BC/Canada News

Squamish’s three grocery stores are supporting the Squamish Food Bank to encourage shoppers to purchase one bag of groceries each for the Squamish Food Bank.

In a little more than three months the District of Squamish will have new brochures, maps, posters, pole banners and new gateway signage, all reinforcing the idea that Squamish is Canada’s outdoor recreation capital.

It’s yet to be officially confirmed, but sources say Dollarama plans to open a dollar store at the former cinema site in Garibaldi Estate mall.

Darren Pelling has hope in life, but not in the possibility of receiving any money back from two of the biggest development that went belly up in Squamish few years ago.

Solterra Group of Companies hopes to start construction soon on a portion of the 20-acre land they purchased from the District of Squamish in last June.

Erosion of our industrial tax base, and half-hearted attempts by consecutive councils to spur economic development has put the hurt on business owners like Eivind Tornes and Vickie Nickel.

Developers are concerned a policy of permit extensions doesn’t take into account adverse market conditions.

A Vancouver developer plans to revive a much-delayed waterfront project, and revitalize downtown in the process.

As we further devolve into a bedroom community, residential taxes will have to make up for lack of industry in Squamish.

But even as some business close down, there are others who are taking a leap of faith, and expanding. Some despite the economy; others because of it. And there are yet others who have expanded in the past, confident in the town’s future.