The winning communities and organizations and the names of their initiatives are:

Business and Investment Attraction (BIA)

Large Community: Central Alberta Economic Partnership (CAEP) - Municipal Investment Attraction Readiness Training, Assessment & Coaching 

Medium Community: City of Fort Saskatchewan - InvestFortSask.ca - Investment Website

Small Community: Town of Whitecourt - Downtown Business Incubator

Business Retention and Expansion (BRE)

Small Community: Town of Drumheller- Tourism Industry Business Retention and Expansion Pilot Drumheller 

Community Economic Development (CED)

Large Community: City of Edmonton - One on One Small Business Support Program

Medium Community: City of Airdrie - Airdrie’s Economic Strategy

Small Community: Sturgeon County - Sturgeon County Bounty

The Alex Metcalfe Award 

Recognizes the "best of the best" community project in each of the BIA, BRE and CED categories. The Alex Metcalfe Awards went to:

Business and Investment Attraction: Town of Whitecourt - Downtown Business Incubator

Business Retention and Expansion: Town of Drumheller- Tourism Industry Business Retention and Expansion Pilot Drumheller

Community Economic Development: Sturgeon County - Sturgeon County Bounty 

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