Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing $102,014 for two projects in the Robson Valley that will support economic diversity and promote traditional skill development in the area.

The Government of British Columbia and the Columbia Basin Trust are partnering with Valemount Affordable Rentals Society to provide better affordable rental housing options for students and low-income people in the Valemount region.

The Province is transferring 185 hectares of Crown land in the Tete Jaune Cache and Valemount areas to the Simpcw First Nation, as part of accommodation for the Valemount Glacier Destination resort approval, Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Minister Doug Donaldson has announced.

A project to resurface Highway 16 from West Twin Creek to Bell Mountain Road has gone to tender.

The Province has approved the new Valemount Glacier Destinations ski and sightseeing resort with the finalization and signing of a master development agreement.

The Village of Valemount Airport will receive $27,000 in funding from the B.C. Air Access Program for airport infrastructure improvements, announced MLA for Prince George-Valemount Shirley Bond, on behalf of Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone.

The Robson Valley is receiving $300,000 from the B.C. Rural Dividend.

As British Columbia experiences some of its strongest tourism growth in years, with a record number of international visitors during the first half of the year, Valemount is receiving $54,624 from the Province’s Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) to support its tourism industry.

The Valemount Glacier Destination Resort – a potential year-round skiing and alpine resort worth $175 million – has taken another step forward with the B.C. government’s approval of the master plan.