5. BRE Initiatives
• Business Walks Week
• Business Workshops
– Succession Planning
– Business Planning
– Regional Financing Fair
• Eat local week (June 19- 26)
• Business Surveys
#bizfriendlyabby
6. 2015 Year in Review
Establishing the fundamentals of an
Economic Development function:
• New Brand
• Website Launch
• GIS Site Selector Tool
• International Marketing Strategy
12. Three Key Messages
• Access to Vancouver
within 45 min,
without exorbitant
costs to match.
1. Abbotsford is the most
strategically positioned community
within Greater Vancouver.
• A balance: far
enough east to avoid
land/workforce/cost
constraints; close
enough to be
accessible.
13. Three Key Messages
• Region’s most
business-friendly
airport.
2. Abbotsford’s transportation
network provides affordable, highly
efficient access to the whole of
Canada, the U.S. Pacific Northwest
and Asia Pacific.
• Two int’l border
crossings.
• Two nat’l RR: CN &
CP
• Proximity to VAN,
SEA, Tacoma
• Trans-Canada
Highway
14. Three Key Messages
• Population is second-
most diverse in B.C.,
with English as a
second language in
38% of households.
• 3rd most diverse
community in Canada
3. Abbotsford is a diverse, livable
community within one of the most
desired global hubs in world.
• UFV is 4-year
institution, int’l
connections
• Abbotsford
Regional Hospital &
Cancer Center
16. 1. Abbotsford is the most strategically positioned community within
Greater Vancouver.
2. Abbotsford’s transportation network provides affordable, highly
efficient access to the whole of Canada, the U.S. Pacific Northwest
and Asia Pacific.
3. Abbotsford is a diverse, livable community within one of the most
desired global hubs in world.
