Queenstown-Lakes District Council
Jobs and economy
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Jobs and economy
Many councils help support local business and economic development. Some promote tourism in their area, or provide business support services and grants.
Work to attract both short-term and long-term residents to help alleviate the current worker shortage.
Ensure adequate availability and affordability of housing to accommodate the workers required by our businesses.
Look to apply the principles of the QLDC economic diversification framework where possible to allow new industries to develop.
Investigate the effectiveness of existing regulatory tools to limit tourism growth and consult the community about limiting visitor numbers.
Build relationships with the education sector with a view to expanding its offerings in the district.
Advocate for the strategy team to develop a workstream on energy needs and electricity network capacity, with regular reports to council.
Support Welcoming Migrant Communities to enable better navigation for migrant visas and inclusive communities with fair pay.
Research what would keep youth here, partner with tertiary providers to diversify education provision away from hospitality and tourism.
Provide capability training for business practices to be resilient to our changing new economic and environmental reality.
The only policy I am standing on is greater openness, honesty and transparency from Queenstown-Lakes District Council.
Promote social enterprise, the development of technology and micro-manufacturing businesses.
Build networks for accessing local resources; so products and services offered within own region will be accessible to people in the South.
Creates pathways for thousands of new small buildings to be created in Southland, to be owned by Southlanders.
Work to attract both short-term and long-term residents to help alleviate the current worker shortage.
Ensure adequate availability and affordability of housing to accommodate the workers required by our businesses.
Look to apply the principles of the QLDC economic diversification framework where possible to allow new industries to develop.
Investigate the effectiveness of existing regulatory tools to limit tourism growth and consult the community about limiting visitor numbers.
Build relationships with the education sector with a view to expanding its offerings in the district.
Advocate for the strategy team to develop a workstream on energy needs and electricity network capacity, with regular reports to council.
Support Welcoming Migrant Communities to enable better navigation for migrant visas and inclusive communities with fair pay.
Research what would keep youth here, partner with tertiary providers to diversify education provision away from hospitality and tourism.
Provide capability training for business practices to be resilient to our changing new economic and environmental reality.
The only policy I am standing on is greater openness, honesty and transparency from Queenstown-Lakes District Council.
Promote social enterprise, the development of technology and micro-manufacturing businesses.
Build networks for accessing local resources; so products and services offered within own region will be accessible to people in the South.
Creates pathways for thousands of new small buildings to be created in Southland, to be owned by Southlanders.
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