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Grande Prairie Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce fonds Subseries
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Alberta Chamber of Commerce

The sub-series consists of 1 folder of correspondence, resolutions and policy statements showing the communication between the Grande Prairie and Alberta Chambers of Commerce. There is also a special issue of the Daily Herald-Tribune printed in 1972, when the Alberta Chamber held its Annual Meeting in Grande Prairie.

Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce Executive

The sub-series consists of legal documents; minutes; financial statements; annual reports; annual meeting programs; and presidents’ speeches. The minutes include the following additions: beginning in 1961, the President’s report and year end financial statements; by 1965 committee reports, announcements and resolutions; by 1970 monthly financial reports, quarterly meetings and director’s meeting minutes from the Alberta Chamber of Commerce; by 1975 executive memos and annual reports. The photographs are of various executives of the Chamber of Commerce from about 1958-1981. There are also two historical photographs of Mayor Griff James and Mayor George Repka.

Brochures & Magazine Articles

The sub-series consists of three files of articles written about the City which appeared in magazines such as Western Construction and Industry Magazine, Alberta Business Journal, Alberta Construction, Oil Week, Events Magazine, North-west Business, Business Life Magazine, Trade & Commerce Magazine, Prairie Hotelman, Alberta Logger, Swank, Time Flyer and Canadian. There are also some specialized brochures produced for CanFor, the Hotel Association and the 1995 Canada Games. Also included is "The Chambers Guide to Grande Prairie" in 1995, "Grande Prairie Food and Fun in 1985, and an undated issue of "Dining Out in Grande Prairie".

Economic Development Commission

The sub-series consists of the planning documents for the commission, including a 1959 by-law for the creation of an Industrial Commission and the 1971 agreement between the City, the County and the Chamber to establish an Industrial Development Commission; minutes of the commission and its advisory committee; financial accounts; and documents for the creation of a department of economic development. Records portraying the activities of the commission include correspondence and report files, a downtown redevelopment plan and various publications.

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