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The Region of Durham’s Economic Development and Tourism division is responsible for supporting the growth of our Regional economy through creating and retaining jobs. To do this, Invest Durham promotes the region as a great place to do business, provides business services to attract new investment, enables a vibrant tourism industry, and provides agricultural and rural economic development programming in the northern townships.
The 2021 Economic Development and Tourism Annual Report captures a high-level summary of the activities undertaken by Economic Development and Tourism to inform the local community on important economic development initiatives—including an economic snapshot, COVID-19 response, entrepreneurship and innovation initiatives, sector developments, awards and recognized achievements, and partnerships.
Key highlights include:
- Continued progress toward economic recovery in the region through work with our partners on the Durham Economic Task Force (DETF) throughout 2021. Together, the DETF offered webinars, promoted business supports, launched huge buy-local marketing campaigns, and worked together on projects to support business recovery.
- Organized events, investment tours, agri-food workshops and tourism roundtables—all virtually.
- Welcomed new headquarters for innovative tech companies and international film production facilities.
- Began work on a new five-year Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan.
The annual report was created to raise awareness of the activities of economic development and the importance of its role in our community.
View the full report to better understand how Durham’s economy is changing.
