20 Jan Estevan Innovation Council Created
Work to further develop Estevan as an Intelligent Community and a Rural Tech Hub is well underway. One of the integral parts to ensuring that the future development of these programs is successful, was to establish an Innovation Council that will continue to build on the work that has been done so far. Meetings have been held in both December and January by the new Innovation Council and already they are off to a busy start.
The members of the Innovation Council are Councillor Rebecca Foord, Mayor Roy Ludwig, Jeff Ward, Richard Sadick, James Lainton, Josh LeBlanc, and Larry Heggs. To get to this point the city of Estevan and the Economic Development Board partnered with Sask Inc. who has prepared the groundwork for Estevan’s development as an Intelligent Community and Rural Tech Hub.
The early focus of the Innovation Council will be to establish board governance and develop the framework for how the Innovation Council will serve the city moving forward. They will also be working on the development of Estevan as a Rural Tech Hub. This includes assuring that Estevan has the infrastructure, amenities and culture that supports individuals and organisations to affectively work from and call Estevan home. For anyone looking for more information on the Innovation Council or the Rural Tech Hub, be sure to visit our website and check the news feed to learn more. www.estevaneconomicdevelopment.ca