SLRD Area C Luncheon CANCELLED

Please note: The event noted has been cancelled (as of Monday June 9, 2008).

Guest speaker: Susie Gimse
Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: D'arcy Community Center
Cost: $12
Reservations are mandatory before the event.
E-Mail your RSVP: jbour1@telus.net
RSVP Deadline: June 9, 2008

Meet the Buyer – RFEOI No.2010-71 Concessionaire Services for Olympic and Paralympic Villages

VANOC is looking for the following services:
* Domestic Appliances and Supplies and Consumer Electronic Products
* Drugs and Pharmaceutical Products
* Food Beverage and Tobacco Products
* Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services
* Printing and Photographic and Audio and Visual Equipment and Supplies
* Public Utilities and Public Sector Related Services
* Service Industry Machinery and Equipment and Supplies
* Travel and Food and Lodging and Entertainment Services

** If you are interested in bidding, don’t miss the Meet the Buyer meeting.

Date: Thursday June 5, 2008
Time: 1 p.m.
Venue: 2010 Commerce Centre – Robson Square
1600 – 800 Robson Street, Lower Plaza
Vancouver, BC

Click here for further information.

Increase Your Business and Your Revenues - Secure Your Contracts

This workshop will provide the opportunity to understand the components of the RFP and learn how to respond to an RFP.

• the use of the RFP process for the securing of goods and services increases each year
• discover ways to leverage the RFP process and grow your business without actually responding to an RFP
• understand how the RFP process can be used to benefit your own company in securing goods and services
• leverage the many opportunities as a result of major events held in the Sea-to-Sky corridor
• interested in the thousands of contracts still to be awarded as a result of the 2010 Winter Games

Participants will also be provided with where to find RFP's, questions to ask to assist in deciding whether to bid or not to bid on a particular opportunity, and all the various components of an RFP and what makes for a successful proposal.

Facilitator: Royal Bank of Canada
Date: Thursday June 26, 2008
Time: 8:30AM – 12:30PM
Where: 1350 Aster St – Pemberton – SLRD Board Room
Cost: $20
Deadline for registration: June 18, 2008
RSVP: edc@edcpemberton.com or call 604.905.8672

2008 RICK HANSEN WHEELS IN MOTION - June 8

Get an early start this Sunday and join in the Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion Event. You can walk, run cycle or even roller blade either the 2km or 7 km route.

Event Details:
Date: Sunday June 8, 2008
Times: Registeration @ 8 a.m., Event start @ 9 a.m.
Where: Pemberton Community Centre

Funds pledged at the event are matched by Scotiabank and ½ of the funds raised are dedicated to the Quality of Life Grants for communities. The grants are used to enhance accessibility and make life easier for spinal cord injury persons.

Registration forms are available at Scotiabank, Pemberton Community Centre and Pemberton Visitor Centre ( across from PetroCan).

Learn more about the Wheels in Motion event and programs.

Join the Pemberton Festival - Volunteer!

Pemberton Chamber President Paul Selina would like to extend an invitation to all Pemberton & District Chamber of Commerce members to become a volunteer at the Pemberton Festival to be held in Pemberton from July 25-27, 2008.

Your support and participation in this event will be greatly appreciated. Interested persons can find the Volunteer Application form (PDF format).

Forms may be dropped off at the Pemberton Visitor Centre (across from PetroCan) 9-5 p.m. daily or dropped in the Centre's mail slot after hours.

There will be many visitors enjoying Pemberton's hospitality and services. The Festival is a wonderful opportunity for the Pemberton Business Community.

Local artisan vendors may register by contacting Alexandra Ross at edc.alex@telus.net or call 604-905-8672.

We all know Pemberton is a special community one of B.C.s fastest-growing places, but still with its own special character and vibe. And as of next week, it has its own community newspaper.

The Question, which has been serving Pemberton for more than 20 years, is proud to announce the debut of the Questions Pemberton edition starting next Thursday (June 19).

The Pemberton edition will run as a minimum 4-page weekly section wrapped around the regular Question in all copies delivered directly to the doors of homes in Pemberton and on racks in area businesses. It will also run as the centre section of all copies of the Question delivered in Whistler.

The Pemberton edition will have the latest in happenings in the Pemberton Valley every Thursday and feature long-time Question columnists Grace Chadsey's "Notes from Pemberton" every week.

"We've wanted to do this for a long time", said Publisher Stephanie Matches. "Now the time is right."

The Pemberton edition of the Question will debut on Thursday, June 19. Watch for it on your doorstep.

To advertise in the Pemberton edition, call Tessa Sweeney or Sue Jensen at 604-932-5131.

Question Newspaper & Whistler The Magazine
#353-4370 Lorimer Road,
Whistler, BC,V0N 1B4
604-932-5131 / toll free: 877-419-8866
www.whistlerquestion.com

Come out and Enjoy a Family Celebration of Summer Solstice.

Date: Saturday June 21, 2008
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Whispering Falls Resort on sunny Gates Lake

What's Happening:
Enjoy the local wares... photography, garden art, children's books, fresh baked goods, painting, woolens, jewelery and more. Fall bulbs $2/dozen.

Enjoy the music of Carmen and Dawn at Mikey's Snack Shack! See you there!

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS

• Pemberton General Store
• Pemberton & District Museum & Archives Society
• Di'Carlos Italian Restaurant
• IonWays Filtered Water Systems
• S.Ross Sherwood
• Home Comforts B & B
• Meadows at Pemberton
• Pemberton Stables Inc.
• Whistler Bungee Inc.
• The Mute Raven Studio
• Birken Lakeside Resort

COMMUNITY FOCUS GROUPS ON ARTS, CULTURE & HERITAGE

The Sea to Sky Economic Impact Study of Arts, Heritage and Culture is nearing completion. To date, over 250 artists, community stakeholders and arts organizations have completed a survey to help determine the size and impact of the cultural sector from Lions Bay to the Pemberton Valley. The next step in the study is to host a series of community focus groups to present the preliminary results, generate feedback and discuss future steps to strengthen the cultural sector.

DATE: Fri. June 27th, 9 a.m. - 12 noon.
LOCATION: SLRD Board Room, 1350 Aster St., Pemberton
REGISTRATION: Online at www.seatoskycorridor.ca or by phone at 1-866-680-3926 (ext.307)

Meetings are open to artists, arts organizations, community stakeholders and residents who are generally interested in seeing the arts flourish in their communities.

BUSINESS NEWS

From the desk of Rick Thorpe, BC Minister of Small Business and Revenue

British Columbia has launched Straightforward BC; Regulation, Clear and Simple, a progress report on our government's drive to reduce red tape, and a commitment to a zero net increase in government regulations through 2012.

We commit to holding the line on red tape, with our goal to ensuring any new regulations are clear and easy to understand. For every new regulation introduced over the next four years, one or more unnecessary regulations will be cut.

The benefits of regulatory reform are not limited to small business owners; every citizen benefits when government forms and processes are streamlined and simplified.

The combination of the provinces' regulatory reform model and significant personal and all business tax reductions has helped transform British Columbia into Canada's most business friendly province and indeed, the best place on earth.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ECONOMIC REGION 18th ANNUAL SUMMIT

DATE: July 20 to 24
LOCATION: The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver
REGISTRATION: Register online or for updated agenda please visit www.pnwer.org/2008summit.

INCREASE YOUR BUSINESS & YOUR REVENUE, SECURE YOUR CONTRACTS

The workshop will provide the opportunity to understand the components of the RFP and learn how to respond to an RFP. Deadline for Registration - June 20, 2008

FACILITATOR: Royal Bank of Canada
DATE: Thursday, June 26, 2008
TIME: 8:30 to 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: 1350 Aster Street ,Pemberton - SLRD Board Room
COST: $20.00
RSVP: edc.alex@telus.net or call 604-905-8672