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DWC won a Gold Award for 'Most
Innovative Campaign' for the 'West Coast Wikipedian at Large Project' at the 2024 PRINZ Awards. DWC also secured Silver Awards in four other categories: 'Best Use of Media Relations', ‘'Best Use of Digital and Social Media', 'Community Relations & Engagement', and
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for an additional $ 35 million in support, but Nash suggested DWC release 10 per cent of its fund instead, suggesting the "rainy day" it was set up for had arrived. DWC supported the creation of Now Open, an online directory of 180 local businesses that were operating under Level 3 restriction, and
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In the 2015–2016 financial year, Development West Coast approved 20 loans worth a total of $ 14.4 million; in 2016–2017 it loaned $ 12.3 million to 18 businesses. It returned a profit of $ 5.3 million, after running a deficit in 2015. It had 11.5 staff positions and the Chief
Executive was Chris
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In 2021, in its 20th year, DWC's fund had grown from $ 92 million to $ 146 million. In 2019 it approved 80% of loan applications received, distributing $ 2.2 million, and gave $ 1.9 million to community projects. In the year ending March 2021, it issued $ 6.7 million in loans, distributed $ 3.5
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DWC won a Gold Award for 'Best use of Media
Relations' at the 2022 Public Relations New Zealand (PRINZ) Awards. The award was for DWC's media outreach around the Ōkārito GorseBusters initiative. DWC was also runner up in the 'In-house PR Team of the Year' category.
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DWC's media outreach around the 'Cut out for the Coast' campaign won a Silver Award for 'Best use of Media
Relations' at the 2023 PRINZ Awards. DWC also received a Silver Award for 2023 'In-house PR Team of the Year'.
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technology centre and business incubator able to house 25 full-time workers and a dozen "hot-desk" users. EPIC Westport was a spin-off of the
Enterprise Precinct Innovation Centre in Christchurch.
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In the 20 years to 2021, DWC has invested $ 93.8 million into the region through commercial distributions and another $ 70.8 million through community distributions and projects.
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