Refer Tech Hubs Motion
Motion 24 · Council Meeting, January 31, 2023
Summary
- Motion on supporting and expanding Vancouver's tech hubs, clusters, and districts referred to the Standing Committee on City Finance and Services (February 1, 2023) for public speakers, debate, and decision.
- Motion proposed directing staff to explore strategies to facilitate and aggregate tech hubs and report back by Q3 2023 with recommendations, to be integrated with the Industrial Modernization and Intensification Framework work.
- Context: Vancouver is home to over 1,100 high-tech businesses; ranked 7th globally as a tech city; emerging centre for AI; tech space needs do not fit neatly within traditional industrial land categories.