- Dayna Spiring, president and CEO of Economic Development Winnipeg “You trust your gut, you trust your team, you get as many opinions as you can and then you make a call.”
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she adds. “More and more, our business community — whether it’s primarily men or whatever the demographic is — I think they’re ready to accept other people around that table,” she says. “I think they’re ready to welcome new points of views.” Spiring jokes that for too long the city suffered from poor self-promotion, but since she’s been at the helm of Economic Development Winnipeg, she has helped bring exciting new projects, businesses and events to Winnipeg. She is hopeful for 2022 and the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. “On the economic development front, we’ve got a lot of things in the pipeline that are waiting for the world to open up again and waiting for people to be able to come and visit the city and allow us to really showcase our best assets,” she hints. “My prediction and my hope: Winnipeg is going to be a force to be reckoned with when we get to the other side of this.” ◗
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