January 2014
| Business World Magazine | 39
SHARING THE WEALTH
Among the sectors driving the bottom line
is a mainstay like agriculture, but the city
has also benefitted from increased oil ac-
tivity in the region, tourism that’s soared
since the arrival of the Living Sky Casino
and an industrial footprint led by the local
home bases of Batco Manufacturing and
Rem Enterprises.
And once the businesses were built
and the jobs came, the people’s needs
were taken care of, too.
“We have a strong and diverse econo-
my and very good people,” Salberg says.
“It’s been very important that our may-
or and council have been responsible in
investing in the things that people have
wanted. Businesses need employees, but
the employees need other things. We’re
probably well ahead of the curve on those
things.
“Not only is the economy where it
needs to be, but I think we’ve done a
wonderful job on the infrastructure that
the people and the businesses require.”
Batco, which employs more than 70
people, acquired a vacant 114,000 square-
foot manufacturing space in the city
