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Help Shape West Vancouver's Business Priorities

The WV Chamber wants to hear directly from businesses

What would make West Vancouver a better place to invest, work and live?
Your responses will help the Chamber identify shared business priorities.

NOTE: Estimated completion time: 7-10minutes. Individual responses will not be publicly attributed without permission.
Section A — About Your Business
1.What best describes your business?
2.Approximately how many people does your organization employ?
3.Where is your business located?
4.How long has your business operated in or substantially served West Vancouver?
5.You are completing this survey as:
6.Compared with 12 months ago, is your business currently:
Growing significantly
Growing somewhat
About the same
Declining somewhat
Declining significantly
7.Over the next 12 months do you expect your business to:
Grow significantly
Grow somewhat
Stay about the same
Decline somewhat
Decline significantly
8.What is the most important community issue affecting the long-term future of your business?
9.Overall, how satisfied are you with West Vancouver as a place to do business?
Very satisfied
Satisfied
Neutral
Dissatisfied
Very dissatisfied
10.What is the primary reason for your answer?
11.Is your business currently a West Vancouver Chamber member?
Section B — Invest and Grow

How easy is it to do business in West Vancouver?
12.Please rate how important each of the following is to the future success of your business.
1 = Not important
2 = Somewhat important
3 = Important
4 = Very important
5 = Critical
N/A = Not applicable
Municipal taxation and business costs
Permitting and approvals
Municipal regulation
Availability and cost of commercial space
Customer traffic
Economic and population growth
Infrastructure
Parking and accessibility
Government Affairs and Business Advocacy
13.How would you rate West Vancouver’s performance on each factor.
1 = Very Poor
2 = Poor
3 = Neutral
4 = Good
5 = Very Good
N/A = Not applicable
Municipal taxation and business costs
Permitting and approvals
Municipal regulation
Availability and cost of commercial space
Customer traffic
Economic and population growth
Infrastructure
Parking and accessibility
Government Affairs and Business Advocacy
14.Overall, how would you rate West Vancouver today as a place to invest in and grow a business?
1 — Very unattractive
2
3
4
5 — Very attractive
15.How confident are you that West Vancouver will be a successful place to grow your business over the next five years?
1 — Very unconfident
2
3
4
5 — Very confident
16.Over the next three years, how likely is your business to make a significant investment or expansion in West Vancouver?
Very unlikely
Unlikely
Unsure
Likely
Very likely
Not applicable
17.What are West Vancouver's greatest strengths as a place to operate a business?

Select up to five -
18.What is the single greatest advantage of operating a business in West Vancouver today?
19.What is the single most important change that would make West Vancouver a better place to invest or operate a business?
Section C — Work

Can businesses find the people they need?
20.Overall, how would you rate West Vancouver as a place to attract and retain employees?
1 - Very poor
2 - Poor
3 - Neither good nor poor
4 - Good
5 - Excellent
N/A
21.Has your business experienced difficulty recruiting or retaining workers during the last two years?
Significant difficulty
Some difficulty
Little difficulty
No difficulty
N/A
22.To the best of your knowledge, approximately what proportion of your employees live in West Vancouver?
23.If known, where do your employees, who do not live in West Vancouver commute from?
24.Which factors make recruiting or retaining workers difficult for your business?

Select all that apply -
25.Which factors help your business attract or retain employees?

Select all that apply -
26.Has difficulty recruiting or retaining employees caused your business to:

Select all that apply -
27.What could West Vancouver do to make it easier for people to work here?
Section D — Live

Does West Vancouver have the population and housing choices needed for a healthy community and economy?
28.Thinking about West Vancouver’s long-term future, how would you rate each of the following?
1 = Major weakness
2 = Weakness
3 = Neither strength or weakness
4 = Strength
5 = Major Strength
Opportunities for families
Ability to attract and retain working-age residents
Housing choices for families
Housing choices for employees
Natural Environment
Population growth and renewal
Availability of caregivers and health-care workers
Age and demographic balance
Community character
Services for seniors
Long-term vitality of commercial areas
Community safety
Quality of life
29.Thinking specifically about housing in West Vancouver, what effect do you believe a broader range of housing choices would have on the local business community?
Very negative
Somewhat negative
No significant effect
Somewhat positive
Very positive
Unsure
SECTION E — What Should Your Chamber Do For Your Business?
30.Which Chamber activities would provide the most value to your business?

Choose up to five -
31.Would you or someone from your business consider participating in:
32.Thank You for Adding Your Voice.
One business gives us an experience. Hundreds of businesses give us evidence.
Your response will help the Chamber identify the issues businesses want the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce to focus on.
We will report the findings back to the business community.
33.May we contact you about your responses?
Want to make that voice even stronger?
Membership gives your business a place in the organization representing West Vancouver business.