Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Branding Exercise Clarified

Rainy River Future Development Corporation is clarifying the process used in the selection of a marketing firm to assist with the town's branding exercise.

Town council asked for an explanation after dealing behind closed doors with a complaint from a local businesses about the process.

The Corporation's Geoff Gillon says an independent committee was set up to review the submissions and make a recommendation.

Gillon says there were 16 inquiries made to the request for proposals with five submissions put forward by the deadline for the committee to review.

Twist Marketing of Calgary eventually selected.