Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter announced today the formation of the Mayor’s Economic Recovery Task Force to identify actions to support the needs of Oshawa businesses impacted by COVID-19. The task force will focus on economic support and recovery for local businesses, including relief measures, resources and supports that are available and guiding discussions with all levels of government to advocate on behalf of the local business community.
Chaired by Regional Councillor Tito-Dante Marimpietri, Chair of the Development Services Committee, members of the task force include, but are not limited to Mayor Dan Carter, the Greater Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Oshawa Business Improvement Association, the Durham Region Association of Realtors, the post-secondary institutions in Oshawa, the development industry, the financial sector and the employment support sector.
For Information and Resources:
Members of the regional business community are encouraged to visit www.investdurham.ca/covidresponse for centralized information, resources and developments.
Businesses are encouraged to contact Oshawa Economic Development Services at [email protected]. For more information on Economic Development Services, visit www.oshawa.ca/business and follow @InvestOshawa on Twitter.
The City continues to post updates and F.A.Q.s to its COVID-19 webpage at www.oshawa.ca/coronavirus. Although City facilities are temporarily closed to the public, Service Oshawa is available online, over the phone or by email.
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“The Mayor’s Economic Recovery Task Force is committed to helping our local businesses who are facing unprecedented, challenging times,” said Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter. “Through the Task Force, we are ensuring that the City is fully focused on responding to the evolving economic challenges of COVID-19 and supporting our businesses now during this difficult time and making sure that when the day comes, we are well prepared to shift into recovery and move forward together.”
“COVID-19 has presented us with extremely trying circumstances and an unprecedented time of disruptive uncertainty. Everyone in our community continues to do their part to follow our Medical Officer’s recommendations. I am immensely grateful toward those providing front line services during every single day often without much rest. In the midst of all this, everyone’s lives have been impacted, including those of so many local small business owners and their employees,” said Regional Councillor Tito-Dante Marimpietri, Chair of the Mayor’s Economic Recovery Task Force and Chair of Development Services Committee.
“Mayor Dan Carter has shown true commitment to the business community and knows exactly what it takes to continue positioning our city for the future. I share this vision and that is why I am honoured to have been called upon by our Mayor to lead the Mayor’s Economic Recovery Task Force. As Chair of the Mayor’s Task Force, I am committed to ensuring that the City of Oshawa takes the necessary action to restore our local economy with the future in mind. By working tirelessly as a team with a broad firsthand understanding of what we must do to return our community on a positive socioeconomic track, together our reemergence will come about sooner. Oshawa has a long-standing history of showing strength and resilience in the face of economic challenges, many of which are as a result of global pressures,” added Regional Councillor Tito-Dante Marimpietri.
“This pandemic has proven that we are truly all in this together, that it remains of vital importance that our city, with the support of the community and the help of local business leaders, continues to engage and share ideas while advocating with leaders at all levels of government to form easier, more accessible assistance measures to provide the many in our community who need the help to defend from the devastating effects of this novel threat to emerge on as strong a footing as possible. Oshawa’s future must remain a bright one, and as such I openly invite our community and the small businesses within to provide their input and offer up ideas, which will help us begin reigniting our local economy when the time does come for us to restart its engine. As one of your strongest voices and dedicated advocates, I thank you in advance for all of your efforts and support of our community throughout this time and especially beyond, as we continue to work together in the days, weeks, months and years ahead as #OshawaStrong,” said Regional Councillor Tito-Dante Marimpietri.
