Community Organizations

Connect with your community

Besides golf courses, a lot of business gets done at community level business support. You will also want to meet with your local and regional economic development officers and government officials to see what programs and incentives you qualify for.

Chambers of Commerce

Local Chambers of Commerce can connect you with other business leaders in your area, offer speaker series, workshops and other professional development events where you can network and learn. With this complete list of Central Alberta Chambers of Commerce, you're guaranteed access to folks on the ground floor.

Economic Development

Economic development offices offer support, strategic advice and research to small and large businesses in their communities. For more information on what specific communities these sub-regional economic development groups represent, contact us or visit their individual website:

• Central Alberta Economic Partnership
• Red Deer Regional Economic Development
• Joint Economic Development Initiative
• Paintearth Economic Partnership Society
• Olds Institute for Community and Regional Development
• Central Alberta Community Futures
• Alberta Economic Development
• Export Development Canada

Government support

Municipal, provincial and federal governments offer a wide variety of support and incentive programs for new and growing businesses.

Municipal government
For a list of the municipalities, visit our site selector tool.

Provincial government

• Alberta Agriculture & Rural Development
• Alberta Treasury Board & Enterprise
• Alberta Employment & Immigration

Federal government

• Canada Business
• Industry Canada
• Canada Revenue Agency
• Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade
• National Research Council

We can connect you with any of these organizations for support and solutions. Please contact us at +1.403.356.4862 with your questions and requests.