This indicator measures funds invested in heritage in the Columbia Basin. Data are from the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance and include 125 projects funded from 2008 to 2012 in three program areas: Major Project Heritage, Major Capital Heritage, and Heritage Innovations.Read more

This community profile provides a brief examination of Invermere's demographics, industry profile, municipal services, taxes and fees, quality of life, and business resources.Read more

Powerpoint presentation by Jane Powler and Cheryl Whittleton (Community Health). Provides general provincial scale health statistics for 2014/15, outlines health resource system pressures, and future provincial health directives including: improving access to/service design for primary health...Read more

Much has been reported on the challenges and gaps as to why innovation is not happening across Canada, yet this project took a different approach and examined successful innovation. This research could have concentrated on how businesses are overcoming the often-cited critical gaps for...Read more

"Average income in 2010 was $39,415 in BC, roughly $1200 less than the national average of $40,650. The average income in the Kootenay Development region was $36,633 indicating that people in the Kootenay region have less earning potential than the average Canadian and average BC resident....Read more

This report is a map to the emerging practice of economic development - which, as the case study research shows, must be more inclusive, strategic, adaptive and system-driven.Read more

The RDI is pleased to release a new report on integrated community sustainability planning in the Basin-Boundary region. The report provides a background on the planning approach and analyzes the process and content associated with plans developed by ten Basin-Boundary communities. The report is...Read more