Portage Regional Economic Development will soon be unveiling their new strategy clarifying what PRED is and how they can deliver on their mandate.

Executive Director Vern May explains upon his arrival in Portage la Prairie, one of the first things he wanted to do was figure out the relationships PRED has with the community; where those relationships need to be improved and where efforts need to be refocused. After many meetings with different agencies and individuals, PRED has come up with a strategy that clarifies their goals.

May shares a preview of their strategy.

"The most important thing is identifying our role to collaborate and not compete with other agencies that are already in the community and also clearly identifying what our mandate is. It's in our title, we're [Portage] Regional Economic Development and so the work-plan and the strategy we're going to undertake is going to reflect that."

PRED will reveal their strategy to the public, including the RM council meeting March 28th.