Castlegar Vital Statistics Population: 7,500 Number of businesses: 596 Trading area population: 16,000 Supporting industries: Service, manufacturing, retail trade, transportation, tourism VITAL CONTACTS City of Castlegar | www.castlegar.ca
Mayor: Lawrence Chernoff
EDO: Phil Markin Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce | www.castlegar.com
Manager: Audrey Maxwell-Polovnikoff
Phone: (250) 365-6313
Featured Castlegar articles
Co-operative community
A housing development for Castlegar seniors has been envisioned by Castlegar seniors, and may provide a blueprint for other affordable seniors housing developments.
City growth
According to Castlegar’s EDO, Phil Markin, Castlegar’s prospects are better than they’ve ever been.
A new kid on the block
The new pet store on the block is Kootenay Petopia, co-owned by Jan and Michelle Groshaw, which opened its doors in mid-November at 625 Columbia Avenue in Castlegar.
Good times
This is a landmark year for Castlegar. The city’s municipal politicians and administrators moved into their brand new city hall in January, a project that finally got underway in 2007 after nearly two decades of discussion and planning on the building.
Healing from tragedy with quilts
Rita Crawford, founder of Kootenay Custom Quilting, refers to herself as a sewaholic with an intense passion for sewing. Her mom taught her the skill in her childhood and Crawford remembers this as bonding time.
Key Castlegar contacts
Environmentally friendly living Biosustain Technologies is offering five-acre lots on new crown land in Nelson, Ymir and the West Kootenays as well as one-acre lots with waterfront living on the Columbia River; these developments feature engineered and sustainable building design with environmentally friendly land development. In addition to home design and building lots, Biosustain Technologies also offers construction services, topsoil, flagstone rock products and landscaping and property development.
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Gateway to Adventure Radium Hot Springs has it all: unlimited outdoor activities, fine dining, golfing, skiing, natural hot springs pools and the most beautiful scenery you can imagine. Located on the warm side of the Canadian Rockies, Radium Hot Springs is British Columbia’s best mountain getaway village. A short three-hour drive from Calgary, Alberta, at the south entrance of Kootenay National Park, this mountain village has something to please everyone’s tastes.
Radium Hot Springs Chamber Of Commerce Radium, BC PHONE: (250) 347-9331
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All your paving needs Selkirk Paving—a Division of Interoute Construction Ltd.—in Invermere handles everything from driveways and parking lots to roadwork and excavation. Our services include ready-mixed concrete, sand and gravel, trucking, asphalt paving and repairs and concrete pumping needs.
Selkirk Paving Invermere, BC PHONE: (250) 342-6500 WEBSITE:
A legacy for the people Created by the people, for the people, the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) serves the residents of the Canadian portion of the Columbia River Basin. Working closely with people who live in the Basin, CBT assists communities in addressing their needs by: providing resources and funding; focusing on local priorities and issues; bringing people together around key issues; providing useful, credible, accessible information; encouraging collaboration and partnerships; and seeking ongoing input from Basin residents. Learn more about our work online at www.cbt.org.
Columbia Basin Trust 828D Baker Street Cranbrook, B.C. PHONE: (250) 426-1103
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Columbia Power Corporation At Columbia Power Corporation (CPC), we believe in creating long-term jobs and economic and social benefits through environmentally-sound power projects. Pursuant to the Columbia Basin Accord signed in 1995, the primary mandate of CPC is to undertake power project investments as the agent of the province on a joint venture basis with the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT). The joint venture partnership is contributing to the economic, environmental and social well-being of the Columbia Basin by planning, acquiring and developing power projects in the region.
Columbia Power Corporation 200 - 445 13th Ave Castlegar, BC PHONE: (250) 365-8545
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