Josie Osborne, Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, and Brittny Anderson, MLA for Nelson-Creston, met with community climate leaders in Nelson to discuss how Budget 2024 can help support people in the region to transition to a low-carbon economy and meet shared CleanBC goals.

Traffic signals are coming to the Highway 3A and Baker Street intersection, improving safety and mobility for people travelling into and around Nelson’s city centre.

New funding will support more people to train for jobs in much-needed positions in the Kootenays, such as digital business managers, at Kootenay Columbia College of Integrative Health Sciences through a new Community and Employer Partnerships (CEP) project funded by the Province.

People who are vulnerable and have low incomes will be supported with nearly $150,000 in government funding for local poverty-reduction projects in the Kootenays.

The Province, through BC Housing, has purchased the North Shore Inn in Nelson to provide 30 homes with supports for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

People in 55 communities throughout the province, including 19 communities in the Interior, will benefit from more than $17 million in grants in lieu of municipal property taxes this year.

A new apartment building with 39 new one-bedroom rental units designed to be affordable for members of the local workforce is now open in Nelson.

British Columbia’s network of public electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging stations is expanding with the opening of nine new stations between Fernie and Nelson, making it easier for people travelling highways 3, 3A and 95 to charge up their EVs.