In her report, Growing the Creative-Rural Economy in Prince Edward County, Betsy Donald, associate professor of geography at Queen’s University, identifies four key strategies for nurturing the creative economy in rural contexts: retaining youth, servicing an aging population, encouraging innovation, and promoting sustainable tourism.
Your boat at the yacht club beckons everytime you look out the living room window! Get out and live on Okanagan Lake! This 2 bedroom character home with plenty of updates is a few steps from the BEACH and from LOCAL LOUNGE… Low maintenance yard in a private and quiet location.
MLS® - $690,000 - Call Patrick for more info.
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The Okanagan Valley Economic Development Society (OVEDS) has organized a special event at the Commerce Centre in Vancouver on Feb 18 which I will be particpating in. The event will bring together Okanagan businesses, trade commissioners and Olympic media to promote investment in the Okanagan.
Scott Boswell, Chair of OVEDS says, “The Olympics are the world’s largest advertising campaign and to link into that media coverage is a fantastic way to promote our region and its business opportunities.” The event will showcase a variety of Okanagan wines and specialty food products, along with a cooking demonstration with celebrity chef Ned Bell. OVEDS will be working with the unaccredited media centre which is home to over 400 media personnel to target media coverage in the United Kingdom, USA, Germany, Holland, Austria, China and Japan.
I will be at that event and am really excited to be participating.
Meanwhile, at RE/MAX in Summerland, we are working hard, doing our best to help community involvement in Summerland, including major sponsor of the recent, very successful Festival of Lights http://www.canadarama.ca/summerland/09festivaloflights/part1/a/index.html RE/MAX in Summerland was able to sponsor the “best fireworks” Summerland has ever seen! And we handed out a lot of cotton candy for donation to Children’s Miracle Network, a tradition at Summerland Festivals.
We also had a great time adding our little bit to the Olympic Torch Relay through our small town…we closed the office and had clients and friends and family stop by at the busiest corner in Summerland to participate…(you may have seen my daughter as one of the giggly teens interviewed on CHBC).
And, most current of all, RE/MAX in Summerland is the major sponsor on the Community Visitors Guide. This was a big step (expense) for us 4 Realtors, we contracted with a local professional Photographer who took us up to the very top of Giants Head Mountain and shot the photo that is now featuring us and Summerland on the back page of the guide. These Summerland guides will be featured at the Okanagan Valley special event at the Commerce Centre in Vancouver during the Olympics, so we wanted to do our part to help out.
And, lastly, wanted to mention that Summerland is chosen by tripatlas.com as the #4 Okanagan Destination for 2010, the year of the Olympics!
All this against a pretty tough economic backdrop where the Summerland Hills Golf Course just announced their proposal is dead. Onward! For all your Real Estate needs, investing, purchasing, selling and development ideas, let me know!
4) Summerland: The promise of endless summer seems to have worked, judging by the line-up of electric scooters for seniors on sale outside the drugstore in Summerland’s Olde English downtown, 50 km south of Kelowna. Keep walking until you reach Victoria Rd. Deli and Bistro, a sleek little boîte offering excellent food and great local wines by the glass. After lunch, retrace your steps and stop for coffee at rustic Beanery Coffee Co. Pick up a pound of freshly-roasted beans to take home.
http://www.tripatlas.com/articles/1156/Top_10_of_the_Okanagan_Valley,_British_Columbia
Royallepage.ca, long a leading real estate site in Canada, has fallen behind a site that only dabbles in listings – kijiji.ca, a free online classified service similar to Craigslist.
Summerland has a fantastic attraction known as Kettle Vally Steam Train that brings a ton of visits to our small town.
Napa Valley Wine Train featured on CNN.COM
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/28/kaye.wine.train/index.html?hpt=C1
When the developer of Summerland Wharton St comes right out and states ” It would take the market years to absorb the available supply, never mind the new units”. WHAT IS THE POINT OF SUMMERLAND GRANTING AN EXTENSION??? Also, is it possible that the public can know where the developer has “already invested more than $1.3 million”? It certainly was not his money invested to tear down the old building on that site!
in Mexico? A group of young Summerland people (and helpers) yesterday organized this event, made the dough, peeled the apples, mixed the mix and so on, all the way through to finished product, and I imagine the beautiful scent of warm apple pie filled kitchens in every part of Summerland last night. I know we enjoyed a great pie and we have a few in the freezer…all to say…good luck to the team headed to Mexico to help that poor family in Mexico get a house built this spring.
That was another great fund raiser in town, and clearly, Summerland young people are awesome!
It’s not too late to get out and enjoy some of the excellent dining opportunities offered here in Summerland, we are planning to go out this week after the Olympic Torch passes thru Summerland. The special offerings are on until Jan 31, make sure you get out to at least on fine Summerland participant…
http://www.bcrfa.com/wine-and-dine
We were at Local on Friday night and had a great time…was BUSY there, and we still found a private spot to have a few laughs and even had a visit from Cam and Christa-Lee…always nice when the owners take time to say hello! When you go, ask Naomi to bring “the million dollar legs” drink…pretty good!
http://rhyspender.com/index.php/2009/10/27/local-lounge-summerland/
Summerland is fantastic. Local in Summerland.
http://goodwillshakespeare.ca/index.php?pr=Sponsors
Registration closes April 15 2010
Always a great event that brings over 300 students and teachrs (spelled on purpose haha) to town for a chance to be involved in a rich learning and growth experience.
amazing quote from the national post newspaper referring to online versus print
“It’s like a beast that wants to eat my children”. Michael Cook, Toronto Star, referring to GOOGLE.
festival of lights has been chosen by VANOC to sing the Canadian National Anthem at the official torch ceremony in Penticton! Very happy for 8 year old Mariah Gauthier, and we know she will do Summerland proud. View Mariah on the Festival Stage:
http://www.canadarama.ca/summerland/09festivaloflights/part2/index.html
RE/MAX around 3pm on Monday Jan 25th. We are very excited and just can’t wait! Summerland has two members on the Olympic team, not bad for such a small town! And do not forget the reception at Center Stage on Sunday afternoon.
LOOK AT THE CLAW FOOT TUB…Nicely updated character home featuring more than just updated flooring and paint, comes with upgraded appliances, built in dresser in window watch room and storage window seat.
This family friendly neighbourhood is in a perfect location close to schools, shops & yet with quick highway access to Kelowna and Penticton (Sut, seriously, with all the fun here in Summerland, do u really want to go elsewhere?).
There has been lots of updating and lots of money spent on real, more than cosmetic updates. If you want more than a cookie cutter house for your Okanagan Dream, this character charmer is for you. The home is a very rare offering and at an affordable price with its cozy wrap around porch, this 4 bedroom family home includes air conditioning and shows crisp and clean with flexible possession.
The yard features 2 walnut trees, low maintenance xeriscape landscaping and overlooking an apple orchard with a great view of Giants head mountain.
MLS® - $469,000 - Call Patrick at 250-494-8881 for more info.
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Perfect 3 bedroom family home in truly excellent condition. VERY affordable price for quick sale, combines with low strata fee, lots of value updates including roof, flooring and paint, appliances included and these low interest rates combine for a family affording to move to Summerland! A darn rare thing!
MLS® - $214,500 - Contact Patrick at 250-494-8881 for more info.
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There are lots of festivites planned, and we are very excited to hear it will come down Main Street Summerland! This will be a proud day for Summerland, and we are so happy it will come right past the busiest corner in town…RE/MAX corner!
My expanding Real Estate business is looking for someone to be responsible for our web presence. This work from home opportunity pays a good salary commensurate with edgy attitude, strong work ethic and progressive ability to learn.
I understand this opportunity will not appeal to some…
Some people WANT to get up on time each morning, put on makeup and jump in the car to earn a paycheck.
Some people WANT to pay for child care and work regular hours.
Some people will NEVER UNDERSTAND the concept of drinking a mocha at the Beanery while getting paid to enter a blog update on my website.
Still others would DETEST the concept of being paid to video a clip of a sunny moment at Powell Beach Lighthouse, post it to youtube, and my site with a quirky comment…
you, however, will be prepared to explain to that big city gal (who is gunning for this opportunity) just what it’s like to jump off the pier near the doggy area at Peach Orchard Beach (why do we call that a beach?)…anyway, I digress, but, I am very serious, and I do want to hear from you. Please contact me right away as this is a seriously fantastic Summerland offer for the right person.
ANOTHER WARNING…If you are scratching your head wondering where the mailing address is to send me your printed resume…YOU ARE NOT RIGHT FOR THIS opportunity…if, however, your are scheming of a way to make an impression so I will KNOW you are the only one for this well paid, work from home position…then U go right ahead and contact me…K? But do it soon, as this position is ready to go!
