Council starts campaign for business growth
Gosford Council's general manager Mr Paul Anderson has announced a Council campaign which will be "actively seeking out prospects for economic sustainability".
"We must seize the opportunities that exist to help our region thrive and prosper ... making ourselves an attractive area for investment and growth.
"We need to become a more accessible council to prospective investors," said Mr Anderson.
Mr Anderson made the statements with the launch of the campaign which would "change the way business is done in Gosford City".
He said the campaign was about increasing efficiency and accountability and making it easy to do business in the city.
The council had adopted a new organisational structure, he said.
"We need to change the way we do business.
"At this point, we have relocated business units so that we are a whole heap easier to do business with.
"We need to align our economic outcomes to the development of our community.
"We need to change our culture and public perception.
"We need to deliver on the commitments we make and we need to let this be the indicator of our success," Mr Anderson said.
Gosford mayor Cr Lawrie McKinna said the community had a real opportunity to make a difference.
"It's really encouraging and satisfying to all be on the same page moving forward and we really hope the community can get behind us.
"We know the community needs to see things changing to fully support the Open for Business initiative and we hope that they can see the changes this campaign brings.
"We want people to be proud to say they are from Gosford, because we do have a lot to be proud of.
"We live in a great location, we have a great community and this is a great opportunity to make a real difference for the future of our city.
"It's an easy thing to talk positively about where we live and that is the first step in the right direction," said mayor Cr McKinna.
Cr McKinna said all 10 councillors were behind the campaign.
Media Release, 8 Apr 2013
Paul Anderson, Gosford Council