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Council passed motion at
the Oct. 1 meeting to grant
support to a tourism devel-
opment proposal brought
forward by Capilano College
on behalf of the Squamish
and Pemberton communit-
ies.

Council agreed to support
the application for Local Ec-
onomic Renewal and Deve-
lopment funds being made
by the College to the Prov-
incial Government.

The purpose of the prop-
osal is to provide practical
assistance to people with
business ideas related to
Expo &6 and Tourism using
the facilities of the College in
Squamish and outreach to
Pemberton.

Said the proposal: “alth-

eugh hard hit by the econ-
omic recession, with une-

mployment rates that are
far above national and pro-

Council endorses
Cap College

‘tourism proposal

vincial averages, the comm-
unities of Squamish and
Pemberton are working to
create an economic recovery
in their region and to con-
tribute to the economic
recovery of the Province.”
The proposal involves tak-
ing advantage of the anti-
cipated influx of tourists for
Expo 86, in the form of
setting up new businesses
from everything to bed-and-
breakfast operations to lar-
ge tourist-oriented ventur-
es.

The proposal also takes
into consideration the cur-
rent negotiations with the
Royal Hudson Steamtrain
Society to have the Royal
Hudson stay over for a per-
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of the two hours it now
remains in Squamish.

“There is an existing tour-
ist industry in Squamish and
Pemberton which provides
short term activities,” stat-
ed the proposal.

“The need is for specific
training in both communities
of the expanded workforce
required for the anticipated
increase in tourism, and
training to performance lev-
els of hospitality that will
lead to Expo 86 visitors
returning with their frie-
nds,” the proposal added.

The College hopes to carry

out the proposal by ins--

tituting the following:

1. Short (no longer than 12
hours) courses and work-
shops offered at nominal
cost. Topics selected-on the
basis of consultation with
existing locally-based orga-
nizations.

2. Advice and counsel to
individuals on the establi-
shment and conduct of their
small business. The advisors
and counsellors will be succ-
essful business people dr-
awn, as often as possible,
from the local community.
3. Assistance to businesses
in the prepzration of app-
lications under CEIC ent-
ry/re-entry and other emp-
loyment development pro-
grams.

The College predicts the
cost of.the project to be
$35,000. The anticipated

benefits to the communities
of Squamish and Pemberton
are: the creation of new
jobs, the development of

Tourism making it a viable
sector for economic empl-
oyment spin-offs, the creat-
ion of new small businesses,
and the training and re-
training of employees under
the federal job strategy
program and other employ-
ment development progr-
ams.

Council unanimously pas-
sed the motion of support,
introduced by Alderman
Corinne Lonsdale and se-
conded by Alderman Chuck
Harvey.

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