Now is the chance for our business community to tell us their priorities and actions to help Yarra’s economy thrive and inform our new Economic Development Strategy.
Whether it’s a bustling retail and service precinct, a passionate sole-trader or an enterprise juggernaut, we want to empower local businesses.
There are more than 19,000 businesses that call Yarra home, and each one helps grow Yarra’s economy, boost local employment and investment, and capitalise on our city’s unique advantages.
Our current Economic Development Strategy 2020-25 is set to expire this year, and we are inviting business owners and the broader Yarra community to help shape how we support traders now and into the future. This will inform the development of a new Economic Development Strategy that will guide our work in the business space for the next 5 years!
Have your say on how we can help Yarra’s economy thrive.
Now is the chance for our business community to tell us their priorities and actions to help Yarra’s economy thrive.
Your feedback will be considered alongside a series of in-depth interviews with select industries, trader groups and business types to help inform the development of our new draft Economic Development Strategy.
This consultation closes at 9am on Monday 21 July 2025 so act fast to be part of Yarra’s future economy.