CASTLEGAR – Get ready for a robot competition like no other. With experimentation and mentoring, youth around the region learn how to design, build and program robots that they will enter into the annual RoboGames with the ultimate machines awarded. Registration is now open for RoboGames 2017. Open to youth ages 6 to 18 from …
With a vision for economic growth in the Lower Columbia, the Columbia Basin Trust is putting a new economic development plan into action. The Trust is purchasing a commercial building in the Waneta Industrial Park near Trail and, with the help of a local tech industry entrepreneur, expects the new facility to offer up new …
Revelstoke. As expressed so succinctly on the Tourism Revelstoke website to describe living in this small Kootenay city: It’s a rare feeling. It’s an epic experience. It’s The Real Stoke. And right they are. Revelstoke takes tremendous pride in its rich heritage and spectacular scenery. This is a community that has succeeded in diversifying its …
Three new agreements involving eight local governments have been reached in the Kootenays, allowing small businesses to operate in multiple jurisdictions with a single business licence – cutting red tape while freeing up time and money. The Mobile Business Licence program is a partnership between participating municipalities, facilitated by the Province, which allows small companies …
Expedia recently released their Top 17 Canadian Cities to Visit in 2017 and guess which Kootenay communities made the list! Really, you could look at any number of our beautiful towns and cities around the region and easily put them on any “Tops” list. But, it probably won’t come as much of a surprise to …
Avi Phillips of Nelson, BC has gone from child actor in the big city to entrepreneurial dad as the owner of his own online marketing agency, and co-founder/developer of a new app along with his wife/business partner in the Kootenays. Following a serendipitous path, he translated his acting, writing and overall creative storytelling talents into …
The potential for creating the life you want, free of the needless complications, stresses and anxieties of the conventional rat-race often associated with more urban environs – a life-work balance – is becoming increasingly available here in the Kootenays. One Rossland resident is embodying that balance to the utmost, having left his big city, big …
“Place-based” marketing has become an effort gaining traction throughout the province as rural BC communities look to employ strategies encouraging talent retention, looking to take from cities such as Vancouver and Calgary. Looking to more of a Vancouver Lite approach to marketing smaller BC cities. In reference to Prince George and Quesnel’s recent campaigns to …
With the approval by the BC Government of what is soon to be the largest outdoor playground in Canada, Revelstoke is poised to take adventure tourism in the Koots to a whole new level. The Revelstoke Adventure Park will not only provide onsite camping including yurts and an RV park but enough outdoor fun to …
If you’re looking for the perfect space for your new business idea, business relocation or expansion plans, Imagine Kootenay has your back! From Grand Forks to Revelstoke to Fernie, restaurant to retail, we have a great list of opportunities to help you find the space that that will be the perfect fit for your unique …