Author: Jenn Schmidt Rempel

City Council’s Impacts of Tariffs motion (Feb. 11)

Yesterday, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce Business Data Lab released a report: Which Canadian Cities Are Most Exposed to Trump’s Tariffs? Lethbridge is ranked 10th out of 41 in terms of potential U.S. tariff exposure. Does this concern you? It concerns me. I’m happy to share that at the same time The Canadian Chamber released […]

Addressing Housing Challenges in Lethbridge: why I supported 4 new housing projects.

At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Council approved 4 proposed housing projects on the city’s southside. It was not an easy decision, and as these projects were met with some community opposition at the December public hearings, I wanted to take a moment to more fully explain why I supported these projects. We need to ensure […]

Water Availability Public Engagement Town Hall

On January 8, I attended the province’s Water Availability Town Hall. It was a full house, with a panel that included Minister Rebecca Schulz, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, and Taber-Warner MLA, Grant Hunter. It was outlined that this was an opportunity for the Government of Alberta to collect an initial base of ideas […]

We’re brighter when we work together: the 2023 Brighter Together Business Survey

On January 18, Economic Development Lethbridge, Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce, and Downtown BRZ released the results of their Brighter Together Business Survey. In its fifth year, this initiative seeks to have local businesses provide feedback about their current sentiments and overall business health. The survey results help anticipate and respond to current and future challenges […]

Let’s talk about community safety…

This is the last week for you to share your perceptions of community safety in our city by completing the Community Safety Survey: https://getinvolvedlethbridge.ca/ Safety in our community means different things to different people, and we need to understand and discuss the who, what, where, why, when, and how of all facets of community safety […]

Weekly Roundup Dec. 8

Highlights from this week’s meetings… Video and agenda packages for all meetings are available at: https://agendas.lethbridge.ca/AgendaOnline If you have any questions at all, or would like to talk further about the work Council is doing, please contact me via this website, or email me at: jenn.schmidt-rempel@lethbridge.ca Audit Standing Policy Committee, Dec. 6, 2023: Committee received […]

Weekly Roundup Dec. 1

Highlights from this week’s meeting… Video and agenda packages for all meetings are available at: https://agendas.lethbridge.ca/AgendaOnline If you have any questions at all, or would like to talk further about the work Council is doing, please contact me via this website, or email me at: jenn.schmidt-rempel@lethbridge.ca City Council, Nov. 28, 2023… Lethbridge and District Exhibition […]