City of Richmond Goes Live

April 19th, 2010 Canada, BC, Surrey – The City of Richmond is prepared for the 2010 tax run using a solution from the Tempest Development Group.

The Tempest Development Group is pleased to announce that the City of Richmond, British Columbia, successfully replaced their legacy property taxation software with Tempest’s core Property and Revenue modules.

Beginning in July of 2009, the implementation involved an aggressive goal to complete the project in time for the 2010 tax year. Also included in the upgrade, was a selection of other Tempest applications including, Utility Billing, Local Improvements, and Web based applications to improve the city’s service levels and accessibility for its citizens.

Special thanks goes to the Richmond Project Team who worked closely with Tempest’s Implementation Specialists to successfully deliver a complex project in time for the City’s 2010 tax run.

Richmond is a culturally diverse and geographically unique community centrally located on Canada’s West Coast, in Metro Vancouver, 20 minutes from Downtown Vancouver, and 25 minutes from the US border. Richmond has been experiencing growth and change with remarkable speed, transforming from a rural, local community to an international city with a balance of urban, sub-urban family, and rural areas. The continuing development of the City’s downtown core, and the recently completed construction of the Canada Line rapid transit system and the Richmond Olympic Oval for the 2010 Winter Games, ensures that Richmond’s transformation is ongoing. With a population of nearly 190,000 people, it is British Columbia’s fourth largest municipality and Tempest’s third largest client.