City-proposed development seeks to attract burgeoning agri-business, petrochemical industry

MEDICINE HAT, AB – Medicine Hat is taking a small step in developing a large heavy industry park with municipal officials awarding a preliminary planning and civil engineering contract for development of the Northwest Industrial Park.

The site would be located across the three-quarter sections of city-owned land on the north side of Broadway Avenue across from the Aurora Sun facility.

The city’s administrative committee awarded the $510,000 contract late last month that will see zoning amendments to the Box Springs Business Park area structure plan as well as provide evaluations of what would be needed in terms of city services.

Jon Sookocheff, Invest Medicine Hat’s economic recovery officer, says the move to develop the land is to have a shovel-ready site for future investment in heavy industry in the region – specifically for the burgeoning agri-food industry.