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ACTIVATE YOUR BUSINESS
VERNON, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Consistently voted as one of the Best Cities for Work in BC,
Vernon offers a thriving business community with unmatched
quality of life. Join the revolution of work/life balance and
contact us today to find out how you can join in the success.
V
ernon, B.C. is alive with the
buzz of a community on the
move. Home to nearly 50,000
and serving as the central hub for
the North Okanagan, Vernon is
emerging as a community on the
rise, attracting investors, entrepre-
neurs, and new residents. Each
year, nearly 1,000 new residents
are making the move and calling
Vernon home for its quality of life,
affordability and opportunities.
Savvy entrepreneurs are seizing
on Vernon's growth by quickly
bringing new concepts to the
community, including wineries
and breweries, technology,
manufacturing, development,
and professional and personal
services to meet the needs of a
growing community.
Vernon recently adopted a
new Zoning Bylaw, which has
created opportunities for more
multi-family and commercial
development while streamlining
the development processes.
As such, development activity
flourishes with more than
400,000 square feet of new
light industrial buildings under
development, numerous
purpose-built rental buildings
in process, and the recent
groundbreaking on a new
$130-million Active Living Centre
(recreation centre), just to
highlight a few!
Reach out to the City's
Economic Development
and Partnerships Office to
learn more about VERNON's
opportunities today.
John Perrott, Manager,
Economic Development
& Partnerships
jperrott@vernon.ca |
250-550-3249
A COMMUNITY ON THE RISE
V E R N O N
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A
t the District of Elkford,
we've been working hard
to prepare for your investment.
We've overhauled our downtown
zoning to be flexible as it gets
and upgraded our downtown
infrastructure to help your
businesses thrive. We've also
added downtown tax exemptions
and simplified our approval
processes so that whether
you're investing in residential,
commercial or light industrial
space, developing in Elkford
is faster and easier than ever
before.
Why invest in Elkford? Our
land continues to increase in
value while remaining the most
affordable in the Elk Valley, and
our regional economy shows
long-term growth that has
increased demand for more local
services, businesses, industrial
and commercial development
and housing construction. Our
community is safe and clean,
with low crime rates, crisp
mountain air and 360-degree
mountain views—and our
population reports a significantly
higher income than the
provincial average.
Virtually view land at elkford.
ca/maps, or visit elkford.ca/
invest to browse available land
parcels and see the results
of major public investments
in quality of life and future
growth (including nearly $10
million recently invested into
infrastructure in our growing
downtown).
Ready to invest or book your
in-person site tour?
Contact us at 250-865-4000
or business@elkford.ca.
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@district.elkford
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