Viddler

The Business Vitality Initiative (BVI) is a unique assessment and action process that measures the business friendliness of a community relative to other similar communities. The BVI gauges the perceptions of businesses, citizens and community leaders on 100 key indicators that are known to affect business. The findings are presented in an easy-to-understand graphic report. The BVI assess-focus-act process helps the community focus and take action to build economic vitality and develop true community entrepreneurship, necessary for survival in a rapidly changing global economy. CIEL has adapted the BVI for First Nations, US and Australian contexts. The BVI was originally developed to help create momentum in stuck communities (Emergence Phase on the Communities Matrix) by getting success through small strategic actions. Now, communities of all sizes are using the BVI as both a benchmark for economic development and a foundational document for community planning.