New Jobs & Supporting Local Businesses
It's widely recognized that the promotion and implementation
of green building practices can generate abundant economic development
opportunities within a community. Examples include: new business development to
meet the demand for green products and services; resource-efficiency
improvement programs that enable existing businesses to lower operating costs;
development of environmentally-oriented business districts; and job training
related to new green businesses and products.
The development of Dockside Green will create a number of economic
opportunities. It will support the growth of existing local companies - on site
and throughout Greater Victoria - utilizing their products and drawing
attention to their efforts. As well, any jobs created by Dockside Green will be
new jobs as opposed to jobs that have been redistributed from elsewhere in the
community.