Welcome to the Hometown Advantage webinar series! Each webinar in this series aims to create a space for economic development professionals to meet, share insights and challenges, and learn from their colleagues. The one-hour sessions each focus on a specific economic development challenge and are led by economic development professionals.

Besides hearing from leaders in the profession, participants have the opportunity to join breakout sessions to share their thoughts on the topic and hear from their peers. Register for one of the upcoming monthly webinars below.

Remote Workers and COVID-19 Trends Impacting Ec Dev

June 23rd, 2021 12 – 1 pm MDT

Featuring: Featuring Jim Dixon, Economic Development, Moose Jaw, SK and Paul Kelly, Community Futures Central Kootenay, BC

Hosted on Zoom by Heather Hallgrimson, Co-operatives First

Without question, COVID-19 has upset how we work, travel, and live. Like the number of people who are now able to have meaningful work from, well, wherever? In this webinar, we will dig into how trends set in motion by the pandemic are impacting economic development and discuss what you should be doing to respond to them.

During this hour together we will hear from two panellists and have the opportunity to dive deeper into the topic through two breakout sessions. Expect to meet some new people, enjoy a good discussion, learn something new and hopefully be inspired. All in an hour!

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