2021-12-13 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                              13 DECEMBER 2021




Our new economic vision seeks to transition to “a Smart biosphere”.
The transition to a Smart biosphere is the next step in the evolution of economic development in
Noosa. The transition can be imagined and described as:

 A Smart biosphere connects the strong environmental societal values of our community to
 future focused, technology and data driven actions to find creative and resourceful solutions to
 economic challenges.
 There are numerous elements of a Smart Biosphere:
     • Talent - equipping our present and future community with the skills they need to
         participate in current and smart new industries.
     • Business - helping businesses take advantage of the opportunity to reach and sell to
         7bn people globally.
     • Environment - embracing technology to monitor, protect and generate new value
         streams from our environment while exploring opportunities to build on this.
     • Development - investing in smart precincts where the jobs of the future can be created
         to retain and employ local talent.
     • Education & Research – enabling an increase in education and research
         opportunities in our region.




Economic Development Framework
Driven by a clear goal to continue to diversify and strengthen our local economy, our vision to
transition to a Smart biosphere is underpinned by ‘Pillars’ and ‘Growth Enablers’. The diagram below
outlines Noosa’s Economic Development Framework




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