Last night at the Council meeting the CAO announced that the Quebec Manufacturer will not be coming to the Crowsnest Pass. The company Polyform http://www.polyform.com/index.php?lg=en it appears from the comments made last night is in serious negotiations with a couple of communities in the Lethbridge area.
He also stated that there were some issues with the height of the roof in the building they were looking at in the Pass plus an alternative site in the Frank Industrial park was not to their liking.
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They also mentioned that they would maybe like a spot a little closer to the bigger city. (Lethbridge?) I believe it was the mountain that freaked them out in Frank. I know it doesn't bother us, but I guess I could see their point. All those big rocks, I almost don't see them any more, but it is an amazing thing. I think it will take a local to fill that site. Or....maybe we should contact Richard from "Virgin." He's a bit of a daredevil, and might consider it? Should we get Myron on that??
More bad news for the Pass. The municipality's newly hired PR firm should be telling mayor and council that there is nothing worse for a sitting government to do than to raise people's hopes and expectations (new mine, new hotel, new manufacturing plant) only to see them come crashing down, making them look like POMPOUS fools.
JP
The Quebec manufactuer made their decision long ago. Why did the CAO wait to bring the bad news on the same day when the Council was raising our taxes? Is this the new and expensive PR strategy of "clustering" the bad news?
The logistics of being in the Crowsnest Pass are never going to change. So to bring that up now is a red herring.
But wait, the administration is in contact with several other big box employers who are ready to locate in the Crowsnest Pass as soon as the new mine is built, sometime in 2021.
All that the community need to do is keep on track with the current policy development and, especially, on policy implementation(cat by-law and such).
They also have informed the CAO that we are in competition with several other communities for this project. Although they would not name the other competing locales, they let it slip one is located in Tonga, while the other is in Guinea-Bissau. Lol
The logistics of being in the Crowsnest Pass are never going to change. Yes. We have some downfalls, of which we are all aware, but, we have some great positives, and potentials, that are not available anywhere else. We cannot compete, in some areas, based on our logistics, and we shouldn't even be trying. We need to focus on our "uniqueness," and not try to make ourselves like "other" places. We are DIFFERENT. We need to embrace that, and make it work. Disabilities are not always liabilities. Perhaps we just need to find our "road," and start travelling on it. The one we are currently on is not taking us anywhere. Let’s turn off, and grab a side road. Let’s get away from thinking that some big “thing” (mine…..box store…..hotel……developer) is going to come in and save us. I believe those “big” things will only control and use us, and potentially even destroy what makes this place unique. Let’s make changes, let’s make little changes. Let’s make a lot of little changes, that can be evaluated, and kept or discarded according to their worth. Let’s step back, grow slowly and surely into something we can all be proud of. Something different, like this place.
(So……I guess that’s my rant for the day)
Previous council did not want Walmart here. HUGE mistake.
I guess they all had their own private agendas. Shame.
Anon @1:40
"I guess that’s my rant for the day."
And a very good one it was. I agree with you totally. Unending growth for communities, cities and countries is becoming a thing of the past (The End of Growth by Richard Heinberg).
Sustainability is what we should be seeking, along with the realization that there is nothing wrong with moving slow but sure. After all, the tortoise did in fact beat the hare.
We already have a lot going for us. We are different and unique as you so rightfully said, and we should capitalize on that rather than buying into Utopian dreams of grandeur that in reality turn into nothing more than big city nightmares.
There is much wisdom in what you said. Good on you!
JP
Wasn't it just a while back that the Mayor said the new manufacturing plant was a 'done deal' and they were just looking for a way to cool their operations? Well I guess they managed to find it!. Way to go Bruce.
We happen, just by coincidence, to have a PR consultant on staff in case you need any further counseling.
Please put the wine and cheese back in the fridge so it doesn't spoil.
JP
Umm....can you guess which book I just happen to be reading??? (Was on the list!!!)
(rant)
Anon @8:38
Have no idea as several of them relate to the subject matter at hand, or more specifically to my last comment here:
The Price of Citizenship by Michael B. Katz
- The Working Poor by David K. Shipler
- Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Chris Hedges
- Empire of Illusion by Chris
Hedges
- Democracy Incorporated by Sheldon S. Wolin
- The Power Elites by C. Wright Mills
- The Collapse of Globalism
by John Ralston Saul
- No Logo by Naomi Klein
- The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
You tell me? :-)
JP
p.s. On second thought I'm thinking 'No Logo' as it relates to the decimation of our manufacturing base, outsourcing, decline of growth, and our need to reinvent the wheel if we wish to survive in today's global economy.
You got it JP. Spot on....you know your stuff!
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