Opportunity Blog

Time to access critical pandemic response and recovery rural grant programs... Having been unfairly designated as ‘urban’ by the Province for over 50 years, the rural Electoral Areas of Salt Spring, Galiano, Mayne, Pender, and Saturna Islands have been unable to access critical pandemic response and recovery, rural granting programs, such as the Islands Coastal […]

Created by a diverse cross-section of BC’s rural islanders, this grassroots gift certificate and donation program will assist our most vulnerable businesses and community groups during the pandemic and beyond. Rural islanders are interconnected, strong, and caring. Island COMEBACK’s goal is to help each island be better able to recover from the current crisis.

The Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) is calling for Comprehensive Strategic Planning for the Villages of Ganges & Fulford.

CEDC is working with EcoPlan International to identify the best model for a Green Learning Lab on Salt Spring that can help us demonstrate that investing in the green sector is good for the economy and the environment.