Date/Time
4/27/2026
9:30 AM - 2:30 PM Mountain
9:30 AM - 2:30 PM Mountain
Event Registration
Event Description
Move from ideas to action, without needing more time, money, or staff.
Rural communities are rich in ideas, relationships, and opportunity, but turning those strengths into tangible economic outcomes can be challenging. Competing priorities, limited capacity, and uncertainty often stall even the best plans.
This hands-on workshop is designed to help communities cut through complexity and focus on what truly matters.
Using Economic Developers Alberta’s Strategic Doing framework, participants will learn how to move from conversation to commitment, identifying realistic priorities, assigning clear roles, and launching achievable actions that build momentum and confidence.
Rather than producing another plan that sits on a shelf, this session focuses on small, practical steps that lead to real progress.
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. This workshop shows you how to start, together.
Hosted by: Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) and Community Futures Yellowhead
Trainer: Trevor Lewington
This session is free, and morning coffee and lunch will be provided.
Rural communities are rich in ideas, relationships, and opportunity, but turning those strengths into tangible economic outcomes can be challenging. Competing priorities, limited capacity, and uncertainty often stall even the best plans.
This hands-on workshop is designed to help communities cut through complexity and focus on what truly matters.
Using Economic Developers Alberta’s Strategic Doing framework, participants will learn how to move from conversation to commitment, identifying realistic priorities, assigning clear roles, and launching achievable actions that build momentum and confidence.
Rather than producing another plan that sits on a shelf, this session focuses on small, practical steps that lead to real progress.
Why attend?
Participants will:- Build a shared understanding of how economic development works in a rural context
- Learn how to align people, resources, and ideas around clear priorities
- Apply a proven, step-by-step process to answer four critical questions:
- What could we do?
- What should we do?
- What will we do?
- What’s our 30/30?
- Leave with defined next steps, assigned responsibilities, and a 30-day action check-in
- Strengthen local and regional collaboration while staying focused on achievable outcomes
Who should attend?
- Elected officials
- Municipal staff
- Economic development professionals
- Community and business leaders
- Regional partners and volunteers involved in local development efforts
What makes this workshop different?
This session blends economic development fundamentals with a highly practical action framework. It acknowledges real-world constraints while empowering participants to make progress using the assets, relationships, and capacity they already have.Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. This workshop shows you how to start, together.
Hosted by: Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) and Community Futures Yellowhead
Trainer: Trevor Lewington
This session is free, and morning coffee and lunch will be provided.
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Location
Setting: In-Person
TBD
, AB T3H5Z9
CANADA
TBD
, AB T3H5Z9
CANADA
Contact Person
Janice Grant
(phone: 1-866-671-8182 ext. )
(phone: 1-866-671-8182 ext. )
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