Wellington City 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.
Ensure we play to existing strengths as a capital city and centre for education arts and culture – and ensure we have a vibrant, safe CBD.
Monitor our procurement policy to ensure it's meeting its objectives for local and iwi procurement, set targets in other areas if needed.
Encourage the development of more Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) to help our suburban business centres thrive.
Proactive engagement with business groups to better appreciate and deliver on their needs.
Formal engagement protocols with Business Improvement Districts, such as Miramar, and Kilbirnie, Rongotai, Lyall Bay.
Work with mana whenua to enhance their commercial operations and capacity to create jobs.
Work to make it easier on small suburban businesses by lowering license fees.
Prioritise the genuine consultation of business owners before street layouts are altered.
Prioritise safety in our CBD.
Open a permanent market in Wellington to develop local, artisan businesses.
Support businesses to become Living Wage accredited, so that Wellington can be the first Living Wage city in the world.
Pay our bus drivers $30 minimum wage to encourage uplift in workforce and reduce bus disruptions.
Improve youth participation in employment and provide opportunities to utilise talent.
Improve transport options for the public to and from local businesses and shopping areas.
Support all business with sound reliable infrastructure.
Consult with and encourage business opportunities, new innovations and tourism. Find new ways to encourage start ups etc.
Either free weekend parking or public transport to encourage people to come into and use the city.
Implement 10 year city of works upgrade programme for playgrounds, libraries, and community and recreational facilities across the city.
Look to bring council delivery of work in-house and prioritise local Wellington businesses in procurement of industrial projects.
Retain artist organisations to remain based in Wellington, revitalise Wellington's night time economy and build support for small creators.
Work with business to provide safer streets for all.
Work with business to ensure customers can get to there business easily and have suitable different transport options to achieve this.
Develop a rebalancing and transition path for commercial rates to be competitive with other cities not 3x Auckland, or 5x Hutt Valley.
Wellington City Council to be an implementer/encourager of buildings but not an owner and developer. Sell the Convention Centre within three years to reinvest $200 million.
Don't invest $200 million more into cycleways put it into fixing pipes faster.
Ensure we play to existing strengths as a capital city and centre for education arts and culture – and ensure we have a vibrant, safe CBD.
Monitor our procurement policy to ensure it's meeting its objectives for local and iwi procurement, set targets in other areas if needed.
Encourage the development of more Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) to help our suburban business centres thrive.
Proactive engagement with business groups to better appreciate and deliver on their needs.
Formal engagement protocols with Business Improvement Districts, such as Miramar, and Kilbirnie, Rongotai, Lyall Bay.
Work with mana whenua to enhance their commercial operations and capacity to create jobs.
Work to make it easier on small suburban businesses by lowering license fees.
Prioritise the genuine consultation of business owners before street layouts are altered.
Prioritise safety in our CBD.
Open a permanent market in Wellington to develop local, artisan businesses.
Support businesses to become Living Wage accredited, so that Wellington can be the first Living Wage city in the world.
Pay our bus drivers $30 minimum wage to encourage uplift in workforce and reduce bus disruptions.
Improve youth participation in employment and provide opportunities to utilise talent.
Improve transport options for the public to and from local businesses and shopping areas.
Support all business with sound reliable infrastructure.
Consult with and encourage business opportunities, new innovations and tourism. Find new ways to encourage start ups etc.
Either free weekend parking or public transport to encourage people to come into and use the city.
Implement 10 year city of works upgrade programme for playgrounds, libraries, and community and recreational facilities across the city.
Look to bring council delivery of work in-house and prioritise local Wellington businesses in procurement of industrial projects.
Retain artist organisations to remain based in Wellington, revitalise Wellington's night time economy and build support for small creators.
Work with business to provide safer streets for all.
Work with business to ensure customers can get to there business easily and have suitable different transport options to achieve this.
Develop a rebalancing and transition path for commercial rates to be competitive with other cities not 3x Auckland, or 5x Hutt Valley.
Wellington City Council to be an implementer/encourager of buildings but not an owner and developer. Sell the Convention Centre within three years to reinvest $200 million.
Don't invest $200 million more into cycleways put it into fixing pipes faster.
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