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In 1973 Carlson Construction donated $100,000 to the Bissell Housing Corporation and Meadowcroft Holdings was created to invest the money. Using this nest egg, Meadowcroft Housing has brokered deals for different properties to be used as low-income housing, including the 9 unit Sherbrook Townhouses, purchased in 2009.

In 1977 Meadowcroft Housing Corporation bought the 176 unit Brentwood Homes townhouse complex, and Meadowcroft Housing Society of Edmonton was incorporated in 1977 to hold the Brentwood property. As part of the financing agreement, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation would not allow the total units to be less than 176. If Meadowcroft wanted to make room for seniors without the present tenants losing their homes they had to build them in advance of tearing down older units. To do this the Meadowcroft Housing Society of Edmonton initiated “Phase II” (also called the Brentwood Homes Infill Project), and erected 31 additional units. This expansion required the land to be rezoned and consolidated into 2 lots. Phase II was built in 1982 by Nu-West Homes for $1,816,323.

Meadowcroft Housing Society of Edmonton began loaning other non-profit organizations money in the early 2000s. This practice has benefited local groups such as the Capital Region Housing Corporation and sister company CTD Housing Solutions Edmonton Ltd., as well as Women Building Futures and the Edmonton Housing Assistance Partnership.

The Meadowcroft Tenants Association formed in 1973, and provided social programs and a newsletter. Meadowcroft Tenants’ Association Executive ran the majority of social programs, meet with management to discuss improvements. Over the years the newsletter was taken over by the staff, but the Tenants Association still provides many social programs. In 1995 the Meadowcroft Tenants Association was incorporated, providing legal protection and the eligibility to apply for grants.

The Fireweed Project was a project at the Peace River Centennial Museum [now Peace River Museum, Archives and Mackenzie Centre], which was funded through the Local Initiatives Program. The LIP was a Federal government program aimed at reducing winter unemployment and allowing local groups and business’ to complete projects. The Fireweed Project documented buildings, activities and people around the Peace River area between the years of 1976-1977. The project employed Gloria Gaw, Lorraine Gushlack and Murray Cook.

The Northern Alberta Railway served northern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia from 1929 to 1981. Incorporated on 14 June, 1929 as an independent company under joint ownership of the Canadian Pacific and the Canadian National Railways, the N. A. R. was created from a number of privately owned railways built after 1911. The Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway, the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway and the Central Canada Railway were originally built and operated by the J.D. McArthur company of Winnipeg and remained in private control until 1920, when J.D. McArthur experienced postwar financial difficulties. In an operation agreement to last five years, the Provincial Government assumed control of the Alberta and Great Waterways Railways while the C.P.R. operated both the Edmonton, Dunvegan, and British Columbia Railway and Central Canada Railway. The Provincial Government took over the operation on 11 November, 1926. In 1928 the C.P.R. and the C.N.R. bid to jointly purchase the railway. The proposal was accepted by the Government and resulted in the creation of the Northern Alberta Railways (N.A.R.) in 1929. In its half century of service, the N.A.R. played a significant role in oil and tar sands development, in the Alaska Highway and Canol projects, and in the overall development of Northern Alberta. In 1981, the Northern Alberta Railways was sold to Canadian National Railways and ceased to exist as an independent company. (From Northern Alberta Railway fonds at Provincial Archives of Alberta)

Jo-Ann Giles came across the records related to the Mount Cheviot Mine in some of her old family photographs.

The Halcourt cemetery was established at an organizational meeting on April 24, 1922, with the approval of board members Theodore Cleland, Thomas G. Cotton, William Dorin, Mrs. Bertha Chambers, and Thomas G. Chambers. The first burial was Mr. Bailey on January 27, 1924. The cemetery committee was responsible for selling plots, marking and digging the graves, record keeping and general maintenance of the cemetery. At a meeting in 1946, the cemetery committee consisting of F. Brewer, B.O. Cleland, and Art Funnell discussed a request for the municipality to take over the responsibility of the cemetery and to find out who was responsible for providing culverts to fix the approaches to the grounds.

The Coal Branch Club is a social group formed by and for the former members of the Coal Branch mines. The Coal Branch region is in Central Western Alberta and included the communities of Mountain Park, Cadomin, and Luscar. It was developed in 1910 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway to provide coal for their railway. It included nine major mines and more than twelve smaller operations. Production reached a maximum in World War Two when the mines provided coal for the war effort. However, with the discovery of oil and natural gas in Alberta, the market for coal decreased. The mines would close in rapid succession from 1951 to 1962. As the communities were company towns built on forest reserve land leased from the province, the companies simply cleared the landscape of all operations. Families were forced to move away, and many came to Edmonton.

The Coal Branch Club formed through former coal branch residents who had moved to Edmonton starting in the 1950’s. The group started rather informally, meeting for dances, dinners and picnics. Then in 1959 the club formed and began organizing annual social events. They organized there first reunion back at the mountains of Coal Branch in 1985, and had additional reunions in 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005.

The Calgary branch of the Association of Administrative Assistants or Private Secretaries was organized formally in 1965 after three years of operation. The primary purpose of the group was to promote networking and professional development for women in business through lectures, seminars and discussion groups. In 1977 the name was changed to the Association of Administrative Assistants. The Calgary Branch folded in May 1998 but some Calgarians remained "at-large" members of the Alberta region.

Century Calgary was formed in the summer of 1972 to promote, organize and coordinate all the city's activities for the centennial celebrations of Calgary, Alberta in 1975. Tom Walsh was named general chairman and Rabbi Lewis Ginsburg executive director. Joseph Schmitz succeeded Ginsburg in 1974. Close to 4000 volunteers were involved in Century Calgary's various projects. Two of the most notable projects were the publication of an oral history project in which over 100 Calgarians were interviewed, and the six volume Century Calgary Historical Series : Books About Calgary / by Calgary authors. - Calgary : Century Calgary Publications, 1975. The series covered topics including schools, churches, organized sports, youth groups, city communities, police force, transit system, private service groups, mayors, medical services, military, people, and events.