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Awards

2007 International Economic Development Council Honorable Mention
October 2007

• Economic Development and Tourism was recognized by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) with an Honorable Mention for the Alberta's Industrial Heartland project in the Multi-Year Economic Development Program.

2006 Economic Developers' of Alberta Alex Metcalfe Award
October 2006

• Strathcona County Economic Development and Tourism received the Alex Metcalfe Award for efforts in siting Costco to the community.

2006 Economic Developers' of Alberta "Best General Purpose Brochure"
October 2006

• The Economic Developers' Association of Alberta has awarded Visit the Country with the “Best General Purpose Brochure” award and was recognized at the Fall Economic Developers Association of Alberta conference in October. This regional brochure is going into it's third year of production.

2004 Minister's Award for Municipal Excellence in the Partnership Category
September 2004

• Strathcona County and Sturgeon County partnered in a Agricultural Tourism Product Development program. The initiative resulted in the fruition of Sturgeon County's Country Soul Stroll, Strathcona County's Fur and Feathers Farm Tour, Strathcona County's Harvest Festival of Foods, Edmonton region's Country Christmas retreat packages, and Visit the Country Guide and Website. The review committee felt this practice demonstrated excellence and will be beneficial to the overall practice of local government in Alberta.

2002 Alberta Association Canadian Institute of Planners Award of Excellence
September 2002

• The Alberta Industrial Heartland team received the 2001 - 2002 Award of Excellence from the Alberta Association Canadian Institute of Planners. The team received the award for its use of eco-industrial principles, its public consultation process and for inter-municipal collaboration.

2002 Municipal Affairs Minister's Outstanding Achievement Award for Municipal Excellence
September 2002

• The Government of Alberta announced the Alberta's Industrial Heartland Association as the first recipient of the Municipal Affairs Minister's Outstanding Achievement Award for Municipal Excellence. In addition, the AIHA also received Honourable Mention in the Partnership category for its first major undertaking, a comprehensive process that resulted in the complementary Area Structure Plans for four communities. The four partners involved are the City of Fort Saskatchewan, Sturgeon County, Lamont County and Strathcona County.

2001 Marketing Canada Awards
September 2001

• Strathcona County's business card-sized promotional computer disc won second place at the 2001 Marketing Canada Awards. This award ceremony was held at the Economic Developers Association of Canada in Moncton, New Brunswick. This disc was entered in the category of Information Technology for organizations with budgets over $250,000 and competed against 17 other submissions from large centres across Canada. In total, the awards program consisted of 13 categories and 285 submissions.

2001 International Economic Development Council's Promotional Materials Award Competition
May 2001

• Strathcona County's website won Superior Achievement at the 2001 International Economic Development Council's (IEDC) Promotional Material Awards Competition. The county won second place in the $250,000 to $500,000 budget category in the Web site Multi-media category.
  
  
• Strathcona County's presentation folder won Excellent Achievement at the 2001 International Economic Development Council's (IEDC) Promotional Material Awards Competition. The county won third place in the $250,000 to $500,000 budget category in the Special Purpose Brochure category.
  
  
• Strathcona County's written proposal to an Asian prospect won Honourable Mention at the 2001 International Economic Development Council's (IEDC) Promotional Material Awards Competition. The county won fourth place in the $250,000 to $500,000 budget category in the Custom Written Proposal category.

2000 American Economic Development Council Promotional Material Awards Competition
June 2000

• Superior for the Alberta Industrial Heartland website in the website Multi-media category at the American Economic Development Council Promotional Material Awards Competition June 1, 2000.

1999 Economic Developers of Alberta's Marketing Alberta Awards
October 1999

• Outstanding Achievement, first place, for Strathcona County Your Natural Location commercial video in the Multi-Media category.
  
  
• Outstanding Achievement, first place, for Focus on Sherwood Park promotional brochure in the General Purpose Brochure category.

1999 American Economic Development Council's Promotional Materials Awards Competition
June 1999

• Honorable Mention for Strathcona County Your Natural Location videos in the $200,000 to $500,000 budget level, Audio-Visual category.

1998 Marketing Canada Awards
October 1998

• Gold Award for the Strathcona County Your Natural Location community booklet in the Community Profiles category for departments with budgets over $250,000.
  
  
• Silver Award for the Canadian Birkebeiner Ski Festival brochure and poster in the Promotional Material category for departments with budgets over $250,000.
  
  
• Silver Award for the Strathcona County Travel Alberta ITV Winter Recreation television vignette in the Advertising-Broadcast category for departments with budgets over $250,000.
  
  
• Silver Award for the Canadian Birkebeiner Ski Festival special event sponsorship for the Special Event category for departments with a budget level over $250,000 at the 1998 Marketing Canada Awards, October 19, 1998.

1998 American Economic Development Council's Promotional Materials Awards Competition
June 1998

• Excellent, third place, for the Canadian Birkebeiner Ski Festival brochure and poster in the General Purpose Promotion category for Budget Level $200,000 to $500,000 at the 1998 American Economic Development Council's Sales Literature and Promotional Materials Awards Competition, June 1, 1998.
  
  
• Best of Class, first place, for the Strathcona County Travel Alberta ITV Winter Recreation television vignette in the Television Spot category for departments with budget levels $200,000 to $500,000.