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May 04

New business liaison program will allow communities to provide regional business support services

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Northern Development announced today that it is offering a new Regional Business Liaison (RBL) program. This program encourages Community Futures Development Corporations, Chambers of Commerce, local governments, community economic development entities or regional destination marketing organizations to hire locally based talent to provide business support services for the region. Funding will be made available to support up to three regional business liaison positions per Northern Development region (Northeast, Northwest, Prince George, and Cariboo-Chilcotin/Lillooet), for a total of …

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"This project has added several thousand dollars to the All-Native Basketball Tournament Society's potential door revenues, but the greatest benefit is that it has increased the comfort tenfold."

Michael Curnes, former Director of Recreation, City of Prince Rupert

Expanding Event Capacity is a Slam Dunk at Prince Rupert's All-Native Basketball Tournament

By increasing the seating capacity of the gymnasium by 202 seats, greater ticket sale revenue was possible, and allowed for major events in Prince Rupert such as the All-Native Basketball Tournament to grow. The additional seating generates almost $2,000 per day of extra ticket sales for the All-Native Basketball Tournament…

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