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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Upcoming Olds College "Business Development Lunch & Learn Sessions"
Time: 11:45 am - 12:45 pm (Bring your own lunch)
Bell-E Learning Centre - VC Room, Olds College

February 22, 2010
The Marketing Plan - Your Pathway to Profits

March 29, 2010
Advertising That Really Works - Making it Count

April 26, 2010
Do your Customers Love You? Using a CRM System in your Business

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
Mountain Film Festival Comes to Olds!
January 4, 2010: Uptowne Olds is very excited to announce that, thanks to the efforts of the Mountain View Museum, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is coming to the Transcanada Theatre at the Community Learning Campus!
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Town of Olds first Fair Trade Town in Alberta
November 19, 2009: The Town of Olds is now the first officially-designated Fair Trade Town in the province of Alberta. This designation is one more element in the Olds Institute for Community and Regional Development's ongoing work towards being a recognized leader in sustainable development.
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Tech Committee hosts Educational Seminar
October 21, 2009: Olds Institute hosted an educational session on Minimum Residential Wiring Standards at the Bell-E Learning Centre. The session was presented by John Graham, CLGM, President, eCom Services Ltd.
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Uptowne Olds signs with Historical Society
July 17, 2009: Uptowne Olds has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Olds Historical Society. This MOA is for an Historic Uptowne Heritage Coordinator.
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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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Our Vision
Is to be the recognized leader in sustainable community and regional development. Our Mission is to encourage and facilitate community and regional economic growth and well being ...
Business & Investment Attraction There are also numerous opportunities to identify potential new business for our community through organizations such as the Olds College School of Innovation.
This committee aims to attract new businesses and investment to support and enhance managed, sustainable growth of our community and region.
The Business and Investment Attraction Committee is enthused about the possibilities for a hotel/convention centre in Olds. With a focus on business attraction, we hope to see real investment take place and deals made that bring new and growing companies to town.
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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