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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Olds Institute: A History
The Institute was founded to provide the Olds community with economic, environmental, cultural, social and governance direction based on community consultation and collaboration ...
Economic Sustainability Priority
Technology Workshop - Great Success!
May 21, 2008: The Olds Institute hosted business development consultant, Brock Dickinson, on Wednesday, May 14 for a one-day workshop. 80 delegates learned about new technologies and how they are changing the way we do business.
Information about Olds
May 4, 2008: You asked for it and we're pleased to provide this to you. Information on the community of Olds, demographics, development info, and other links you need to make a wise investment decision.
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Finishing the Dream
January 24, 2008: Working in partnership with the South Central Rural Alliance, the Olds Institute was involved in $2.5M being offered from Rural Alberta's Development Fund to bring central Alberta online.
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Uptowne Olds unveils a new look
January 1, 2008: Thanks to the guidance of the Business Retention and Expansion Committee, Uptowne Olds has a vision, a sense of purpose, and a new branding direction for its future.
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Our Vision
Is to create a community that is indisputably recognized as a leader in partnering, networking, and entrepreneurial activity. Our Mission is to encourage and facilitate cooperative initiatives ...
Business Retention and Expansion The Business Expansion and Retention Committee has been working on projects such as the new Uptowne Olds, an initiative to welcome shoppers to the downtown core.
The Institute supports local business in their expansion plans, and encourages business to remain in Olds
Uptowne Olds has made huge strides in a short period of time. From initiating an Historic Survey, to creating a new marketing and branding initiative, this group of energetic entrepreneurs has demonstrated how quickly things can move.
Technology Central Alberta will be a place to grow, thanks to a partnership of eight organizations and the Rural Alberta Development Fund.
Olds will be one of the first communities in Alberta to offer fibre to the premises for residents and businesses.
An extensive community consultation identified ICT connectivity to the SuperNet as being the critical issue necessary to make Olds a vibrant, sustainable entrepreneurial community with a quality of life that would retain and attract Alberta’s brightest.
Community Lifestyle Physician Recruitment and Affordable Housing are top priorities for the Community Lifestyle Committee.
We are engaged in initiatives that enhance the social and economic development of the community of Olds.
Physician Recruitment is a top priority for the Community Lifestyle Committee. With the competition to get doctors to rural centres more fierce than ever, the committee is turning to the community, and our doctors, for ideas.
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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