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Business Beat: What is the state of our city?
By Lisa Kowalchuk on February 5th, 2020
Invictus was a fitting conclusion to the State of the City address held by the Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of Commerce on Jan. 28 with Mayor Ted Clugston delivering the annual address. With more than 300 community leaders in attendance, that message summarized the fortitude of our community in the face of adversity, with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: The Results are in and business has spoken
By SANDRA BLYTH on January 29th, 2020
In previous articles, I’ve addressed how a sound community economic action plan requires business to be at the front end of what we’re doing. You can’t identify economic problems and implement solutions without the insight of local business. No one understands the issues and have thought about how to solve them more than businesses themselves. ... Read More »
1 responseBusiness Beat: Solve a problem, change the world
By Christie Wilson on January 22nd, 2020
Building and selling products around a passion is not enough to ensure a business concept has a valid market opportunity. There is plenty of commentary encouraging entrepreneurs to take a passion and convert it into a business but it takes more than inspiration to build a venture that works. It is though, a promising area ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: Fuelling our business community in 2020
By Lisa Kowalchuk on January 8th, 2020
Our local Chamber of Commerce is a member-driven and people-focused organization who believes that the positive impact we create for local businesses ultimately affects the lives of business owners, employees and our community. That’s why we’re active problem solvers, equipped to help our business community by connecting our members with various resources and representing their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: Next generation economic development
By Sandra Blyth on December 18th, 2019
Economic development has greatly evolved over the past several decades. This evolution has occurred in relation to who has held the responsibility for its practice and as well for the approaches that have been used in its application. Economic development was once largely the responsibility of federal and provincial governments however, today the responsibility is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: What’s your workforce vision for 2020?
By Tracy Stroud on December 11th, 2019
tstroud@mhc.ab.ca A new year always presents an opportunity to reflect on the past and set goals for the upcoming months. Even though it will soon be 2020, you may feel planning for the future is anything but clear, but the importance of forecasting and strategizing cannot be overlooked. This is especially true for businesses in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: The economic value of sports tourism and events
By Kara Brake on December 4th, 2019
With 2019 coming to an end, it is exciting to review what has happened over the last 12 months in Medicine Hat. This past year our community held more than 70 tournaments, events, festivals and conferences, all bringing outside visitors to Medicine Hat and the surrounding area. Sport and event tourism is the fastest growing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: Beef’s Place in a Healthy Environment
By Lisa Kowalchuk on August 7th, 2019
With increasing information in the media now about the environmental footprint of agriculture and greater attention around food sustainability, there is a need to provide education and raise awareness around where our food comes from and recognize the vitally important role of agribusiness. Most recently, sustainable beef production in Canada has been a focus of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: An edible insect opportunity?
By Jon Sookocheff on June 5th, 2019
I was out for coffee the other day with an investor that I admire. He suggested I look into edible insects as an opportunity for Medicine Hat. So, I did. This is what I found. The edible insect industry started back in 2013, when the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: The provincial election is over. What’s next?
By medicinehatnews on April 17th, 2019
At the time of writing this column, the election results are still unknown. However, as a Chamber of Commerce, we couldn’t possibly have a column in the Medicine Hat News the day after the election and not have that as our focus. What we do know is that there were 13 registered political parties in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: What National Landing, Virginia can teach Medicine Hat, Alberta
By Jon Sookocheff on April 10th, 2019
I recently had the pleasure of hearing Holly Sullivan, director of worldwide economic development at Amazon, and Stephen Moret, president and CEO of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, speak about Amazon’s decision to locate a second corporate headquarters in National Landing, Virginia. When Amazon decided in 2017 to create a $5 billion second corporate headquarters ... Read More »
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