CARES SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS – INTAKE 2 ORGANIZATION PROJECT NAME LOCATION AMOUNT PROJECT SUMMARY Battle River Alliance for BRAED Regional Value-Added Investment attraction study to lead potential Killam $ 31,500.00 Economic Development Ltd. Agriculture Project investment initiatives Calgary Economic Business Renewables Market Market insight and webinar to identify potential Calgary $ 47,000.00 Development Ltd. Primer and Webinar renewable energy purchasers
Development of a social enterprise incubator for Calgary Technologies Inc. Social Enterprise Incubator Calgary $ 29,700.00 graduates with social impact entrepreneur aspirations
Detailed Fibre Network Design Development of an affordable broadband design Cardston County (as part of the Cardston County Cardston $ 70,000.00 plan for the county Hybrid Broadband Project)
C-FER Technologies (1999) Development of an indigenous pipeline monitoring Indigenous Pipeline Monitoring Edmonton $ 162,500.00 Inc. program
Strategy development with a focus on downtown Airdrie's 10-Year Economic redevelopment, labour force attraction and City of Airdrie Strategy - Implementation of Airdrie $ 169,400.00 retention, future land development targeting Four Key Initiatives industry attraction, and business mentoring
City of Camrose Community Investment attraction data collection and analysis to City of Camrose Economic Diversification Camrose $ 33,000.00 develop site selection profiles and marketing tools Initiative
Fort Development of an investment attraction strategy to City of Fort Saskatchewan Investment Attraction Strategy $ 43,000.00 Saskatchewan diversify current chemical production in the region
Delivery of business development workshops for City of St. Albert Artist Incubation Strategy St. Albert $ 5,900.00 artists
Southeast Alberta Enhanced Expansion of an incubator program to include Community Futures Entre- Small Business Support Medicine Hat $ 186,300.00 Brooks and the County of Newell, while leveraging Corp Business Development program existing programs, services and networks
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CARES SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS – INTAKE 2 ORGANIZATION PROJECT NAME LOCATION AMOUNT PROJECT SUMMARY
Administrative assistance to deliver the Wood Community Futures Wood Wood Buffalo Recovery Loan Fort McMurray $ 67,850.00 Buffalo Recovery Loan Program and shorten the Buffalo Program period of recovery from the May 2016 wildfires
Land assessment for industrial development to West Industrial Area Structure County of Minburn No. 27 Vegreville $ 37,500.00 encourage local economic growth and stimulate Plan investment in the region
Retail market analysis and industrial sector profile Retail and Small Industrial Gap County of Northern Lights Manning $ 11,350.00 development to identify opportunities for attraction Analysis and growth in the region
St. Paul - Elk Point Collaborative Economic Development of a regional economic development County of St. Paul No. 19 St. Paul $ 23,700.00 Development Strategic plan focusing on industrial sector diversification Planning Project
Implementation of a collaborative regional Eastern Alberta Collaboration County of Two Hills No. 21 Two Hills $ 90,000.00 investment attraction effort of eastern Alberta Initiative communities and businesses
Development of a rewards program app to Echo Lacombe Association Placemaker Rewards Program Lacombe $ 31,300.00 encourage local expending and promote economic development in the community
Support the Opportunities North Conference to Edmonton Chamber of Opportunities North Conference explore mutually beneficial economic partnerships Edmonton $ 48,000.00 Commerce 2017 and agreements with the Northwest Territories and the Yukon
GoEast "Road Trip" - Expansion of a tourism marketing program and Go East Regional Tourism Diversification through Digital Beaver County $ 25,000.00 presence in the GoEast Region representing 84 Organization Marketing municipal and non-profit partners
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CARES SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS – INTAKE 2 ORGANIZATION PROJECT NAME LOCATION AMOUNT PROJECT SUMMARY
Regional Innovation Network Development of an action plan to provide direction Keyano College Fort McMurray $ 33,500.00 Strategic Action Plan to new and expanding businesses in the region
Leduc-Nisku Economic International Region Website Enhancement to the international regional website Leduc $ 50,000.00 Development Association Enhancements to support investment attraction and site selection
Detailed design plans for the Exhibition Park Trade and Convention Centre Lethbridge & District Exhibition Lethbridge $ 1,100,000.00 Development, focusing on the Trade and Design Plans Convention Centre (Phase 1)
Momentum Community Social Business Incubation and Development of a social business incubator to Economic Development Calgary $ 102,300.00 Acceleration leverage provincial resources for small businesses Society
Development of marketing profiles for seven Mountain View County Profiling Mountain View Region Didsbury $ 10,100.00 municipalities to drive interest and investment in the region
Municipal Corporation of the Stirling Home Business Support Capacity building through training and advisory Stirling $ 17,500.00 Village of Stirling & Financial Services Centre services for home-based entrepreneurs
Regional GIS Program Development of a regional geographic information Municipal District of Bonnyville (Geographic Information Bonnyville $ 31,300.00 system to provide information and attract potential No. 87 System) developers and investors
Development of a strategy for a large-scale Municipal District of Greenview Tri Municipal Industrial industrial zone within the heart of the Montney shale Valleyview $ 210,000.00 No. 16 Partnership gas formation, designated as the “Gold Creek Industrial Area”
Municipal District of Spirit River Canola Crush and Refining Development of a business case study to build a Spirit River $ 25,000.00 No. 133 Facility Business Case canola crushing and refinement facility
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CARES SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS – INTAKE 2 ORGANIZATION PROJECT NAME LOCATION AMOUNT PROJECT SUMMARY Development of business incubators in five Northeast Alberta Information RABC Incubator Program St. Paul $ 16,550.00 communities to guide and mentor businesses in the HUB Ltd. area
Northeastern Alberta Improvement of NAABA's platform which connects NAABA Net and NAABA Aboriginal Business Fort McMurray $ 34,700.00 non-aboriginal companies with the aboriginal Website Restructuring Association (2000) business community
Peace Country Organic Development of a training program for companies Organic Alberta Council Edmonton $ 120,740.00 Success Program venturing in the organic growing sector
Red Deer Downtown Business Expansion of an incubator's services to include Catapult Training Program Red Deer $ 20,000.00 Association training programs Entrepreneur Development Expansion of a mentorship program for Rocky Mountain Ventures Ltd Canmore $ 38,900.00 Program entrepreneurs in the area Develop an economic strategy to guide, facilitate, Strategic Planning and Rocky View County Calgary $ 10,000.00 and encourage investment, job creation and non- Economic Plan Implementation residential tax base growth in the region
Development of a strategic business diversification Business Diversification Action Smoky Lake County Smoky Lake $ 10,250.00 action plan to increase competitiveness in the Plan region and attract niche businesses
Study to determine the infrastructure and service capabilities that a broadband network would need to Sturgeon County Broadband Analysis Morinville $ 47,500.00 support business retention, expansion and attraction efforts
The Athabasca Native Athabasca Aboriginal Tourism Hosting engagement workshops to identify the Athabasca $ 10,000.00 Friendship Centre Society Partnership Initiative aboriginal tourism opportunities in the region
Capacity development through an innovation The Calgary Chamber of IGNITE Innovation Accelerator Calgary $ 39,930.00 accelerator program for second-stage growth- Commerce Program oriented businesses
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CARES SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS – INTAKE 2 ORGANIZATION PROJECT NAME LOCATION AMOUNT PROJECT SUMMARY
Build a renewable energy micro-grid on campus to The Medicine Hat College Community Clean Technology Medicine Hat $ 215,000.00 further efforts in innovation, investment and clean Foundation Micro-Grid energy commercialization
Bon Accord Dark Sky Community Designation - Development and implementation of a tourism Town of Bon Accord Bon Accord $ 7,250.00 Business & Brand Development strategy with a focus on marketing and branding Project Development of a business incubator in the area leveraging resources with Alberta HUB, the Rural Town of Bruderheim Infinity Business Incubator Bruderheim $ 61,400.00 Alberta Business Centre in Cold Lake and Community Futures Regional Economic Development of a business investment and Collaboration - Economic Town of Crossfield Crossfield $ 75,000.00 attraction strategy for Rocky View County and the Development Strategy for Joint Town of Crossfield Area Structure Plan
Our Growers Our Producers Development of a marketing plan supplemented by Town of Killam Most Value Flagstaff Initiative Killam $ 28,800.00 training and coaching to support new and emerging (MVI) entrepreneurs in the area
Development of an agricultural sector study to assess the viability and vulnerability of smaller Town of Mayerthorpe Agricultural Sector Study Mayerthorpe $ 15,000.00 farms and their consolidation into larger corporate farms, and identify opportunities for value-added processing and manufacturing in the area
Connectivity Project Capacity building to enable small urban, rural and Town of Olds Management Capacity Olds $ 600,000.00 remote rural connectivity Development
Feasibility study to develop a multi-modal logistics Town of Oyen Town of Oyen Logistics Park Oyen $ 50,000.00 park in the region
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CARES SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS – INTAKE 2 ORGANIZATION PROJECT NAME LOCATION AMOUNT PROJECT SUMMARY
Feasibility Study for an Feasibility study for a commercial-scale, food- integrated commercial-scale Town of St. Paul St. Paul $ 23,400.00 producing greenhouse as an extension of a regional greenhouse in the town of St. organics waste processing and conversion facility Paul, Alberta
Development of a planning framework and urban Stony Plain Old Town South Town of Stony Plain Stony Plain $ 40,000.00 design guidelines to support investment and Area Redevelopment Plan business attraction
Development of a sustainable waterfront area Sustainable Waterfront Area Town of Sylvan Lake Sylvan Lake $ 41,850.00 strategy to replace outdated neighborhood plans Redevelopment Plan and to advance municipal sustainability objectives
Vermilion River Regional Development of a feasibility study and regional Town of Vermilion Alliance (VRRA) Broadband Vermilion $ 25,000.00 strategic plan to enable access to broadband and Research Project digital connectivity in the area
Tourism and Culture Industry Development of a tourism and culture strategy to Village of Empress Development and Attraction Empress $ 17,500.00 enable tourism and business initiatives in the village Strategy Total $4,241,470.00
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