The City of Kenora (City) has launched an initiative to create a 5-Year Tourism and Economic Development Strategy for the community. The strategy will identify tourism and economic development opportunities along with targeted implementation initiatives to support local business expansion, inbound investment, business start-ups and workforce development within the community. While the City is the catalyst of the strategy, it is well recognised that City Hall is only one Economic Development player involved in delivering services and programs for our community to thrive. 

This survey focuses on understanding the opportunities and challenges our local business community encounters in Kenora.  This information will help the City understand how it can support existing and new businesses in the future through economic targeted programs and initiatives.  We would appreciate you taking a few minutes to let us know your thoughts. Your comments and suggestions will help to develop new ideas and changes that will assist us in this objective. We want to ensure all programs & services provide value to everyone involved. 

All of your feedback is 100% confidential and we appreciate your candidness, and honesty.  We will use this data and information to track trends in the community to ensure tourism and economic development focused initiatives align with the real needs, challenges and opportunities in the community.

The survey questions are broken down into six (6) different categories:
  1. Introduction and Background – basic introductory questions related to your business.
  2. Space and Facilities – questions related to the existing space and facilities your business operates in.
  3. Market Share and Financials – questions regarding your market share/customer base and recent financial conditions.
  4. Workforce – questions related to your business’s current workforce and experience recruiting and retaining employees.
  5. Investment Friendliness and Competitiveness – questions related to understanding Kenora’s investment friendliness and competitiveness as a municipality and community.
  6. Priorities to Improve Economic Development – questions to identify what action areas you think the City should prioritize to improve the business climate and economic development in Kenora.
The City will make the results of this survey publicly available once the results have been collected from local businesses.
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

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* 1. What is your role within your current business?

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* 2. What is the legal status of your business?

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* 3. What industry does your business participate in? (Select all that apply)

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* 4. How long has your business been in existence?

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* 5. How many staff does your business employ?

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* 6. Where is your business located?

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