The Olds Institute for Community and Regional Development has a mandate to develop a long term Economic Development Strategy for the municipality of Olds Alberta.
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Economic Development and Municipal Sustainability
Committees with the Institute include Investment Attraction, Business Retention, Community Lifestyle, Finance, Marketing, Opportunity ID, and Technology.
Are you looking for a community to invest in? Look no further than Olds, Alberta.
The Institute supports local business in their expansion plans, and encourages business to remain in Olds.
We are engaged in initiatives that enhance the social and economic development of the community of Olds.
Thanks to the financial support of our economic partners, the Institute is able to support the community.
Promoting the Olds Institute to its residents and business investors, and marketing the community to the world.
The Institute researches needs in the community identifying opportunities that will make Olds sustainable.
Olds will be one of the first communities in Alberta to offer fibre to the premises for residents and businesses.
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Contact the Olds Institute
The Olds Institute of Community and Regional Development (OICRD) is an independent public economic and community development governance board incorporated under the Societies Act of the Province of Alberta and sanctioned by the Town of Olds. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any of the people listed below.

Olds Institute for Community & Regional Development
4512 - 46 St, Olds, Alberta Canada T4H 1R5
Phone: 403-507-4849
Fax: 403-556-6537
E-Mail: gscott@olds.ca

Gail Scott, Community Economic Development Officer
Phone: 403-507-4849
Mobile: 403-559-4900
E-Mail: gail.scott@oldsinstitute.com

Chairman of the Board Stirling McLeod chair@oldsinstitute.com
Vice-Chair Rob Smith vice@oldsinstitute.com
Secretary-Treasurer Kathy Doyle  
Directors Tom Thompson  
Judy Dahl  
Tami Gardner  
Barb Babiak  
Michael Latimer  
Charlotte Hogarth  
Denis Kennedy  
Ed Hildebrand  
Associate Members Doug Wagstaff Chinook's Edge School Division
Al Kemmere Mountain View County
Administrative Assistant Kelly Eskeland office@oldsinstitute.com
Committee Chairs
Business and Investment Attraction Bob Lloyd investment@oldsinstitute.com
    Fair Trade Bev Toews fairtrade@oldsinstitute.com
Business Retention & Expansion Cheryl Grant-Schimke
Mitch Thomson		 kitcren9@telus.net
mitch@reflectionsfuneralhomes.com 
    Uptowne Olds Leon Durand
Brian Thompson		 uptowne@oldsinstitute.com
    Heritage Management Michael Dougherty manager@oldsmuseum.ca
Community Lifestyle Rita Thompson lifestyle@oldsinstitute.com
    Physicians Retention Mel Giles physicians@oldsinstitute.com
    Olds Advisory Group for Sustainable Living Cody Becker oagsl@oldsinstitute.com
Funding Development Lorne Foster funding@oldsinstitute.com
Marketing & Communications Denis Kennedy marketing@oldsinstitute.com
Technology Joe Gustafson technology@oldsinstitute.com
    Connected Communities Wilson Loree c3@oldsinstitute.com
We're in this together!

Essential Members   >>   Town of Olds | Olds & District Chamber of Commerce | Olds College | Olds Agricultural Society
Associate Members   >>   Chinook's Edge School Division | Mountain View County
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