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Big Lakes County Council


        While the community is perhaps best known for           beautiful lakes, forests, and rolling countryside.

        its splendor, Big Lakes County punches above its        We are equally proud of our diverse and talented
        weight in terms of green-energy infrastructure.         workforce who’ve helped to expand opportunities

        In October 2020, Big Lakes County Council               in Big Lakes. We have an abundance of natural

        announced that the County Shop Solar Project was        resources—agriculture, forestry, and oil and gas
        producing power, and its Joussard Water Treatment       that continue to grow and strengthen our economy.

        Plant was completed in February, 2020, providing        We’ve also just scratched the surface, exploring
        safe, clean, and reliable water sources.                opportunities in transportation and logistics,

                                                                tourism, education, construction, health, retail,
        ABOUT BIG LAKES COUNTY                                  and information and communications technology.

                                                                Possibilities are endless in Big Lakes for those with

        Business Elite Canada spoke with Reeve Ken              the vision to help see them grow.”

        Matthews (a reeve is an elected chief executive in
        counties and some district municipalities) to learn     Big Lakes County has put the preservation of the

        more about Big Lakes County and its amenities.          land at the centre of its vision statement: The Big
                                                                Lakes County’s mission is ‘Building a Sustainable

        “Big Lakes County is a welcoming and thriving           Municipality.’

        community,” says Matthews. “We are proud of our


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