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Aurora unveils streamlined business registration, aims for 10,000 signups in 2025

3029466 · April 17, 2025
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Summary

City staff presented a revamped, mandatory business registration pilot that reduces application questions from about 60 to 15, adds GIS and analytics, increases MWBE recruitment, and aims for 10,000 registered businesses in 2025 while keeping registration free.

City staff on Jan. 7 presented a revised business registration program that reduces the application burden, adds GIS mapping and analytics, and aims to register more than 10,000 businesses in 2025.

John Curley, Aurora’s chief development services officer, and Dr. Kenneth Campbell of the mayor’s office of economic development told council members the program grew from post‑pandemic efforts and a history of several earlier attempts to collect reliable business contact data. Curley said staff reduced the…

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