Vaughan Deemed Best of the Best
City Receives Top Honours in Marketing Awards Competitions
The City of Vaughan stands among the best when it comes to promoting economic well-being, quality of life and positive change in the community.
The City was recently recognized for its special-purpose print brochure “York U. in York.” The 88-page presentation — highlighting the City’s strong entrepreneurial ecosystem, major development projects and economic development opportunities — was a business publication created for York University’s site selection request for proposals, as the university looked for an expansion site in York Region.
The publication’s content and design led it to being awarded the “best of the best” from across Canada by the Economic Developers Association of Canada (EDAC) after receiving the highest honour of Grand Prize EDAC Cup. The York U. in York publication was also awarded a 2014 Marketing Canada Award by EDAC and the bronze Excellence in Economic Development Award by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). Vaughan Council was presented with both awards during a ceremonial presentation on Dec. 9.
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“At the City of Vaughan we take pride in developing innovative and unparalleled resources and communications materials for residents, visitors and business owners. To be recognized internationally for our efforts is a demonstration of our commitment to engage and inform the community in a meaningful way, and to promote Vaughan as a vibrant, progressive, world-class city where people want to live and businesses want to invest.”
-Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua
QUICK FACTS
- The goal of the York U. in York publication was to highlight Vaughan as the best site among the York Region municipalities for a new York University campus.
- IEDC is a non-profit membership organization serving more than 4,500 economic developers.
- IEDC's Excellence in Economic Development Awards recognizes the world’s best economic development programs and partnerships, marketing materials, and the year’s most influential leaders.
- EDAC was established in 1968 and is Canada’s national association of economic development professionals serving 1,000 members.
- EDAC’s Marketing Canada Awards competition is a program that facilitates the exchange and review of promotional literature and other marketing material produced by municipalities across the country.
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