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September 2010 Published Date: September 10, 2010
With over 100 members andguests enjoying the wonderfulweather, great food, super hostsand amazing networking, whatmore could a Westbank andDistrict Chamber of CommerceBusiness After Hours want? New Moon Gallery, WestbankPottery, Curves and the Cherry PitRestaurant opened their doors soeveryone could visit and
Download PDFAugust 2010 Published Date: August 4, 2010
Often at the Chamber we areasked what our relation is toTourism Westside and how it isdifferent from the work of theChamber.In this month’s column, I’d like to takethe opportunity to let the businesscommunity know about Tourism Westsideand what this group
Download PDFJuly 2010 Published Date: July 7, 2010
The Cove Lakeside Resort hosted the Westbank &District Chamber of Commerce Business AfterHours on June 10.Although the weather went from nice to spitting uswith rain, to complete drenching rain then back tonice, the 150 plus members had an amazing time.The
Download PDFJune 2010 Published Date: June 2, 2010
Warm weather, planting flowers, enjoying thesounds of birds, getting the boat ready for summerand school is almost out – yes, summer is here.Are you taking a British Columbia holiday thisyear or expecting visitors to our community?The largest industry in B.C.
Download PDFMay 2010 Published Date: May 5, 2010
Tourism is big business in our region.Indeed tourists leave $112 million inthe region every year. On the Westside, 23.4 per cent of all jobsare directly related to tourism. The reasonsso many visit us are the same many havemade this region their
Download PDFMarch 2010 Published Date: March 29, 2010
Economic development is an issue thatthe Westbank & District Chamber ofCommerce will get involved with in 2010.Economic development can mean manythings. However, for the purpose of thisarticle, it is meant to convey those policiesthat our community must develop to sustainand
Download PDFFebruary 2010 Published Date: February 3, 2010
West Kelowna named most sustainablesmall city in NorthAmerica!â€As farfetched as it sounds, try to imaginesuch a headline; I can. The question is whatdo we need to do to get there?For a start we need to understand howwe got to where
Download PDFJanuary 2010 Published Date: January 6, 2010
If someone would have told me 10years ago that I would one day be thepresident of a Chamber of Commerce, Iwould have said, “You are mad,†but hereI am at the beginning of 2010, humbledand honoured to be in this
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