Professional Awards
2022 BC Economic Development Awards
Sponsored by FortisBC, the BC Economic Development Association’s BC Economic Development Awards recognizes the Province’s best economic development programs, partnerships, economic reconciliation, resiliency and marketing initiatives. These prestigious awards honor organizations and/or individuals for their efforts in creating positive change in urban, suburban, and rural communities. Two awards will be given in each category – based on population. One award for population under 20,000 and one award for population over 20,000.
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Timeline & Entry Fees
Call for Entries Begins:
December 16, 2021Final Deadline:
February 28, 2022 Extended to March 11thAwards Presented:
April 26, 2022Entry Submission (per entry):
BCEDA Members $30.00 + GST/ Non Members $100 + GST. Categories:Marketing Innovation
These awards recognize innovative and effective marketing materials used for attracting, retaining and fostering business as well as communication vehicles used by economic development organizations.
Examples of Typical Submissions:- General Purpose Brochure
- Special Purpose Brochure
- General Purpose Promotion
- Annual Report
- Paid Advertising Campaign
- Newsletter/Newspaper
- Magazine
- General Purpose Website
- Special Purpose Website
- New Media
- Special Event
- Branding
- Marketing Strategy
- Marketing Campaign
Community Project
This award recognizes a community or regional partnership that works together in on-going economic development work and activities.
Examples of Typical Submissions:- Technology Based Economic Development
- Multi-Year Economic Development
- Economic Development Training
- Business Retention & Expansion
- Entrepreneurship
- Neighbourhood Development
- Human Capital Program
- Responding to Globalization
- Sustainable and Green Development
- Real Estate Redevelopment & Reuse
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Partnerships with Educational Institutions
- Regionalism and Cross-Border Collaboration
Economic Reconciliation
This category includes submissions for partnerships, agreements and activities that advance shared reconciliation work. Category open to Indigenous, local and regional governments only. Examples include MOUs, tourism partnerships, forestry agreements and cultural centres.
Economic Resiliency and Recovery
This category includes submissions for programs, activities, and projects that represent a successful recovery initiative from natural and man-made disasters, including COVID-19, as well as submissions that represent replicable measures undertaken to promote long term resiliency and/or sustainability from future disasters. Examples include strategies that account for ups and downs in local and regional economic conditions, projects that incorporate standards and practices to address the potential of disasters common to the particular area, or projects that begin to celebrate successes of recovery from disasters.
Past Winners
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