The Regional District of East Kootenay will be delivering the Access Guardian Program 2013/14 which includes hiring an Access Guardian who will: - Educate people on backcountry access issues; - Provide public relations while monitoring backcountry traffic; - Enforce backcountry...
Learn MoreWolverines are a conservation priority yet little regional data exists and it has been suggested that current harvest levels may be unsustainable. To address this shortcoming the Abundance and Movement of Wolverine in the Kootenay Region project intends to collect...
Learn MoreThe planning department of the City of Revelstoke will develop a web interface to communicate land use choices and strategies through prescribed built form 3D modeling. This approach will help residents in visualizing proposed land use decisions as they pertain...
Learn MoreRegional District of Central Kootenay received funds to support undertaking Operational Fuel Treatment in two pilot areas - Harrop-Proctor Block 150 area and Boswell Block 25 area. The project will reduce crown continuity to sustain a crown fire reduce the...
Learn MoreCBT funds will be used to support the costs associated with the design and construction of a biomass district heating project by the St. Mary's Indian Band. This project will design and construct the facility as well as showcase lessons...
Learn MoreColumbia Basin Trust (CBT) partners with the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) to address literacy issues in the Basin. Literacy programs and activities provided through CBAL vary from community to community depending on the services available and community needs....
Learn MoreThe Summer Works Program delivered in partnership with the College of the Rockies was created to support the success of small business in the Basin as well as provide summer jobs for students in the region. Benefits include: A wage...
Learn MoreThis is a bursary style program to be delivered through the existing network of publicly funded Employment Assistance Service Centres currently providing education and training advice to Basin Residents. Grants may be used to pay all or part of tuition...
Learn MoreThe District of Elkford will be constructing a new community centre that will include: Large partition able auditorium that will seat 300 people; Commercial kitchen; Partition able multipurpose community room; Lobby and reception gallery; Community playschool with an enclosed playground;...
Learn MoreCBT is providing $200 000 to Community Futures organizations in the CBT region to support economic development initiatives. Community Futures included in this project are Community Futures Development Corporations of Greater Trail Central Kootenay East Kootenay Revelstoke and Fraser Fort...
Learn MoreCBT funds will be used to support the completion of the Kootenay Child Development Centre. This will be a multi service centre providing a full continuum of child health and development services in one accessible central location. It is dedicated...
Learn MoreThe District of Invermere will be constructing an amenity building on the Kinsmen Beach. With the development of the Whiteway in 2008 Kinsmen Beach has become an all season venue. The amenity building will become the key facility in hosting...
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