Economic Development

“DISTILLING IS AN ART AND A SCIENCE,” SAYS JEN SCHMUNK. “YOU PUT YOUR TOUCH ON EVERY SINGLE PRODUCT WITH YOUR OWN TWIST ON FLAVOURS. ”.

DELANIE HANNA DROVE PAST THE LITTLE BROWN HOUSE ON ROSS STREET A FEW TIMES. SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A CREATIVE PROJECT AND KNEW THE PROPERTY HAD POTENTIAL.

ROOTING THROUGH HER CLOSET, BETH LEWIS COULDN’T FIND THE PERFECT ACCESSORY TO WEAR FOR THE ANNUAL. BRONCS AND HONKY TONKS RODEO.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO CREATE THE IDEAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT?.

BREWD: THE. BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

MEDICINE HAT IS HOME TO A NEW SURGICAL CENTRE. Southland Surgical Centre.

One of Sounantha Boss’s first memories comes from growing up on her family’s rural farm in Thailand. She recalls being only 3 or 4 years old while playing in the wooden house they lived in, supported by stilts sticking out of the brown mud that made its own home below.

ECONOMIES ARE COMPLEX AND THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IS OFTEN LARGELY PLACED ON GOVERNMENTS — BUT THE TRUTH IS THERE ARE MANY PLAYERS WHO IMPACT WHETHER AN ECONOMY WILL GROW. For example our educational institutions must produce the skills and talent necessary to fill jobs needed for industry to produce goods and services.

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT DOWNTOWN THAT KEEPS PULLING BEN BACK. Perhaps it’s the nostalgia of working in an area with over 130 years of local history.

As with many business owners in Medicine Hat Carole and Brendan Hillson, owners of McBride’s Bakery, have had to pivot in order to stay open and profitable during the new economic environment they face with the onset of COVID-19. Never one to back away from a challenge, they immediately began finding solutions to continue to provide services while maintaining social distancing and servicing people in isolation in their homes.