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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/battle-to-unlock-the-housing-market/article1450088/
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT01Gi-bI9o&feature=related
http://rhyspender.com/index.php/2009/10/27/local-lounge-summerland/
Summerland is fantastic. Local in Summerland.
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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.
Continue reading about Goodwill Shakespeare Festival Summerland, mark your calendars…
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.
http://www.financialpost.com/in-focus/story.html?id=2465317
Continue reading about Further to my discussion of R.E. Ads and “print newspapers”, here is an
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
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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.
Continue reading about Olympic Torch coming to Main St Summerland, should be right in front of
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, [...]
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!
Continue reading about The torch relay comes to Summerland in less than a week.
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 [...]
supporting the local “review” but sometimes I have to wonder about the content…this week the headline reads “Police end investigation of council”…wow! Are we sure it might not have just as well read
“Police decline request by 15 people to investigate council”? (notice I wrote 15 people when only 14 people signed the request?)
I suppose it [...]
that just keeps getting better and better. Just announced dates are Friday July 30, Saturday July 31 and Sunday August 1. This should be another great weekend, for info here is the website
http://ridethegiant.ca/
Continue reading about Ride the Giant 3 (rtg3) what a great name for a Summerland event
As I view reports of the devastation in Haiti, I am struck by Canada’s compassionate, swift, and powerful response. Canada’s aid for this catastrophic event is something we can all be proud of.
Canada is a great nation that enjoys the daily benefit of democratic freedoms that previous generations fought to defend. This proud and powerful [...]
Continue reading about A valid reason to call to mind those who gave so much…
With home prices beginning to flatten in many areas around the country, home sellers are slowly gaining ground in their quest to hold on to the asking price.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/34820701
TRANSLATION: In the US, the real estate market sends yet another strong signal that the bottom of the cycle is turning…
Continue reading about CNBC reports “Sellers selling out less”
