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Vermilion scores provincial economic development awards SHARE ON: Economic Developer of the year: Mary Lee Prior of Vermilion. [Photo: Mary Lee Prior] Staff at the Town of Vermilion are taking home some big awards including the accolade of Alberta Economic Developer of the Year. Manager of Economic Development, Mary Lee Prior, snagged the prestigious title of Alberta Economic Developer of the Year. This award is given to someone who has made significant contributions to economic development wi...

Grand Rapids Business Journal The Michigan Economic Development Corporation appointed Quentin Messer Jr. as its next CEO. After a national search, the MEDC’s executive committee said Tuesday that it named Messer to the role. He replaces Mark Burton, who stepped down from the position in March. Awenate Cobbina, MEDC executive committee chair, and Jeff Noel, vice chair, will continue to lead the organization until Messer starts July 19, with Noel serving as CEO making decisions concurrently wit...

“There are people for whom they don’t feel a visible place in today’s economy or the economy five, 10 or 15 years from now,” he said.  “The end game is for all Michiganders to have an economy that has the number-one rate of upward mobility in America.” Messer was named CEO of the agency with a $139 million annual budget and 287 employees on Tuesday after a national search by the MEDC’s executive committee that started after former CEO Mark Burton announced he was leaving in Febru...

EDA Xperience summit and conference set for next week Poll Do you agree with the UCP caucus, which elected to remove Cypress-MH MLA Drew Barnes on Thursday? Yes This year, you can enjoy an annual gathering for Economic Developers of Alberta from the comfort of your own couch. For the first time, EDA will be combining their summit and conference and will be going virtual in a two-day event, the EDA Xperience 2021, Leaders’ Summit and Conference. “Every year, we actually have a conference whe...

EDA Xperience summit and conference set for next week Poll Yes By Nikki Jamieson SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS ssnews@sunnysouthnews.com on May 14, 2021. This year, you can enjoy an annual gathering for Economic Developers Alberta from the comfort of your own couch. For the first time, EDA will be combining their summit and conference and will be going virtual in a two-day event, the EDA Xperience 2021, Leaders’ Summit and Conference. “Every year, we actually have a conference where we brin...

Four key provincial organizations in Saskatchewan are encouraging communities and First Nations to celebrate Economic Development Week May 9 to 15, 2021. (Mayor Marcel Roy is shown here signing the. . .

Author of the article: Special to The Sudbury Star Publishing date: Apr 28, 2021  •  56 minutes ago  •  5 minute read  •  Rob and Cheryl McEwen unveil the new signage after announcing their investment of $10 million in Laurentian Universitys School of Architecture in Sudbury, Ont. on Wednesday June 29, 2016. The school will now be known as The McEwen School of Architecture. Gino Donato Article content Note: This column is submitted amidst rumours Laurentian University, facing ...

Mar. 4—ARCHDALE — Economic developers say they're optimistic that potential financial assistance from local governments will help convince a longtime local upholstered furniture manufacturer to move forward with a proposed expansion. The Archdale City Council and Randolph County Board of Commissioners recently authorized a $66,500 incentives offer for Lancaster Customworks Inc., which is ...

March 1, 2021 Kurt Foreman Kurt Foreman, president and CEO of Delaware Prosperity Partnership, has been recognized by Consultant Connect as one of North America’s Top 50 Economic Developers. Of the 50 honorees selected from across North America, only five were from state-focused economic development organizations. In April 2018, Foreman was selected to lead Delaware’s new public-private economic development partnership formalized by the General Assembly in August 2017. The partner...

Delaware Business Now 50 Best Hospitals honor for ChristianaCare ChristianaCare earned Healthgrades 2021 America’s 50 Best Hospitals Award and is among the top one percent of more than 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide for its consistent, year-over-year superior clinical performance. It follows four consecutive years in which ChristianaCare was named among Healthgrades’ America’s 100 Best Hospitals. ChristianaCare’s Christiana Hospital and Wilmington Hospital are the only hospitals in...