[company_age]21.0[/company_age][employees]11-50 employees[/employees][funding]grant[/funding][description]Economic Development Winnipeg (EDW) is a non-profit organization that serves as the city's lead economic development agency. EDW is dedicated to promoting and influencing economic growth in Winnipeg. The organization is governed by a private-sector board and driven by the needs of the business community. EDW's core services include economic development, market regional advantages to attract investment, evaluate issues critical to Winnipeg's economic development, act as an industry advocate and liaison, support the growth and global competitiveness of key industries, assist new companies with site selection, connect businesses and build relationships, market Winnipeg's business environment, target opportunities for business development, provide community and lifestyle information, information and research management, and marketing and communications and media relations. EDW is committed to building respectful relationships and ongoing conversations with Indigenous communities that will lead to economic prosperity for everyone. EDW is a unique organization in that it is a non-profit organization that is governed by a private-sector board. This allows EDW to be both responsive to the needs of the business community and accountable to the public.[/description][ps]Economic development, market regional advantages to attract investment, evaluate issues critical to Winnipeg's economic development, act as an industry advocate and liaison, support the growth and global competitiveness of key industries, assist new companies with site selection, connect businesses and build relationships, market Winnipeg's business environment, target opportunities for business development, provide community and lifestyle information, information and research management, and marketing and communications and media relations.[/ps]