Presentation by Helmut Pastrick (Chief Economist for Central 1 Credit Union) with graphical aids summarized by the following points. Global economic slowdown extends through 2016; policy stimulus and market adjustments lead to firming growth in 2017. Low interest rates and low dollar ahead....Read more
3 page summary report on measuring the Basin-Boundary's progress on economic development efforts using indicators. Indicators are helpful for informing residents, organizations, and governments regarding key trends in economic development, facilitating understanding of complex issues,...Read more
This report describes findings from a Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) survey conducted with 80 businesses within Creston & District (communities between Yahk and Riondel). BRE is an action-oriented and community-based approach to business and economic development. It promotes job...Read more
Discusses findings from a Business Retention and Expansion survey conducted at 795 businesses in the Basin-Boundary region between 2012 and 2015. (2016)Read more
RDI approach, project selection process, and proposal evaluation matrixRead more
Powerpoint presentation (Dr. Terri MacDonald - AKBLG, Kimberley). 2016 Overview of the new rural economy capacity and survey preliminary results.Read more
Powerpoint presentation exploring execution of food policy council to address policy and program needs related to food systems throughout the Columbia Basin.Read more
RDI's research brief (2016) summarizing research conducted as part of RDI's Regional Food Systems project.Read more
Powerpoint exploring youth employment trends in Columbia Basin.
Summary:
1. B.C.’s non-metro population is growing ‘slowly’ (where “metro” is a centre with 100,000+ population plus all neighbouring communities where 50+% commute to metro)
2. B.C. has fewer potential...Read more
The State of the Basin is an indicator and monitoring program originally developed by Columbia Basin Trust (CBT). Now a project of the Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute (RDI), the State of the Basin initiative involves collecting, analyzing and reporting on indicators in order to build...Read more
