CAEP is happy to announce that it has won an award at the annual EDA Conference & AGM in Banff. Two of our member communities also won awards at the event. Each year, these awards recognize economic development excellence in Alberta.
CAEP won the award for Business Retention and Expansion (BRE)
-
Large community/region
for our
Regional BRE & Toolkit
which was developed and made available to our member communities in the fall of 2017.
In the category of Community Economic Development (CED),
Small community/region
, the Town of Drumheller won for their
Drumheller Dinosaur Street Walk Project
.
This project also won
The Alex Metcalfe Award recognizing the "best of the best" community project in each of the BIA, BRE and CED categories; the Town of Drumheller
Drumheller Dinosaur Street Walk Project
won the Community Economic Development category.
Jennifer Fossen, Manager, Community Development with the Town of Wetaskiwin took home the EDA’s Outstanding Young Professional award.
As the EDA states: "These awards honour Alberta individuals for their contribution to the profession; as well as Alberta communities for excellence in: Business and Investment Attraction (BIA); Business Retention and Expansion (BRE); and Community Economic Development (CED)."
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