First Quarter Report – 2020
Posted 05/01/20
What has been happening in PRED? Check out what initiatives that PRED has been working on in the 1st quarter of 2020
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Strategic Focus
Posted 04/22/20
Strategic Focus The PRED organization is in the final stages of completing its organizational strategy for the next four years. The strategic planning process began with the need to...
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Economic Development COVID-19 Response
Posted 04/22/20
We are teaming up to bring ALL of our resources together to help our local businesses during this pandemic. It doesn’t matter what type of business you run, we...
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2018 PRED Financial Statements
Posted 07/22/19
Below is the link to the 2018 Portage Regional Economic Development Financial Statements. PRED FS 2018
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“Sleeper” towns now wide awake to investors in Manitoba
Posted 03/05/19
Manitoba economic development officials give notice that economic and real estate opportunities are thriving outside of Winnipeg’s Perimeter Highway. Certainly the bulk of the province’s population of 1.3 million...
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Popeyes Coming to Portage
Posted 11/08/18
Portage la Prairie is going to be seeing more fried chicken come fall of 2019. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen will be opening up near the Portage Co-op. Jonathan Enright’s a...
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Maxx Security expands to Portage
Posted 09/11/18
The company might be relatively new but that’s not stopping business and life partners Fred Baah and Ashley Fisher and their goal of providing specialized security services across southern...
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Portage la Prairie, Manitoba – City of possibilities
Posted 05/14/18
Business View Magazine interviews representatives from Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, as part of our focus on best practices of Canadian cities. Portage la Prairie is a small city in...
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J.R. Simplot Company Announces $460 Million Expansion, Creating Nearly 100 New Jobs: Pallister
Posted 02/14/18
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE—The Manitoba government and J.R. Simplot Company (Simplot) announced a major investment and expansion in the company’s Manitoba-based operations near Portage la Prairie today. Premier Brian Pallister...
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City and RM Plans to Boost Tourism with New Branding and Investments
Posted 12/20/17
The City and Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie are in the midst of launching new branding, as part of joint tourism efforts. Portage la Prairie Regional Economic Development...
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