March 2017 | Business View Magazine

204 205 Taber, Alberta RMW Consulting Inc. Waste and Recycling seRvices Our Family Proudly serving central and southern alberta Municipal Residential and commercial customers over 21,528,000 served Taber & District Chamber of Commerce, includes a mid- way with rides, booths, and tests of skill, a performance stage, and a host of corn-based activities such as corn tasting and corn stuffing. (Corn stuffing involves two peo- ple - one wearing an oversized coverall. One of the contes- tants attempts to stuff as much corn as possible into the other’s coverall.Whichever team can put the most corn in the coveralls in the allotted time wins.) With a population of a mere 8,428, today, the town of Taber is looking for the road map that will allow it to be- come a city. Brennan believes that appealing to the area’s youngish population by providing access both to “green” initiatives, as well as to modern amenities, while creating a sustainable infrastructure that will further attract young residents and new businesses is the path to follow. “In order to grow to a city, we have to attract people and busi- nesses with things that they want.” she avers. One of the town’s recent initiatives that has benefitted both its residents and its business sector occurred last May, when Taber went to a three-bin waste system. “Rather than just col- lecting garbage from our residents and having them bring their recycling to a station, they’ve got three bins,” explains Kattie Schlamp, Taber’s Economic Development Officer. “They can put their garbage in one, their recycling in another, and their compost into a third.” The 3 bin initiative is a partnership with Envi- rocan, a waste and recycling service provider that was founded in 2012 in neighboring Lethbridge, Alberta, and is now locating a branch in Taber so that it can handle its residential and industri- al organic material. “We have a huge agri-food