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PEMBERTON CHAMBER NEWS - May 17 2005

Our 1st Chamber E-Mail Newsletter!

CHAMBER LUNCH
Guest speaker at the Thursday, May 19th Luncheon is Bob Purdy, from the Fraser Basin River Council. Lunch is at noon - Pemberton Royal Canadian Legion Br. #201. Please call 604-894-6477 to confirm your attendance or email to info@pembertonchamber.com.

ROCKY MOUNTAINEER RAIL TOURS PRESENTATION
Thursday, May 19th at 3 p.m. at the Pemberton Valley Lodge. This presentation will be of interest to all Pemberton businesses and the community. Company executives will outline possible opportunities for Pemberton and the scheduling of rail tours.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
  Wildwood Bistro & Bar Ltd.
  Pemberton Reservations.com
  Pemberton Adventures on Horseback

MEMBERSHIP DUES
Your 2005 membership fees are due. Any members that have not renewed their membership prior to June 20 will have their names deleted from the Chamber web site.

VISITOR INFO CENTRE OPENS
The Pemberton Visitor Info Centre opened for the 2005 season on May 9. Staffing the VIC this year is VIC Counsellor Laura Rolandi and Assistant Visitor Info Counsellor Keita Selina. The VIC is open 7 days a week from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. until Sept. 30th.

Due to the lack of funding, only the two above college students are being hired. The HRDC grant this year was cut for Pemberton to only half the number of weeks applied for, a reduced work week and for only one student - not two that we applied for. The VIC will use funds received from Tourism BC, the SLRD and Chamber funds to keep the Centre open. Hopefully funds will allow for the VIC to remain open in September.

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