Pemberton and District News and Community Events

Greetings Pemberton Businesses,

The latest Pemberton improvement project that the Pemberton Rotary Club is working on involves both the Pemberton Chamber of Commerce as well as the Rotary Club. Over the last few years the Pemberton Rotary Club has targeted Earth Day as an opportunity to beautify and create parkland for Pemberton. Our large projects have included the park adjacent to the Health Care Centre and the park adjacent to the Visitors Center.

Please see the photo of the Inukshuk that we are proposing for the Chamber Park, adjacent to the Pemberton Visitors Centre. This project will make a bold statement to residents and visitors as they enter our town and also serve as an incentive to visitors to stop, have their photos taken in front of the Inukshuk with Mt. Currie in the background and also go into the Visitors Centre and learn what the Pemberton area has to offer and therefore act as a stimulus to business and tourism in the area. (And it will look beautiful!)

The attached photo is similar in size to the one we will have. Northwest Landscape Supply out of Squamish supplied and installed the one in the photo outside the adventure centre in Squamish and they will be supplying the rocks for ours. I told them that through the Chamber and the Rotary Club we will be able to source volunteer trucking, prep and labour for installation. The retail cost for the rocks is $6000. I am confident that you, the members of the Pemberton Business Community will support this project financially so we are able to order the rocks.

I hope to have the Inukshuk in place in the next 2-3 weeks.

Please confirm your acknowledgment and support of this project by way of a donation so the rocks can be ordered. For more information, please contact Lisa Ames at 604-932-1661.

Regards,
Lisa Ames
Rotary Club of Pemberton Centennial

A reminder - the next Birken Country Market is scheduled for Saturday July 19th - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come and enjoy the local photography, crafts, fresh baked goods, and garden delights! Bask in the summer sun alongside Gates Lake while listening to the tunes of live music performed by Dawn and Carmen.

Still room for new vendors...

If anyone is available to assist with putting up the tent on Thursday July 17 or Friday July 18th please contact Patti Roger Kirkpatrick via email at birkirk@telus.net.

News from the Pemberton & Chamber of Commerce for July 14, 2008

NEW CHAMBER MEMBERS

Welcome to our new Pemberton & District Chamber members!

• Ken Kerton
• Whistler Skydiving Inc.
• Blackcomb Trail Rides
• The Cottage B & B on Lillooet Lake
• Whistler Jetboating

NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE

Alexandra Ross, our Economic Development Consultant, is pleased to announce that the new Pemberton Economic Development website which is now online at www.edcpemberton.com.

This website was built by Pemberton's Custom Fit Online Solutions using a content management system and integrated blog that allows easy management of the website by Pemberton EDC personnel without any technical knowledge and limited training. Learn more about the Pemberton EDC site's technical capabilities.

SPECIAL PROJECTS GRANT FOR VISITOR CENTRE

The Pemberton Visitor Centre is pleased to announce the creation of a new computer system. This new special projects upgrade will enhance the visitor experience at the VC and improve tourism in the community.

The new office equipment was made possible through a $3,550 Special Projects grant from Tourism British Columbia. Tourism British Columbia makes Special Projects funding available to Visitor Centres for projects and services that will enhance the visitor experience and services at the Visitor Centre.

The Pemberton Visitor Centre is one of 109 community-operated Visitor Centres across the province.

Visitor Centres are community operated under the direction of Tourism British Columbia. Tourism British Columbia is a Crown corporation that operates under an industry-led board of directors and is responsible for marketing the Super, Natural British Columbia® brand to the world.