The Centre local de développement's mission to encourage the development of economic activities by supporting local business initiatives.

This local development strategy echoes on the social fabric, by contributing to revitalize the waning community groups.

The CLD's goal is to assist in starting and expanding Verdun based businesses, so that jobs can be both maintained and created, while setting the grounds for a long standing local development strategy.

The objectives are:

To assemble, coordinate and finance the various entrepreneurship assisting services;

To elaborate a local economic and employment action plan, with respect to the CRDIM (Conseil Régional de Développement de l'Ile de Montréal) strategic guidelines, among others;

To elaborate an entrepreneurism strategy focused on development, including commercial social economy thus, with respect to the national and regional orientations, strategies and goals;

To act as an advisory committee for its local (CLE) Centre local d'emploi;

To carry out all other assignments, authorized by the Minister, from ministries or official organizations involved in local development;