Economic Development
Did you know that 80% of new jobs created in Palmerston North were by existing firms instead of attracting new businesses? Lets take a step to increase new buisnesses to move here.We need to continue to increase the profile of Palmerston North to ensure that businesses stay and grow in Palmerston North to strenghten our local economy. We need to increase the profile of Vision Manawatu and publicise and profile the economic development taking place in our community. Many people aren't aware of the world class industries that are happening right in our own backyard. Lets make this more known to our community, our region, our country, and globablly. It's time to put Palmerston North on the map!
I support
- Council being more open and friendly towards businesses - we are all in this together, lets find ways to grow together.
- More work being done to retain graduate students in our area - more work-while-study schemes to give them expierence ini our community. We want them to stay here after graduation.
- Global recognition of our region's strengths (Defense, Education, Health, Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Research...) and increasing the profile of Palmerston North
- Making our city more vibrant and attractive though high profile event, sporting activities, and conferences
Community Development
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2 comments:
I think the bigger issue is what do we do if the economy stalls or goes into recession? All our projections and hopes for contained rate increases are based on the assumption of an increase in the number of ratepayers. The International Energy Agency says that within 5 years there will be a major price shock in the oil markets, which will affect at least 6% of the NZ economy which is dependent on long-haul aircraft flights being somewhat affordable. Not including a ripple effect! As a city we shouldn't be assuming growth. That assumption is at the root of the USA's stock market volatility and property market fall.
Hi,
Im not sure if that is the bigger issue, it may well be. But its certainly not unreasonable to asume some growth. the population of this country is growing at a steady rate. I think the biggest issue is how can we ensure Palmerston North is the place this growing population wants to live. I agree we shouldnt be asuming outlandish growth rates, and counting on them to bring rates rises down, but at the same time I think its dangerous to fold in on ourselves and cut services down to the bear minimum. This will have the ripple effect of slowing or stalling ANY growth we might have. Who wants to live in a city with nothing to do? We need to spend money wisely for sure. We shouldnt cut costs on essential services, but we should be very careful when spending rate payers money on so called "non-essential" services (opinions will differ on what these services are of course) so we are getting the best value for money.
Thanks
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