March 2017 | Business View Magazine

202 203 Taber, Alberta plant to process the beets, thus becoming a vital part of the town’s economy. Today, the company operates as Lantic, Inc., and con- tracts with nearly 400 area farmers to plant and grow sugar beets annually. Other local agricultural produce includes hogs, beef, sheep, poultry, potatoes, peas, carrots, wheat, flax, barley, beans, sunflowers, oats, onions, canola, mustard, and, most of all, corn. Taber is the Corn Capital of Canada. “We’re quite famous for our Cornfest event that brings thousands of visitors to Taber every August,” says Meghan Brennan, the town’s Communications and Projects Coordinator. “It’s the largest free, family festival in west- ern Canada, centered around our area’s most famous crop.” Cornfest, organized by the AT A GLANCE TABER, ALBERTA WHAT: A town of 8,400 WHERE: Southern Alberta WEBSITE: www.taber.ca If someone is looking to locate a business in southern Alberta, we are very strategically located. We’re on two major high- ways. We’re only an hour from the U.S. border and we’re be- tween two large cities. Businesses that have relocated from Calgary have done so because they’ve been able to increase their service area without having to increase the amount of time spent servicing that area. Kattie Schlamp Planning and Economic Development Assistant