QUOTE (brentdavies @ Apr 14 2009, 08:20 AM) Brooks is almost a 3 industry town. Beef packing plant, agriculture and oil.
Lakeside packers is up for sale by Tyson foods, and it may have already been sold. Talk about shutting it down.
What is the current employment at lakeside?
Oil and gas well servicing is down, as the price of oil and natural gas is down.
Agriculture is still going, but farmers don`t rent apartments.
How many apartments in Brooks today? 500?
Expect all Alberta Towns to have a higher vacancy in 2009, as many industries are adjusting to the new price of oil, and the resulting downturn in capital spending by the oil companies.
Thanks, Brent. I do not think Lakeside will be shutting down. It is mainly the process that created a lot of turmoil. Because the government has to approve the sale to a foreign country, and the government is slow, some employees left because of uncertainty. At leas that is what I heard.