Are you a Dufferin business in agriculture, manufacturing, construction, or retail and want to share your thoughts on the challenges you’re facing around trade and tariffs? Dufferin County invites local businesses to take the Local Data: Powered by You Survey, developed in partnership with KPMG.

The Survey aims to help Dufferin County better understand local trade exposure, including the impacts of tariffs and international supply chains. The County will use the perspectives collected to improve the quality of available economic data and inform county-wide programs and decisions.

As part of this engagement, Dufferin County Economic Development is also out completing one-on-one interviews with local business owners. To date, staff have connected with the Dufferin Board of Trade, Georgian College, E. Hoffman Plastics and Avertex Utility Solutions Inc. Businesses interested in sharing their thoughts on the challenges they’re facing around trade and tariffs can reach out to ecdev@dufferincounty.ca to get involved.

Help identify business needs, challenges and opportunities and have your say to help strengthen the county’s economy and support long-term competitiveness! Take the survey here.

This initiative will help Dufferin County meet the goals of its 2025 to 2030 Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan “Dufferin BUILDS Together”.

The Strategy and Action Plan focuses on five core themes and objectives:

• Business Retention and Expansion
• Upskilling the Workforce
• Investment Attraction
• Local Innovation
• Destination Development

Learn more about the County’s Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan here. 

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MEDIA CONTACT:
Megan Ball, Manager of Communications
mball@dufferincounty.ca