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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: OK getting DIRT-y to land a big fish
By Sandra Blyth on November 20th, 2019
Wondering what it takes to land a big fish? Well, it takes more than a fishing hook and some bait. It requires just the right amount of DIRT. The City of Medicine Hat’s Development Investment Readiness Team has been driving progressive changes within City Hall, changes that have secured global investors who are applauding the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: Workforce skills needed
By Mark Keller on November 13th, 2019
Finding the talent and skills needed to move our organizations forward is a challenge shared by the private and public sector so I’m not surprised to see education, training and hiring challenges appear in data recently collected from regional businesses. As one example, a large number of employers said hiring was more challenging because potential ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: Developing action plans
By Elizabeth Blair on November 6th, 2019
The Business Retention and Expansion and Workforce Development survey, referred to as “BREWD” has now been completed. Nearly 500 regional businesses, 476 to be exact, have shared their input and the data is showing us some very interesting information. Responses came in from businesses in Medicine Hat, Redcliff, Bow Island, Cypress County and County of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: Building an economic roadmap for the future
By Lisa Kowalchuk on October 30th, 2019
“Canada’s 43rd Parliament has been elected to govern on behalf of all Canadians, in all regions and in all sectors of the economy. Now that the campaign is over, MPs of all parties need to put our country’s needs ahead of narrow partisanship. Businesses and investors are watching carefully to see how we come together ... Read More »
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