Still time left for local businesses to provide feedback

Wagga Wagga City Council is calling on local businesses and stakeholders to have their say on the future of our community and assist in identifying economic development priorities.

Council recently launched the Business Stakeholder Survey, which also forms part of the community engagement for the development of the Community Strategic Plan – Wagga Wagga 2050, which has been occurring during 2023 and 2024.

This main round of community engagement will be wrapping up in August, with the business survey closing for submissions on Friday 16 August 2024.

Council’s Executive Manager, Regional Activation – Projects Christine Priest said responses from this survey will help guide economic development priorities for our community.

“We want to hear from all types and sizes of businesses who operate in some capacity locally, from sole traders through to major employers,” Ms Priest said.

“The needs of business vary depending on the size, scale and sector so we are keen to understand these needs and hear from business from various sectors.

“These includes retail, hospitality, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, transport and warehousing, human services, health related services, financial services, legal services, recruitment, education, recreation, entertainment and the list goes on and on.”

All feedback gathered from the survey will help inform the development of the Wagga Wagga 2050 – Community Strategic Plan and our Economic Development Strategy.

The survey questions cover a wide range of local business contexts from future opportunities, priority areas and local selling points, to current challenges and barriers for owners and operators.

“It’s important that when you are answering this survey to think of the local context in terms of businesses operating within the Wagga Wagga local government area,” Ms Priest said.

“The survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete and if you don't have a response for every question that is fine just skip that and move to the next one.”

After the survey and main round of engagement, it is anticipated that Council will share a draft of the Wagga Wagga 2050 – Community Strategic Plan with the community in November 2024.

Council will host several pop-up stalls within the community, along with targeted conversations to check in and make sure we have heard all feedback as intended.

Take the Business Survey now.