Welcome to The Victor Community Development Office

About the Victor CDO

The pandemic has caused all of us to be put on pause and rethink how we do things at home, work and in our businesses.  It has been a time of great distress, reflection and believe it or not, OPPORTUNITY!

The Victor Economic Development Department and Victor LDC have always maintained a working relationship with the Victor Chamber of Commerce, when COVID hit that relationship morphed in to more of a partnership, which presented the opportunity to form something even more impactful:

Introducing the Victor Community Development Office – an umbrella agency consisting of Economic Development, Victor LDC, and Community Events that will serve as a one stop shop for business resources.

Mission: To be the catalyst for a successful, strong and thriving community.

Vision: Promote and lead local businesses through our innovative partnership created to be a single resource for business support.

 
 

HOW WE GOT HERE ….

For many years now the Victor community has had four agencies working to support business: Victor Local Development, Economic Development Department and Victor Business Connection.  While we are fortunate to have these entities available to provide business support, there is often duplication of efforts and confusion amongst businesses regarding services provided.   With similar goals we believe that forming a strategic partnership will strengthen our efforts and provide a singular voice in the business community.  By eliminating the duplication of services through this collaboration, we will be more efficient in providing services, guidance to business development/support within local government and eliminate the burden of competing sponsorship/funding requests.

We feel that by combining these agencies under one umbrella, we will be able to offer enhanced streamlined services to Victor businesses and elevate Victor’s competitive advantage in attracting and retaining businesses.  Now more than ever it is imperative to Victor’s future that we stop working in silo’s and combine efforts to be successful.

Assets of this new partnership include:

  • Create a stronger, more unified engine to drive economic growth in Victor

  • COVID-19 recovery/rebuild

  • Coming together to amplify the reach and impact of their complementary efforts

  • One stop shop- eliminates multiple points of contact

  • Single source of economic development activity

  • Combined fundraising efforts

  • Take over community events that are not being offered through P&R

  • Singular Voice in Business Community

A more formal roll out of the Victor Community Development Office structure will take place in January 2021, however we continue to collaborate on business and community initiatives.We organized five Mobile Merchant Markets in Victor to promote local businesses, coordinated the Scarecrow contest on Main Street, appeared in a local ad campaign designed to attract business and are working on ways to celebrate the Holiday’s and promote local shopping while abiding by pandemic guidelines.

STAY INFORMED:

For business happenings and events go to Victor Business Connection on Facebook. 

Stay Tuned for more information as this partnership develops!