Business advisory services educate entrepreneurs, including this Creston apiarist How to hire good employees. How to lead them well. How to read your financials. In…
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Mama’s Dumplings offers pockets of joy
An East Kootenay business expands with help from programs that support small business, agriculture and food production. The sun glints off the sparkling clean, red and white…
Coaching for biking and business
Doing a drop versus a steep roll. Riding a skinny or performing a rear wheel lift. Based in Golden, Shred Sisters helps women learn to master mountain…
Revamped bookstore continues to deliver whimsy
“We’re an awesome bookstore.” This is how Erin Dalton describes the Cranbrook store she owns: Huckleberry Books. “The tagline I like using is ‘Your Community…
More incredible local fare coming to the basin
Columbia Basin Trust-supported Kootenay Farms Food Hub will enable producers to create new foods and drinks Farmers around the Columbia Basin already produce delicious, healthy…
Shred Kelly livens up festival
By Erin Knutson The #BuyBasin Festival on Facebook has begun courtesy of the Columbia Basin Trust and FestivalSeekers. With its spring arrival, the promise of…
KAST helps hundreds of businesses impacted by COVID
One year into the COVID-19 pandemic and the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST) has helped hundreds of businesses in the Kootenays impacted by…
Cost of production workshops upcoming
The Basin Business Advisors is hosting two ‘Cost of Production for Beef & Vegetable Producers workshops’ in Cranbrook and Invermere on November 13 and 14 Are…
Basin businesses get support to grow
Trust seeking motivated companies for customized support and mentorship program Businesses poised for significant growth can now get assistance to realize their vision through a…
$100k boost to Farmers’ Market coupon program
Trust support reduces wait lists, adds five new markets, feeds 225 more families Columbia Basin residents, local farmers and local farmers’ markets will all benefit…