Investment attraction portfolio is Kindersley Chamber’s latest project
BY KATE WINQUIST
kate@yoursouthwest.com
The Kindersley Chamber of Commerce has been busy working on creating an investment attraction portfolio for the community.
The Chamber hopes to use a drone to create video to show the attractiveness of living in Kindersley. They are just waiting to get a license for the drone so they can start the project. Chamber President Rick Miller explained.
“We will be using the drone to do some embellishment of the town: show the golf course, show our parks, we need to get a license to fly that drone over non-residential areas. That’s the embellishment part of the attraction portfolio. Not only are we selling our town to businesses and people that can work from home. We are looking for families to move here, and we need to show them everything that we’ve got.”
Miller says that Kindersley bats way above its average when it comes to what the community can offer. “People who will be moving in the next little bit (over the next two years) want a change of scenery. COVID has caught up with them, and they want to get someplace where they can social distance just by osmosis. A traffic jam is two vehicles at a stoplight. You can be at work at 3:45 and be teeing off at 4:00, that’s what we need to do. Kids that want to play hockey don’t have to play at 5 am because we have enough ice time. That’s the kind of stuff that we want to make sure people know about our town. We are open for business.”
Looking after the digital aspect of the project has been Jeff Soveran.
“Our digital layout is just about ready to go. We have to update factual information, like population, number of restaurants, businesses, etc. That’s going to be all good to go,” said Soveran.
“We’ve got a brand new pool. We’ve got some other facilities like the Fire Department. It’s all going to fit in beautifully as our current town council continues to get our facilities in line and our whole town to be an attraction. It couldn’t come at a better time,” he added.
It has been a significant endeavour for the Chamber. The organization has been working on the attraction portfolio for a couple of months now.
“It’s been something that we’ve embraced. What started as a business attraction has moved to an attraction portfolio for everyone who wants to move. We’re not a small town. We’re the biggest town in Saskatchewan. And we have more here than people know, and we should be trying to move that,” said Miller.
Goose Festival cancelled
It looks as though the goose has been cooked for this year’s fall celebration in Kindersley.
The annual Goose Festival Days won’t be happening due to the COVID -19 pandemic.
The announcement was made at the Kindersley Chamber of Commerce meeting on August 11.
“Of all the emails I sent out, I have not received one back that was positive. Businesses said they were not going to support it in any way, shape or form until COVID was dealt with, Executive Director Kevin Martin said. Hopefully things will be bigger and better for next year.”
Hot topics discussed with MP
MP for Cypress Hills-Grasslands, Jeremy Patzer, was in attendance at the Kindersley Chamber of Commerce board meeting earlier this month to discuss a variety of topics ranging from rural internet service, the Conservative leadership race, the Diefenbaker irrigation project, RCMP Super Hub concerns, COVID-19 restrictions and the Carbon Tax.
PHOTO BY KATE WINQUIST
