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Serves a trading area of
25,000 including the most affluent M.D. in the Province of
Alberta
- Broad based economy
- oil
- agriculture
- manufacturing
- food & vegetable
processing
- farming & ranching
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pulse crops
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Year commenced: May 1996
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Present Population -
Nearing 8,000
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Developments include a Walmart Store, Boston Pizza, Tim Horton's, 2 new residential
areas being planned for northwest area of community.
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30-35 new homes built
annually.
- Existing Major Employers:
- Lamb Weston
- Hostess Frito-lay
- Rogers Sugar
- Lucerne Foods
- Premiere Manufacturing
- Chinook Carriers
- Tri-well Servicing
- Canada Safeway
- Town of Taber
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M.D. of Taber
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Central Location with
excellent transportation access and additional warehouse
facilities on site.
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Have established a
reputation for service obsession, excellence and technical
expertise.
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Services a trading area
from Hanna on the north to Foremost in the South and from Bow
Island in the East to Coaldafe in the West.
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Future appears buoyant
with prospects of some 200 permanent full time and 300 part-time
positions being created by Walmart et al over the next five year
period of time.
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Both Town & M.D. are
firmly committed to increased economic diversification and value
added processing.
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Close proximity to Rocky
Mountain watershed virtually guarantees an adequate supply of
water to support increased processing and irrigated acreage.
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Wind power developments
provide an additional low cost renewable supply of energy to
local businesses.
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Home decorating is now
the third largest industry in North America with an increasingly
positive outlook as the "Baby Boomers" start to retire and
feather their new nests.
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StatsCan figures now
indicate that the average Canadian makes an expenditure to do
some home improvement every 17 months.
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This store has the
capacity to put together an entire package for clients within
any budget without the necessity of visiting many vendors and
cities.
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Building is located
centrally adjacent to a very busy intersection with adequate
onsite parking.
- Building systems have
been upgraded to modern standard five years ago, including new
furnace and air conditioner, with energy efficient glass.
