2011 Municipal Study - City of Brantford

Municipal Study 2011Business Retention & Expansion ProgramsOttawaThe Entrepreneurship Centre is an initiative of the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (ORCI);dedicated to helping Ottawa entrepreneurs make educated decisions about starting and growing theirbusinesses. The centre aims to promote Ottawa’s economy, through the development of products andservices that encourage entrepreneurship and support business growth. The City of Ottawa, the OntarioMinistry Enterprise and Innovation, the Royal Bank, Nelligan O’Brien and numerous other businesspartners fund the Centre. The Centre provides links to other business organizations, seminars andentrepreneurial events, online training and many other tools and resources to assist budding entrepreneurs.BizPal – an initiative that has been developed with a lead group of government partners to providebusinesses with a way to identify the entire permit and license requirements at one time.The Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) is a not-for-profit organization supported by over600 members. OCRI builds on the strengths of the region to advance research and development, lifelonglearning, professional development and community infrastructure.Ottawa Global Marketing, a division of OCRI works with the private sector and all three levels ofgovernment to attract investment, people, and companies to the region. It is a lead organization in thebranding and marketing of Ottawa internationally.The Ottawa Capital Network (OCN) assists in creating efficiencies in the capital market through programsaimed at educating the entrepreneurial community, creating linkages among the investment community andproviding knowledge and support to the business community.2007 Ottawa Small Business Forum – a unique learning and networking opportunity that focuses onsupporting the success and growth of Ottawa’s small and medium size businesses. The Forum strives toprovide entrepreneurs in growth mode with access to relevant and reliable information.Ottawa.com web site: - developed to position itself as the “official” source of information on Ottawa, whichwill be achieved through prominent positioning of the site on major search engines. Ottawa.com provides astrong, focused and strategic web presence to enable an external audience to gather information oninvestment, employment, tourism and other opportunities in Ottawa.Economic Development Programs355