Palmerston North City Council

Incentivise local businesses to lead us in transitioning to a low-carbon economy.

Build our reputation as a venue for major conferences and events to boost our local hospitality, tourism and accommodation businesses.

Protect the livability of our city, including supporting businesses to attract and retain staff.

Create and enable opportunities for employment and growth by working with partners such as Chamber, CEDA, Talent Central and The Factory.

Identify and support priority sectors and diversify the City's economy to decrease reliance on traditional industries.

Provide infrastructure to enable growth, and a transport system that links people and opportunities.

Focus on our economic strengths to develop business, growing jobs to create a prosperous community.

Promote further investment into key sectors including Massey, Defence and Distribution, creating added value for our growing population.

Continue to build an annual programme of major events to bring significant economic benefits to the city, growing a positive city profile.

Encourage more youth employment. This supports their growth and experience in employment.

Commit to making our city more vibrant to attract more visitors to grow our economy and support our local businesses.

Work with the transport and logistics sector to develop and deliver a plan to increase investment in our city.

Advocate for free on-road parking in the central city on weekends.

Commit to ensuring youth are able to develop their best potentials and are matched early to their best opportunities so can be ready for them.

Commit to ensuring Palmy has the ability to allow a wide range of businesses to thrive with a vitality that will drive the region forward.

Commit to ensuring required infrastructure is strong, efficient and operated internally as no contractors means maximum economic efficiency.

Free parking for two hours down Broadway Avenue, similar to Rotorua.

Work with the government to encourage apprenticeships.

Encourage students to live and work in Palmerston North by paying their tuition fees, they are bonded to work with an organisation here.

Enable youth to earn income without the requirement for qualifications utilizing online sales and online service offerings.

Upskill local businesses with online sales techniques such as social media marketing and sales funnels to access a greater customer base.

Host and provide international events in the city to bring overseas customers to our city, such as speaking events and corporate workshops.

Attract investment to expand and support new and existing local businesses.

Minimise regulations and compliance costs for businesses. Partner with local businesses to grow high quality jobs.

Continue to encourage and host cultural and sporting events. Increase long-term creative sector investment.

Commit more to the YMCA and other youth education programmes to get our teenagers in work, with focus on apprenticeships.

Establish hemp farm and processing plant, huge industry for Palmerston North.

Commit to more advertising of what Palmerston North has to offer to the rest of the country hospitality, tourism and green spaces.

Provide an innovation precinct in the city centre to grow and attract technology companies and workers.

Support and incentivise small to medium sized businesses to recruit and retain staff from among youth in the city.

Provide incentives for local businesses to help create and transition to the low-carbon economy, including more localised business.

Support our Safe City strategy to make the CBD a safe area for local business and shoppers.

Promote the city's strengths in agribusiness, educations, transport and logistics to grow the city economy.

Fund the local Central Economic Development Agency to provide innovative opportunities for economic growth and attract external investment.

Advocate for local businesses to ensure local policies encourage business investment. Support direction of travel with Central Economic Development Agency.

As chairperson of Palmerston North Safety Advisory Board, I work collaboratively with other agencies to make our CBD a safe place for all.

I advocate for sustainable growth – business, population and infrastructure.

Lobby for the ring road diverting heavy vehicles around the city and off main roads for improved business traffic flow.

Weight council procurement processes towards local providers.

Support the development of the Palmerston North Business Improvement District and actively engage with their submissions and contributions.

Foster opportunities for employment through supporting innovation, supporting our businesses, and supporting our tertiary providers.

Ensure that CEDA delivers on it's objectives through regular accountability.

Achieve a positive city reputation.

Continue enable our economic development agency Central Economic Development Agency to work with the business community by continuing this budget commitment.

Continue our commitment with the chamber with the Business Improvement District with this business commitment with our budget commitment.

Continue our support to AgResearch Centre and the factory with this business commitment with our budget commitment.

Work with local business on crime prevention and security issues.

Put more lighting around parks and recreational areas so people feel safe at night.

Work with local iwi and other cultural groups on their aspirations for the city.

Support local businesses by buying local.

Help train youth and retain talent in the city.

Facilitate local small business by putting them in contact with Central Economic Development Agency and Chamber.

Support pandemic-recovery investment with a focus on local and small businesses.

Promote business opportunities deriving from the completion of the southern motorway extension.

Advance programmes that support youth employment. Promote wrap-around settlement employment opportunities for new ethnic communities.