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Economic Development Division, Edmonton Economic Development Corporation

Edmonton Economic Development Corporation (EEDC) promotes and facilitates the development of a strong economic and tourism base in Greater Edmonton. The firm is a non-profit corporation with a Board of Directors drawn from across Edmonton's business community; the City of Edmonton is its sole shareholder.

Eligibility Criteria

EEDC's services are available to anyone who wishes to form, retain, expand, or locate a business in Greater Edmonton.

Summary

EEDC is divided into three divisions: Economic Development (including Edmonton Research Park (ERP)), Edmonton Tourism , and the Shaw Conference Centre. The chief responsibilities of the Economic Development Division are:

• Business Formation, Retention and Expansion
  Ensuring that Edmontonians are kept abreast of the numerous business opportunities present in the region and assisting them as they build their businesses. For more information on Greater Edmonton's key competitive advantages, statistics and tourism offerings, please visit http://www.edmonton.com
• Business Attraction
  Working with site locators, realtors and other industry participants to publicize Greater Edmonton's competitive advantages.http://www.edmonton.com/business/page.asp?page=128
• Edmonton Research Park Management
  Managing the business incubation and location services at the Edmonton Research Park (ERP) and the  Edmonton - Advanced Technology Centre (ATC) . http://www.edmonton.com/business/page.asp?page=53
  
• Industry Development
  Developing and strengthening industry clusters in order to expand the regional economy. http://www.edmonton.com/business/page.asp?page=39
• Relationship Development
  Serving as a networking and brokering centre for Greater Edmonton's industry participants.
• Information Production, Analysis and Distribution
  Developing a regional data pool to aid Edmonton's business decision makers.
• Marketing the Region
  Delivering the messages to business, labour and investment audiences that are critical to our region's success.

• Alberta Chambers of Commerce
• AlbertaFirst.Com Ltd.
• TEC Edmonton
• World Trade Centre Edmonton
• TEC VenturePrize

• EEDC

Alberta Contact(s):
Edmonton Economic Development Corporation
9990 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta  T5J 1P7
Telephone: (780) 424-9191
Fax: (780) 426-0535
Toll-free (information): 1-800-661-6965
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Web site: http://www.edmonton.com