Crowsnest Pass Economy, Cause for Concern.

Its with great sadness I read today that the Video Mill is shutting down in Blairmore, it is only six weeks ago that our local Curves closed.

Some people may not see these has substantial losses, I disagree every business lost has some kind of impact. Every business in our community was the result of somebody investing their time, effort and money. Both of those businesses employed a number of people, people who will no longer have those incomes to spend in our community.

What are the answers? Most of us do not know but optimistically they are not far away.

I hope that we do not lose any other businesses prior to the Study being completed by the Economic Task Force, which is comprised of a group of highly regarded professionals, brought together by our Mayor. We can only hope that this study will provide the opportunities for Council to seize that will lead to the revitalization of our community.