- Best Business Friendliness Winner (small city category)
- Overall Winner (small city category)
- Top 10 Best Foreign Direct Investment Strategy (small city category)
The third
award, Top 10 FDI strategy, highlights the Greater Victoria Development
Agency’s (GVDA) excellence and was selected by a panel of independent judges.
“These awards recognize the GVDA’s
hard work in creating an effective talent attraction and investment strategy
for Greater Victoria,” says Mike Weston, GVDA Chair and owner of Cube Global
Storage. “They also highlight our city’s incredible talent base and our focus
on maintaining a high quality of life.”
“We’re
excited to see the Capital Region recognized internationally for what citizens
and businesses here already know,” says Mayor of Victoria Dean Fortin.
“Victoria has great people, great businesses and great opportunities. Our city
attracts international investors and talent, and has numerous home-grown
success stories. I’m proud that Victoria has been recognized for our
friendliness to businesses and look forward to expanding this reputation with
new investors.”
“After over
50 years of success as a Victoria-based firm, Daniels Electronics Ltd. was
acquired by Australia’s Codan Ltd. in 2012,” says Robert Small, Vice-President
and General Manager of Codan Radio Communications and previous President of
Daniels Electronics, “Codan executives were so impressed by the high-quality of
talent both in the community and within Daniels as a company that they chose to
keep the new division in Victoria. We are an example of how continuing to make
Victoria more attractive as a place to live, work, and invest will lead to
economic sustainability.”
Other companies
such as Microsoft’s Gaming Division, Vecima Networks, and Cebas Visual
Technologies have chosen to move their business here, demonstrating Greater
Victoria’s attractiveness as a place to invest and do business.
For more
information about the awards visit: http://www.fdiintelligence.com/Locations/Americas/American-Cities-of-the-Future-2013-14?ct=true
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