Hi Everyone,
We are continuing to make improvements to our new website.  I hope you are finding it interactive and informative.  Our new brochures are almost complete and should highlight business opportunities throughout the region.  April has been a very busy month for Paintearth Economic Partnership Society. 
We have recently contracted with Nichols Applied Management to undertake an Industry Attraction Strategy for the Paintearth Region.  As part of this contract we will be reviewing and developing a comprehensive strategy and implementation for the following:
1.  Identification of new industry opportunities
     a.  examine labour force information for our region.
     b.  develop 7-10 business cases, which we will use to attract investment.
2.  Business Retention & Expansion strategy
     a.  Review and identify existing businesses for possible expansion.
     b.  Identify gaps in business and develop 7-10 business cases to assist
          in business development.
3.  Investigation of investment attraction policies/incentives for consideration.
4.  Development of comprehensive marketing plan.
5.  Implementation of marketing plan.
We expect this project to be completed by Oct. 31, 2010.  Shane Pospisil of Nichols Applied Management will be contacting many of you over the next few months, so I would appreciate you working with him and his staff for the betterment of the region.   I would also like to thanks the Province of Alberta for funding from RCAP in the amount of $102,000.00 towards this project.  

We have also completed the CAEP community videos and expect them to be posted online soon.  Also in conjunction with CAEP, we have completed Community Investment Profiles to establish action plans for Castor, Coronation, Halkirk and the County of Paintearth. 
Recently, I attended the Ports to Plains Energy Summit in Broomfield, Colorado.  Ports to Plains has tremendous potential for investment in our region.  We work closely with the Province as members of Ports to Plains, to enhance the economic expansion of our region.

On a separate note, I am pleased to announce Caron's Plumbing & Heating to Castor.  Sheldon is looking forward to serving the region and providing the great customer service he is known for.  His business is located in the former Home Hardware building at 5006-51 Street, Castor. 
Telephone:  403-882-4315 or 1-888-885-4315