Chamber of Commerce introduces new board chair

He said a key part of the chamber’s mandate is to advocate for the development of business opportunities. As Prince Albert’s economic landscape changes, his group wants to help make the most of new ventures for local businesses and residents.

“One of the key things that a number of us would like to see is to see if we can take advantage of changes happening in the health care system,” Jahn said on Thursday. “When we hear transformational change in health care, we wonder if there are opportunities for Prince Albert in that.”

According to Jahn, one of the ways the chamber can help is to be a voice for local businesses at city hall. He would like to see taxes in the city better reflect other areas of the province.

“We do look at the municipal tax ratio here and say it’s not in alignment with other places and we’d like to see some improvement in that,” Jahn said.. “We think it would help.”

As for the relationship between the chamber and city council and if that could change after last month’s election, Jahn said they have had success working together in recent years and he expects more positive engagement.

“I don’t think the individual councillors will make that big a difference. If everyone comes with the right attitude, I think we can continue to have constructive relationships,” he said.

Garrett Lawless, Meghan Mayer, Phil Hounjet, Robert Bratvold, Ian Litzenberger, Tracy Feher, Dean McKim, Bill Powalinsky, Jason Hurd and Thomas Seidenthal all joined the board of the chamber for the year.

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Editor’s note: This story was updated at 3:11 p.m. to substitute executive director with board chair.

by Shane O'Neill

Chamber of Commerce introduces new board chair

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