2007: Consultation Summaries

Opportunities:

• Taking advantage of 2010 Olympics
• Marketing and education around climate action opportunities
• Idea to develop business mentorship program

Issues:

• Recruitment and retention of foreign workers
• Accreditation of immigrants’ qualifications
• Training for employees and owners/operators
• PST simplification and streamlining

Opportunities:

• Leveraging partnerships between businesses/associations (e.g. Museums and Gallery Collective)
• Tourism development – ski resort being built, 2010 Olympic opportunities
• Taking advantage of and preserving small business-oriented community

Issues:

• Recruitment and retention of skilled labour - need more affordable housing
• Job skills training for youth
• Issues with transportation in and out of Revelstoke

Opportunities:

• Innovation through bio-energy
• Increased number of successful home-based businesses
• Training programs offered by colleges and universities
• Olympic teams coming in winter to train

Issues:

• Access to skilled labour
• Complexity of immigration process to hire foreign workers
• Access to funds for retrofitting utilities; use of alternative energy

Opportunities:

• Regional tourism development
• Tourism promotion to focus on regions
• Green economy; alternative energy projects
• Downtown improvement and promotion

Issues:

• Skills shortages
• Complexity of regulatory burden and government
• Immigration obstacles to investment
• Access to fibre for biomass cogeneration

Opportunities:

• Regional tourism development
• Green economy; alternative energy projects
• Volunteerism and community improvement efforts

Issues:

• Dependence on resource sector – diversification of economy 
• Skills shortages – managing success
• Complexity of PST and regulatory burden
• Cost of crime