Strategy Underway
The Wellington Regional Strategy (WRS) was developed by the nine local authorities in the region, working in tandem with central government and business, education, research and voluntary sector interests. It was fully adopted in May 2007.
It is a sustainable economic growth strategy and contains a range of initiatives to realise our economic potential. It aims to enhance our “regional form” by addressing such issues as transport, housing, urban design and open spaces, which are all the things that contribute to our quality of life.
Since its adoption the WRS has begun to take shape with many projects being undertaken to assess those factors that might contribute to the region’s future economic sustainability. An update of those projects can be found by clicking on the orange box to the left. You can download the Strategy by clicking on the blue Wellington Regional Strategy banner on the right.
Grow Wellington is the economic development agency charged with the task of implementing the economic initiatives of the strategy, particularly those relating to investing in growth of the regional economy through exports.
One of the key projects being undertaken as part of the Strategy is to develop a Genuine Progress Index (GPI) for the Wellington region. This is a tool of analysis that properly values social, economic and environmental assets, carefully appraising both costs and benefits and balancing them against one another. This will enable us to assess both the success of the WRS and the genuine progress of our region. There will be updates on this shortly.
This website was updated 13 May 2008
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