Business Retention and Expansion Final Report - City of Brantford

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57Participants were asked for their top three suggestions to improve the retail business environment:SuggestionPercentRepair or remove eyesore buildings 87%Improve parking 44%Focused on downtown revitalization strategy 37%Also high on the list were:28% Improved streetscape20% More niche market specialty shopsIn order for their businesses to be more competitive, the following number of businesses indicated that theywould attend a seminar or workshop on the following topics (42 businesses answered this question):Seminar/WorkshopNumber of BusinessesRetaining/attracting customers 27Marketing 22Evaluating market opportunities 16Assessing new technologies 16Customer service training 16Staff training and development 15Participants were asked whether the following costs of operation were a serious concern to the success oftheir business (ratings for those that said “yes”):“There is a stigma attached to Downtown Brantford - preconceived notions are hard to shake.” -Downtown Brantford Business Owner
58The top four community assets businesses would most like to see developed in their community are:Downtown RevitalizationThe Downtown Revitalization portion of the survey contained the following topics:• General Business Information• Typical Business Activity• Marketing and Sales• Consumer Profile• Competition• Parking• Incentives• General InformationGeneral Business InformationNumber of years in business:Of those businesses interviewed (59 answered):
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4Message from the Mayor of Brantfor
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Page 19 and 20: 18PartnershipsOntario Ministry of A
Page 21 and 22: 20Stage # 3The results of the indiv
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Page 25 and 26: 24Results / AnalysisProfile of Busi
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Page 44 and 45: 43Fifty-seven percent (57%) of busi
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Page 55 and 56: 54To assist the Retail and Business
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Page 69 and 70: 68Downtown Advancement:Participants
Page 71 and 72: 70Area of Effort: Capacity Building
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Page 81 and 82: 80Area of Effort: Infrastructure#7
Page 83 and 84: 82Area of Effort: Tourism Business
Page 85 and 86: 84Strategic Actions - Downtown Bran
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Page 95 and 96: 94AppendicesAppendix 1 - History of
Page 97 and 98: 96Appendix 3 - Boards and Committee
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