Surviving Alberta’s current economic crisis isn’t about who is strongest, says Jay Slemp, it’s about who can adapt.
Slemp is the chair of the Palliser Economic Partnership in central Alberta and his region will test that theory when the Hanna coal mine closes.
He wants workers to stay in the region, but that means figuring out how to diversify the local economy.
That’s where a new provincial government grant comes in.
The Community and Regional Economic Support program will see $30 million available over two years to communities, regions, municipalities, regional economic development alliances and four Rural Alberta Business Centres.
