Links
Useful Links
Business associations
Gibsons and District Chamber of Commerce www.gibsonschamber.com
Sechelt and District Chamber of Commerce www.secheltchamber.bc.ca
Gibsons Landing Business Association www.gibsonslandingbc.com
- Mandate is to improve business conditions in Gibsons Landing (Lower Gibsons)
Sechelt Downtown Business Improvement Association www.secheltdowntown.com
- Mandate is to improve business conditions in the Sechelt downtown shopping core
Industry Associations
Coast Community Builders Association www.coastbuilders.ca
- Mandate is to promote a vigorous, sustainable building industry on the Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast Tourism www.sunshinecoastcanada.com
- Destination Marketing Organization for the Sunshine Coast
Local Government
Town of Gibsons www.gibsons.ca
District of Sechelt www.district.sechelt.bc.ca
Sunshine Coast Regional District www.scrd.ca
Provincial and Federal Economic Development Agencies
BC Ministry of Communities and Rural Development www.gov.bc.ca/cd/
- Mandate is to support community economic and social development, primarily in rural areas. Provides funding programs for community development and human resources support.
BC Ministry of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development www.gov.bc.ca/tted/
- Mandate is to facilitate economic growth, wealth and job creation, and diversification of provincial and regional economies. Responsible for promoting trade and labour mobility.
Community Futures Development Corporation — Sunshine Coast www.communityfutures.org/page.asp?PageID=1
- Community Futures is a non-profit, federally and provincially funded organization focused on developing the economic and entrepreneurial capacity of the Sunshine Coast. It supports new and existing business development through business counselling and assistance, loans, and business planning.
- The Department's mission is to foster a growing, competitive, knowledge-based Canadian economy. Program areas include developing industry and technology capability, fostering scientific research, setting telecommunications policy, promoting investment and trade, promoting tourism and small business development, and setting rules and services that support the effective operation of the marketplace.