Services Provided by the City
The City of Vincent is committed to creating active and thriving communities, cutting red tape and making Vincent a great place for businesses to operate. Listed below are just some of the initiatives put in place to achieve these goals.
Small Business Friendly Local Governments
The City of Vincent is one of the local governments taking park in the Small Business Friendly Local Governments Initiative which has been introduced by the Small Business Development Corporation and recognises local governments within Western Australia that are committed to actively supporting small businesses in their local area.
As part of this initiative, the City will be working to support and work with small businesses within the City by:
- Offering enhanced customer service.
- Reducing red tape.
- Making on-time payments;
- Having a process in place to handle disputes.
- Introducing other activities to improve the operating environment for small businesses in their area.
Small Business Friendly Local Governments
Place Plans
The City of Vincent Town Centre Place Plans have been developed as a set of ‘place-based’ strategic documents to guide the direction of funding and resources committed to each of the City’s town centres. The Place Plans list the implementation schedule for all of the major initiatives being undertaken and these initiatives are determined in collaboration with each Town Team and their strategic Action Plans for each town centre.
Town centre place plans
Fast Tracked Online Permits – Outdoor Eating Areas, Goods Display and Portable Signage
The City is focused on cutting red tape for local businesses and encouraging businesses to utilise public space to expand their business and activate the public realm. To make this easier for businesses, the City introduced the online permit system to provide local businesses with free and instant permits to set up their outdoor eating areas, display goods on the footpath and put out portable signage.
Online permits
Thriving Places Strategy 2023-2028
The Thriving Places Strategy 2023-2028 (TPS) has been developed to provide a blueprint to achieve ‘thriving places’ outcomes over the next five years. The TPS is informed by the City’s 2022
Strategic Community Plan (SCP) major review, background research and data analysis, and engagement and collaboration with local businesses. It aims to focus efforts to achieve broader social, cultural and economic outcomes through building on and leveraging local assets, and delivering a process that encourages everyone to participate in shaping Vincent’s places and spaces.
Thriving Places Strategy 2023-2028
Corporate Business Plan
The Corporate Business Plan is the City’s contract with the community to deliver on the objectives of the longer term Strategic Community Plan, by identifying priority actions that the City will be pursuing over the next four years. These actions are intended to continue making Vincent an amazing place where businesses thrive, people want to live and people want to visit.
Corporate Business Plan 2023/24 - 2026/27
Future Planning Projects
Take a look at some of the key projects being undertaken by the City of Vincent.
Future planning projects