While Jasper National Park and the town are still closed to visitors, on Friday the park service announced that it had reopened the road south through the Rocky Mountains that is a key draw for tourists
The road to recovery is starting to clear for businesses in Jasper , Alta., a month after some 25,000 visitors and residents were forced to flee a raging
The route adds to the full reopening of Highway 16 earlier this week, which has ushered in teams of service workers to help rebuild the community, bringing businesses closer to reopening. The organization, funded by Prairies Economic Development Canada, has been busy helping small businesses as they handle their accounting, figure out payroll, insurance and the many other financial challenges they face on top of the personal toll of losing so much.
“We’ve seen a change now with re-entry that businesses are really feeling the need to reopen,” said Robbins.has taken on businesses, conducting a survey with the Red Cross and the Alberta government to get data that they can then turn into more supports. The survey found that 53 per cent of respondents wouldn’t survive more than two months without immediate support.
Some businesses expect to see a spike in business ahead as the rebuilding gets underway but are largely on hold for now.
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