New funding for value-added wood producers and manufacturing businesses in the Kootenays will protect workforces and support strong communities.

Work is underway to enhance forest resilience to protect against the effects of wildfire and climate change in the eastern Kootenay-Boundary region. 

More tree-fruit growers and their orchards will benefit from time-sensitive advice about pest management as B.C.-adapted software becomes available in the Kootenays, which will help stabilize the sector and strengthen B.C.’s food security.

Food and beverage producers will soon have more opportunities to grow their businesses while increasing food security with the development of a new food hub in Creston.

People living with disabilities now have access to nine new affordable rental homes in Creston, thanks to a partnership between the Province, the Columbia Basin Trust and the Kootenay Region Association for Community Living (KRACL).

Families, friends and members of surrounding communities are invited to the annual juvenile white sturgeon release on Thursday, May 16, 2019, between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. (Pacific time) at the Old Ferry Landing, near Creston.

Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing nearly $100,000 to Kootenay Employment Services Society for a project to support employment, business and community in the Creston area.

The Government of British Columbia is partnering with the Kootenay Region Association for Community Living and the Columbia Basin Trust, to build and manage nine new affordable rental units in Creston designed for low-income adults with disabilities.