trade and Investment website, is an online tool designed for investors, communities, and businesses. Watch this video to learn more about how communities and businesses can leverage the robust data to make meaningful investment connections.