Supporting Calgary business

• Expediting permits and approvals
• Resolving conflicts and issues
• Connecting businesses

Developing Calgary's workforce

• Creating public/private partnerships to establish a premier workforce for Calgary business
• Developing HR Business tools and communication program to attract Human Capital
• Forecasting Calgary's current and projected labour requirements
• Promoting economic and social benefits of a skilled and ethnically diverse workforce

Assisting Calgary companies to expand internationally

• Strategic relationships with senior levels of government and foreign offices
• Providing training and market evaluation services
• Identifying and matching export/import opportunities with local and foreign companies
• Developing and managing Calgary's Sister City and international relationships

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
• Providing site due diligence for industrial and commercial land development
• Addressing community-related factors critical to business decisions
• Conducting regional familiarization tours
• Location scouting for film producers
• Reviewing scripts
• Location recommendations
• Permits and approvals

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
• Providing community and lifestyle information
• Schools, recreation and leisure, arts and culture, community profiles, amenities