A workshop held recently at the Qassim Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Qassim region went a long way in studying the project of establishing the Qassim Municipality Company for Development and Urban Development, in order to create an integrated and balanced development renaissance that includes all sectors and works to modernize the infrastructure of the region, especially in the center of Buraidah city. The workshop aimed to listen to the opinions, observations and proposals of businessmen in order to reach a common vision about the importance that can be formed by establishing this type of companies in which the private sector participates with the public sector to achieve public benefit.

<The company is expected to be 100% owned by the state and include within its board of directors and employees specialists with competence and experience in the business sector, A study on the project showed that a limited number of secretariat companies have been established to address urban development issues and that there is an urgent need for broader powers in this type of government companies that aim to develop land reform, develop unplanned neighborhoods, achieve urban balance and involve the private sector in this by implementing flexible strategies and plans that respond to the current and future needs of different cities and regions and achieve continuous growth of revenues and profits while taking into account social and national goals provided that these companies do not violate the tasks and duties assigned to the secretariats and municipalities.

<According to the study, the company can implement projects related to the development of informal areas, alternative housing, infrastructure and the environment, in addition to economically feasible pioneering projects that can attract private investment, indicating that the reality in the Qassim region requires work to develop the public transportation, recreation, health, services, trade, tourism, antiquities and dates sectors. The workshop stressed the importance of concerted efforts to face the challenges, resolve issues and overcome obstacles that slow down the growth and development movement represented in the cumbersome and expensive public procedures that drain time and effort and the difficulty of obtaining suitable land