City Seeks Feedback From Local Business Operators

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June 3, 2019 — The City’s Economic Development arm is seeking input from Wilsonville-based business owners in order to develop customized programs to better assist local companies and optimize the local business climate for future operators.

Wilsonville is asking business owners to complete a short electronic survey by June 28. The confidential survey includes questions about current challenges, desire to expand, satisfaction with City services and appetite for workforce assistance resources.

“Studies repeatedly show that 80% of economic growth comes from expansion of existing local firms that tend to create more jobs and pay higher wages,” said Jordan Vance, the City’s Economic Development Manager. “Our goal is to respond in a timely manner to issues facing our business community and ensure that Wilsonville remains a high-quality business location with a strong economic base.”

Vance leads the City’s development of responsive strategies to support the business community with assistance from a Business Response Team that includes on-call City representatives, along with regional workforce and business development partners.

Wilsonville’s healthy corporate climate supports more than 1,100 businesses and nearly 21,000 jobs, more than half of which are in high-wage professional/technical or industrial occupations engaged in manufacturing, software and engineering.

Poised to accommodate future employment growth, Wilsonville has completed master planning for the future Coffee Creek Industrial Area, a 225-acre parcel of industrial land in North Wilsonville. In 2018, the City adopted an innovative industrial form-based code to expedite development with pre-approved design elements.

Vance is currently scheduling conversations with many of the City’s traded sector and high-growth employers. Local business operators may contact him directly to schedule an appointment or learn more at 503-570-1539, vance@ci.wilsonville.or.us.

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