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'Community Resilience' Webinar Series 

Join us on Thursday April 23, as we look at restarting our communities and businesses, local investment may be required to maintain quality of life.  Register for Community Investment Co-ops.

Certified Management Consultants Offer FREE Services

CMC of Saskatchewan is offering complimentary consulting and mentoring to Saskatchewan businesses. Contact the SEDA office for more information.

Stories from the Field

Grande Prairie Rewards residents for shopping local. The economic recovery taskforce has launched a social media campaign to support. Residents using #LoveLocalGP in a post and tagging a business being supported are entered into a weekly draw to win $100 Chamber Cheques. Read more.

Pop-up Handwashing Stations for the Homeless.  Love Beyond Walls in Atlanta Georgia provides pop-up stations for vulnerable residents during COVID. How can we adapt this concept to our cities in Saskatchewan for all-season support? Read more.

The Pandemic as a Catalyst for Entrepreneurship. Amidst the current challenge lays the opportunity for reinvention and diversification. Maintain ongoing outreach(business retention & expansion) with your local/regional businesses, and include new opportunities in your economic recovery/growth plan. Read more.

Prototype for a physically distanced Farmers Market. Communities can adapt this model offered by Shift Architecture Urbanism in planning for 2020 outdoor markets. Read more.

April 30, 2020, SEDA AGM

April 16 to May 28, 2020 Community Resilience Webinar Series

May 4 to 9, 2020 Economic Development Week

June 30, 2020 Nomination Deadline SEDA Awards of Excellence and Reconciliation & Partnership Awards

November 30 - December 2, 2020 NEW DATES  Being the ChangeMaker Conference.