Calgary Economic Development Client Services Brochure - 479KB

Supporting Calgary business

• Expedite permits and approvals
• Resolve conflicts and issues
• Connect businesses

Developing Calgary's workforce

• Create public/private partnerships to establish a premier workforce for Calgary business
• Develop HR Business tools and communication program to attract human capital
• Forecast Calgary's current and projected labour requirements
• Promote economic and social benefits of a skilled and ethnically diverse workforce

Assisting Calgary companies to expand internationally

• Facilitate strategic relationships with senior levels of government and foreign offices
• Provide training and market evaluation services
• Identify and match export/import opportunities with local and foreign companies
• Develop and manage Calgary's Sister City and international relationships
• Support key trade missions
• Market Calgary's business friendly environment globally

Growing small business in Calgary

• Starting a business
• Export development
• Accessing public and private financing
• Small business mentoring
• Access to government programs

Delivering site selection services

• Customized site selection assistance
• Provide site due diligence for industrial and commercial land development
• Address community-related factors critical to business investment decisions

Film production services

• Liaise with local unions and guilds
• Strong relationships with government, communities, and local companies
• Conduct regional familiarization tours
• Location assistance, script review and scouting
• Provide permits and application for filming in Calgary

Providing regional economic data

• Provide up-to-date information on Calgary's key sectors:
• Energy
• Transportation and Logistics
• Financial and Business Services
• Information and Communication Technology
• Manufacturing and Processing
• Film
• Creative Industries
• Engineering
• Aerospace
• Education
• Evaluate issues or drivers critical to Calgary's economic development
• Identify trends and target opportunities for business development
• Compile key statistics on and economic indicators
• Provide the Calgary Quarterly Economic Report, a report on key indicators
• Business Directory, an Online search tool for Calgary companies
• Provide community and lifestyle information