5 March 2024 – Local Government Election Priorities
We are an entrepreneurial city, a small business city that is the backbone of the Toowoomba regional economy. We are crucial to the region’s sustainability and growth.
We know this, as the research undertaken by McCrindle as part of the Toowoomba Business
Performance Sentiment Index identified that over 98% of the region’s businesses are small.
Yes, small businesses dominate the Toowoomba business landscape.
Local Government Election Priorities
Small businesses are critical for the city’s wealth generation and success. They also play an enormous role in our region by giving back to our community by supporting numerous community and sporting organisations and not for profit companies. That means when small business hurts our whole community hurts too.
The Toowoomba Chamber wants to see a turbocharged region, so businesses can expand, and more money can flow directly into the local economy. A region where business and people talk about Toowoomba being THE place for business, throughout Queensland and around the nation.
Toowoomba Regional Council plays a critical role in small business success. How? By communicating and engaging with small business to enable growth. By creating enabling regulation to bring economic prosperity to a region. Rewarding small business. And much more.
The Toowoomba Chamber has engaged early and often with the business community to gain input into the key priorities that support business locally. With this input, the Toowoomba Chamber has identified key priorities and the commitment required from the next Toowoomba Regional Council Mayor and Councillors to enable small business.
We are the independent voice of business in our region. We will continue to advocate loudly to ensure the voice of business is heard.
To read our local government election key priorities go to our resource page .
