Welcome to Westcoast CED Consulting Ltd.
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Westcoast CED is a team of community economic development experts who have assisted hundreds of communities and organizations across British Columbia, Canada, and the World. Led by regional economist, Victor Cumming, the Westcoast CED team helps communities to plan, develop, and implement community economic development strategies, and has strong expertise in developing businesses, training entrepreneurs, and developing regional economies.
Westcoast CED takes a hands-on approach in taking an idea from strategy to operation, and offers an integrated team approach to consulting. We incorporate the values and visions of our clients in our consulting style to create a synergy that accomplishes goals and produces results. We believe that creative community and economic development can help a community, organization, or individual business grow and remain healthy.
The firm’s staff has extensive CED expertise in:
- community consultation work;
- regional economic analysis;
- CED strategy development and implementation;
- conducting primary and secondary research;
- preparing sector specific strategies, e.g., forestry, including
value-added products; tourism, fisheries, and manufacturing;
- program and project evaluation;
- assisting with venture selection, business start-ups, and organizational development;
- designing and implementing public involvement decision-making processes; and
- creating and delivering training courses for community members, board members, staff, and individual entrepreneurs.
