Business Beat
Business Beat: Using a Regional Innovation Network to Start, Grow and Innovate
Business Beat: Using a Regional Innovation Network to Start, Grow and Innovate Being new to the role as the APEX Regional Innovation Network Coordinator, a coworker asked for my bio. He wanted to introduce me and show how my experience and qualifications relate to helping tech and knowledge-based companies. While I appreciate the kind sentiment,…
Read MoreBuilding a Roadmap for the Future
Building a Roadmap for the Future As we start building a roadmap for the future, we have taken some time to reflect on our story and all the reasons we are lucky to be in YXH. Our story started in 1900, established as a grassroots not-for-profit business network built by business for business. Business leaders…
Read MoreBusiness Beat: Introducing Medicine Hat’s New Waterfront District
Business Beat: Introducing Medicine Hat’s New Waterfront District Over the next 10 to 20 years, this up-and-coming urban village on the South Saskatchewan could play host to 1,000 new housing units, plus new office space and retail opportunities. While much work remains to be done – community consultation, master planning and development – key pieces…
Read MoreBusiness Beat: The beat goes on
Business Beat: The beat goes on Just a few days ago, the world watched as a seven-month journey to Mars successfully culminated in the landing of a NASA space craft that will roam the planet for years to come. Naming Mars rovers is done through a nation-wide competition for students; from over 28,000 entries “Perserverance”…
Read MoreBusiness Beat: Bold Predictions for 2021
Business Beat: Bold Predictions for 2021 Last year was the Twilight Zone in the world of business. Sales, owners’ and managers’ sanity and employees’ resilience alike were up and down like a toilet seat. One day they were open for business. The next they were closed. Or pivoting to online. They were holding meetings on…
Read MoreBusiness Beat: Share Some Local Love
During February, affectionately known as the month of love, we’re encouraging people to share some local love and share the incredible stories of our community. We know it’s easy to get caught up in all the bad news and negativity, but we want to use this opportunity to focus on the incredible things people are…
Read MoreBusiness Beat: A Year in Review with Invest Medicine Hat
Business Beat: A Year in Review with Invest Medicine Hat 2020 was a challenging year. In Alberta, the initial shock of the global pandemic was amplified by an oil price war, resulting in an unprecedented recession that hit Alberta especially hard. It was, in the words of Alberta’s finance minister, Travis Toews, a “triple black…
Read MoreBusiness Beat: MHC Leads in Blended Trades and Technology Programs
Business Beat: MHC Leads in Blended Trades and Technology Programs Back in March when the educational world moved online, many thought trades would not be able to make the transition. With its blend of theory and hands-on training, it seemed like an insurmountable task to join the rest of academia in the great educational pivot.…
Read MoreBusiness Beat: Empowering Small Business in Medicine Hat
Business Beat: Empowering Small Business in Medicine Hat I’d like to take a moment to recognize small, independent businesses. Of course, all businesses are needed, from Costco to the local candle maker. All businesses provide employment, contribute to our tax base and prevent leakage to larger centres or the web. But at Community Futures Entre-Corp,…
Read MoreReflecting On The Challenges of the Past and Opportunities Ahead
Reflection is always an essential part of planning for the future. What has given us strength? What have we overcome? What milestones have we reached? As we put 2020 behind us, what will help us to move forward and embrace new opportunities? What values and experiences have defined us? What has shaped our behaviours and…
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