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SUMMARY:Webinar - Investment Ready: Company Towns, Critical Infrastructur
 e, and Building the New Economy with Jada Basi
DESCRIPTION:Webinar - Investment Ready: Company Towns, Critical Infrastr
 ucture, and Building the New Economy with Jada Basi\n\n-----------------
 -------------------------------------------------------\n\nJada Basi\n\n
 Jada Basi brings two decades of experience working across rural, region
 al, and resource-based communities. Her work focuses on infrastructure r
 enewal, land use, and economic transitions, particularly in places shape
 d by forestry, mining, energy, and industrial development.\n\nRaised in 
 BC’s interior, Jada brings a grounded understanding of how resource 
 economies intersect with labour, infrastructure, and community well-bein
 g. She has led multidisciplinary teams on complex consulting assignments
  involving Indigenous governments, local municipalities, and private ind
 ustry, helping communities adapt to changing markets while strengthening
  their long-term resilience, livability and social fabric.\n\nJada hold
 s a Master’s in Strategy, Management, and Leadership from Michigan Sta
 te University and a Bachelor’s in Northern and Rural Community Plannin
 g from UNBC. She is a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners and t
 he Planning Institute of BC, a Certified Management Consultant, and a me
 mber of LAI. She previously chaired PIBC’s Communications Committee, s
 erved on the BC Business Council’s Next Leaders Steering Committee, an
 d Co-Chair of the Canadian Institute of Planners National Policy Working
  Group on Economic Growth and Resiliency. Jada co-owns CitySpaces Cons
 ulting in Vancouver, BC.\n\nRegistration closes Monday March 9, 2026 at
  4:00 pm. You will receive the webinar meeting details one day before th
 e event on Tuesday March 10, 2026.\n\n \n
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