Economic Plan Underway

For immediate release
October 12, 2019 

Pemberton & Region Economic Development Plan gets underway –
process to be led by Clear Course Consulting’s Veronica Woodruff in collaboration with EcoPlan.
Pemberton, BC/Líl ̓wat & Lower St ̓át ̓yemc Territory

The Pemberton & District Chamber of Commerce was successful in securing $100,000 in funding from the BC Rural Dividend Program for the development of the Pemberton and Region Economic Development Plan. This is an initiative of the Pemberton Area Economic Development Collaborative, that has been meeting quarterly since February 2018. The purpose of the collaborative is to share information, build relationships and collaboratively explore and facilitate economic development opportunities within the Pemberton Region.

The goal is for the Plan to create a foundation for regional economic growth and to improve community vibrancy, by bringing the region’s agencies and stakeholders together to explore common ground and identify a shared vision. It will provide a point of central contact, vision, and cohesion for the many disparate initiatives taking place to address growth, stimulate opportunity, and serve the communities living in the Territory and region. The Plan will develop, over the next year, with energetic community consultation, both with the collaborative and with the wider community.