Recession just a few years back, it seems the
rural population of just more than 21,000
upnorth came through it just fine.
“There’s a lot of energy up here,” said Chris
King, the county’s economic development
manager. “You talk to a lot of the folks up
here about news articles that say we’re
coming out of the recession, and a lot of
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hough many Canadians – and
scores more Americans – might
struggle to find it on a map, it
just so happens that the County of Grande
Prairie No. 1 in northwest Alberta has a
pretty significant boast.
Whi le many fel low municipa l i ties
bottomed out during the so-called Great
Prosperity alive and well in
County of Grande Prairie No. 1
