In order to ensure Invest Kootenay activities remain informed by the changing investment climate of the region, investors from partner communities are interviewed annually. The purpose of these investor interviews is to better understand the investment climate and investor support needs in Invest Kootenay partner communities. More specifically, investors are asked what made investing in the area easy, what made it difficult, how can our communities better support potential and existing investors, and what target sectors our region should be focusing on. Between October 2008 and March 2009, eighty-six investors from Revelstoke, Grand Forks and the Boundary Area, Nelson, Castlegar, Creston and Kaslo were contacted to participate in this research study. Thirty-nine of eighty-six investors (response rate of 45%) were interviewed2 for the purpose of this research with interviews lasting between 15 minutes and 1 hour. Due to the limited number of respondents from each community, the names of interview participants are not included in the appendix in order to ensure respondents remain confidential and non-identifiable. It should be noted that the majority of interviews were undertaken in the Fall / Winter of 2008 during or immediately following municipal elections resulting in some findings related to speculation over what municipal change-over would bring.