A group of dedicated community members from many organizations and businesses committed to serving the Lower Columbia region for the well-being of all residents.
The LCCDTS has a mandate to foster community development in the Lower Columbia. It provides a collaborative forum for discussion, support and leadership of a broad range of initiatives that all contribute in different ways to enhancing community and regional well-being.
Ideas are generated to address community issues, guide projects and ensure information is shared for everyone’s benefit.
The LCCDTS works to achieve these goals in three ways by acting, as appropriate, as:
- a project leader
- a project collaborator
- a supporter of projects led by other community organizations.
Partners:
By working with key players in the Lower Columbia region, the LCCDTS is advancing the prosperity and resilience of our communities.
ATCO Wood Products
Columbia Basin Trust
Community Futures Greater Trail
Trail FAIR Society
Kootenay Association for Science & Technology
Kootenay Career Development Society
Kootenay Savings Credit Union
Lower Columbia Affordable Housing Society
Metal Tech Alley
Remax All Pro Realty
School District #20
Selkirk College
The Skills Centre
Tourism Rossland
Teck Resources - Trail Operations
Trail & District Chamber of Commerce
Neighbors United
Local Government Partners:
Government partners who strengthen our region through collaboration with the LCCDTS.
Staff
Cam Whitehead – Executive Director
Kristen Walsh – IncrEDIBLE Farmers Market Manager
Board of Directors
Brent Anhel (President)
Morag Carter (Past-president)
Bill Van Beek (Treasurer)
Thompson Hickey
Matt Parrilla
Don Thompson
Pete Stamper
Dan Ashman
Dino Dorazio
Current Projects
Metal Tech Alley
LCCDTS supports and encourages development within the South Kootenay’s metallurgical business sector including mining, metallurgical, environmental and related service industries.
IncrEDIBLE Farmers Markets
The LCCDTS facilitates and advocates for food growing strategies that promote local agriculture and business, and thus contribute to the viability of the region. Initiatives are related to: food and water supply, drainage, insect/weed control, and land use plans that engage communities and people on their own terms, needs and wants. Sustainable agriculture encourages practices that protect the environment, respect animal welfare, promote community involvement and pride while bolstering the local economy.
Health and Hospital
Our primary goal is to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital as a modern and efficient institution for all residents in the Kootenay Boundary Region. We believe that the social and economic services it provides are essential to a viable Kootenay Boundary Region.
Attainable Housing
The LCCDTS facilitates and advocates for strategies that address housing needs, that attract and retain individuals and families, and that contribute to the viability of the region.
Sustainability
Create momentum for sustainability in the Lower Columbia by increasing capacity for sustainable technologies and approaches.
Tourism/Active Transportation
To work collaboratively to develop a multi-community, multi-faceted approach to strengthen regional tourism.
West Kootenay Boundary Investment Co-op
To conduct initial scrutiny of and due diligence on investment applications received for the Trail area.
