BREI recently held its first in-person Fundamentals Course since 2019 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Taught by Alan Barefield, PhD, MBREP, this course included eight participants, each of whom earned their Business Retention and Expansion Coordinator (BREC) certification upon completion
Front row (from left): Tara de Munnik (Strathcona County, AB); Sarah Crawford (Kilgore Economic Development Corporation, TX); Nicole Nelles (Province of Alberta); Lorie Watson (Town of Okotoks, AB)
Back row (from left): Christina Birch (Community Futures Sunrise, SK); J.D. Gaeton (Community Futures Alberta, AB); some old man
Missing: Jason Javos (Northern Sunrise County, AB); Ainsley Miller (City of Grande Prairie, AB)
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