Attachment Two
Engagement
of the Town and the Markham Board of Trade
in
the 2006 Economic
Development
Program
There are 7 distinct areas of the Town’s 2006 annual program that
feature a collaboration between the Town’s Economic
Development Department and the Markham Board of Trade.
Business Retention
- 12 (monthly)
joint visits
- client service
Business Expansion/Attraction
- economic
alliance collaboration
- reception/orientation
for in-bound foreign missions
- pharma/biotech roundtable
- identification
of after-care opportunities
- RFID event
sponsorship/promotion
Business Start-Up and
Entrepreneurship
- Markham Small
Business Enterprise Centre Advisory Board
membership
- MBT Trade Show
Real Estate/Site Location
- Annual Open
House event
- Client service
Economic Strategy
- Competitiveness
Strategy Study Advisory Panel
- Knowledge
Community Sub-Committee Member(s)
- MBT Economic
Development Committee
Marketing
- Monthly MBT
luncheons
- Inclusion of
MBT brochure material in Town’s Info Kits
- Thematic
presentations (e.g., sign by-law)
- Electronic
business database (Breken)
- Town articles
in MB Magazine
Strategic Partnerships
- Purchase of
promotional materials
- Transportation
Management Association
- Markham Centre
Advisory Committee
- MBT Awards of
Excellence