Mayor of Southland
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.
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.
Encourage council support of local businesses.
Develop community reserves to support local food resilience and add to the Southland food tourism story.
Identify areas within council that are perceived as barriers to working and doing business in Southland and promote commonsense solutions.
Continue to promote and support the successful work of the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs.
Champion local initiatives (such as further local processing of glass and plastic recycling) for social, environmental and economic benefit.
Strengthen the implementation of Mayor's Taskforce for Jobs working with key stakeholders in each of our communities for their bespoke needs.
Continue to ensure procurement focuses on local operators, and ensure that volunteers are able to work in their communities when needed.
Work with the tourism and agricultural sectors struggling to find staff, focusing on what council can do to create pathways to solutions.
Continue to support the Youth Futures work and the work being undertaken by the Southland regional development agency Great South.
Commit to encouraging and appreciating volunteers in communities.
Encourage council support of local businesses.
Develop community reserves to support local food resilience and add to the Southland food tourism story.
Identify areas within council that are perceived as barriers to working and doing business in Southland and promote commonsense solutions.
Continue to promote and support the successful work of the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs.
Champion local initiatives (such as further local processing of glass and plastic recycling) for social, environmental and economic benefit.
Strengthen the implementation of Mayor's Taskforce for Jobs working with key stakeholders in each of our communities for their bespoke needs.
Continue to ensure procurement focuses on local operators, and ensure that volunteers are able to work in their communities when needed.
Work with the tourism and agricultural sectors struggling to find staff, focusing on what council can do to create pathways to solutions.
Continue to support the Youth Futures work and the work being undertaken by the Southland regional development agency Great South.
Commit to encouraging and appreciating volunteers in communities.
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