Powering Fauquier’s Future
The Fauquier Community Club has taken action to upgrade its well-used community hall, ensuring it’s prepared for future emergencies while reducing its environmental footprint and operational costs.
Interest: Community
Rotary Lakeside Park in Nelson becomes more accessible
This summer, the Rotary Club of Nelson installed a long, blue path that leads to the lake, suitable for people in wheelchairs, or even families with strollers.
Ready, set, prevent
Organizations throughout the Basin are implementing a variety of strategies to manage wildfire risk. These proactive measures aim to prevent wildfires when possible and respond effectively to contain and extinguish them quickly, thereby minimizing damage and enhancing community resilience.
Basin groups make climate-positive moves
Groups of all sizes are acting now to make the Basin more resilient to climate change while mitigating and adapting to its impacts.
A college gets mobile
In an effort to elevate and diversify the college experience for students, College of the Rockies introduced an innovative mobile classroom in 2023.
Crafting a Golden brewery
Established in Golden in 2016 by Kent Donaldson and Mark Nagao, Whitetooth Brewing is renowned for its Belgian-inspired and West Coast-influenced ales.
There’s no place like a cozy, affordable, energy-wise home
The Trust is supporting groups throughout the region as they do energy retrofits on existing affordable rental buildings and build new affordable homes.
The Bucks claim their stompin’ grounds
The Cranbrook Bucks bring the joy of hockey back to Cranbrook after the departure of the Kootenay Ice in 2019.
Literacy: It’s more than reading and writing
Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) delivers literacy programming across the Basin for all ages. Included in the programming, CBAL’s digital programs are teaching seniors about connecting through social media, how to navigate online forms and more.
An abundance of options for Revelstoke youth
Part of the Trust’s Basin Youth Network, Revelstoke’s Stoke Youth Network is helping local youth find their voices, make connections and providing the space to collaborate on priorities for their community.
