2021-12-13 GC Agenda - Item 9 - Attachment 1 - Draft Economic Development Strategy 2021-2030

Economic Pillars
Our aspiration to build on our environmental successes will be guided by three economic
pillars or filters. All our activities, interventions, and decisions must be; future focussed;
people and place centric; and evidence based. This approach is outlined below:




                 •Look through a future                      •Celebrate and build the                     •Decisions are backed



                                          People and Place




                                                                                         Evidence Based
Future Focused




                  focused lense                               capacity of our human                        by data driven
                 •Acknowledge macro                           capital – our people                         evidence
                  trends, drivers of                         •Leverage the appeal of                      •Strategies, actions,
                  change, our                                 Noosa as a destination                       policies and
                  competitive                                 of choice to live, work,                     interventions are
                  advantage and                               play and connect.                            driven by a deep
                  capability to address                      •Focus on connecting                          understanding of the
                  these.                                      people through our                           challenge being
                 •Continue focus on                           business ecosystems                          addressed and/or
                  projects that deliver                      •Create “Places” where                        opportunity being
                  high economic value                         entrepreneurship is                          pursued
                  & low environmental                         celebrated
                  impact.                                    •Consider and
                 •Focus on export and                         understand the impact
                  global opportunities                        of Strategies, actions,
                                                              policies and
                                                              interventions on our
                                                              environment and local
                                                              community




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