Q&A
Challenges and improvements in accessing city incentive programs
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The discussion focused on difficulties industrial businesses face in accessing city incentive programs and steps taken to address these issues. Key points include:
- SBS provides incentive consultations, focusing on energy cost savings programs
- In the current fiscal year, over 143 business incentive consultations have been provided
- SBS offers assistance with applications and information about eligibility for various incentives
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The exact percentage of eligible businesses currently accessing SBS incentives was not immediately available
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The responses indicate efforts to assist businesses in navigating incentive programs, but specific data on program utilization and effectiveness was limited.
Amanda Farías
0:22:14
about that further.
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Thank you.
0:22:16
Absolutely.
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We've heard concerns from industrial business pro industrial businesses about difficulty in accessing the city incentive programs.
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What steps are you folks taking to streamline the various application processes, and how are you addressing any of the mismatch between program requirements and small business needs?
Kitty Chan
0:22:34
Thank you very much for that question.
0:22:36
As I mentioned to you, we do, we provide incentive consultations to small businesses, mostly on our our incentives are are 2 energy cost savings programs.
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We do refer them to pro to other incentives that they are eligible for.
0:22:53
We also actually help provide them with information if they actually need help in their applications.
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So, to date, we in this fiscal year alone, we've provided over a 143, business consult incentives consultations.
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But that's just the start of our relationship with these industrial businesses.
Amanda Farías
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Okay.
0:23:16
And so you said 143 are getting consultations?
Kitty Chan
0:23:19
This fiscal year.
Amanda Farías
0:23:21
This fiscal year.
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And do we know the percentage of eligible businesses that are currently accessing SBS incentives?
Kitty Chan
0:23:28
Thank you very much for that question.
0:23:29
I'm gonna have to get back to you with that information.
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Sure.
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And are
Amanda Farías
0:23:33
there any barriers that you have identified with engaging with industrial businesses?
